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Zipping Up Chromosomes: The Synaptonemal Complex Revealed

We have two copies of each chromosome in every cell in our bodies except in our reproductive cells. Sperm and egg cells contain a single copy of each chromosome with a unique mix of genes from our parents, an evolutionary trick to give our offspring genetic variability.

4 Jan 2024

Improved Mapping of Small-Molecule Binding Sites in Cells

Researchers at Scripps Research created a novel, high-resolution method for identifying putative treatment targets on proteins in living cells.

3 Jan 2024

Unveiling Cytonemes, the Secret Messengers of the Nervous System

Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital captured images of cytonemes, which are cellular projections that are involved in long-distance signal transmission during development.

3 Jan 2024

SPACEL: A Powerful AI Toolkit for Unveiling the 3D Secrets of Tissues

Spatial transcriptomics (ST) technologies are applied in biology and medical research for its ability to detect the spatial distribution of transcriptome in histological tissue slices.

3 Jan 2024

Genetic Twist in Tiny Protein Protects Against Parkinson's

A previously unidentified genetic mutation in a small protein provides significant protection against Parkinson's disease and offers a new direction for exploring potential treatments, according to a new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology study.

3 Jan 2024

AI Tool Offers a Deep Dive Into Tissues, Boosting Cancer Detection and Treatment

A new artificial intelligence tool that interprets medical images with unprecedented clarity does so in a way that could allow time-strapped clinicians to dedicate their attention to critical aspects of disease diagnosis and image interpretation.

3 Jan 2024

Breakthrough in Synthetic Biology: Researchers Build Artificial CO2-Fixing Pathway

Synthetic biology offers the opportunity to build biochemical pathways for the capture and conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2).

3 Jan 2024

P10K Database: A Comprehensive Genetic Resource Database for Protists

Protists are single-celled eukaryotic creatures that live in aquatic settings. They include unicellular algae and protozoans.

2 Jan 2024

Researchers Identify Key Protein in Maintaining Two Organelles, Thereby Preventing Cellular Aging

Healthy organelles are essential to the operation of the cell, just as healthy organs are essential to human well-being.

2 Jan 2024

Mettl3 Drives Powerful Immune Defense of CD8 T Cells

This study is led by Dr. Shuyang Yu (College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University), Dr. Jingyu Xu (The Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine of Zunyi Medical University) and Dr. Xuguang Du (College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University) and illustrated the key role of Mettl3 in CD8 T cell response during acute infection model.

2 Jan 2024

Study Provides a Systematic View of the Diversity and Function of Supraglacial DNA Viruses

Supraglacial environments mainly consist of four main types of habitats for microbes and viruses, including snow, ice, meltwater, and cryoconites (the granular sediment on glacier surfaces).

2 Jan 2024

The Foundation of Gene Expression in Brain Development

Researchers from Osaka University and Shenzhen Bay Laboratory have uncovered the actions of proteins connected to memory and learning in human brain cells in a study that was just published in Cell Reports.

29 Dec 2023

Teneurin-3: Protein That Helps for Circadian Rhythm Stability in Mice

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered a protein in mice’s visual systems that seems to be essential for regulating the body’s circadian rhythms by reducing the brain’s sensitivity to light.

29 Dec 2023

Cell News and Research

Zipping Up Chromosomes: The Synaptonemal Complex Revealed

Improved Mapping of Small-Molecule Binding Sites in Cells

Unveiling Cytonemes, the Secret Messengers of the Nervous System

SPACEL: A Powerful AI Toolkit for Unveiling the 3D Secrets of Tissues

Genetic Twist in Tiny Protein Protects Against Parkinson's

AI Tool Offers a Deep Dive Into Tissues, Boosting Cancer Detection and Treatment

Breakthrough in Synthetic Biology: Researchers Build Artificial CO2-Fixing Pathway

P10K Database: A Comprehensive Genetic Resource Database for Protists

Researchers Identify Key Protein in Maintaining Two Organelles, Thereby Preventing Cellular Aging

Mettl3 Drives Powerful Immune Defense of CD8 T Cells

Study Provides a Systematic View of the Diversity and Function of Supraglacial DNA Viruses

The Foundation of Gene Expression in Brain Development

Teneurin-3: Protein That Helps for Circadian Rhythm Stability in Mice

The Evolutionary Timeline of Diminished Boric Acid and Urea Transportation in Aquaporin 10

SpaceX Returns Vital Life Science Research Sponsored by the ISS National Lab

ADSC-Exos and BMSC-Exos Protect Retinal Ganglion Cells From Hydrostatic Pressure Damage

Xeno-Free Monkey PSC Culture System Enables Deriving, Tracking, and Differentiating Stem Cells

New Technique Revolutionizes the Construction of Synthetic Chromosomes

Simultaneous Production of Bioplastics and High-Value Carotenoids by Multifunctional Bacteria

Study Reveals Tissue-Specific Effects of JAK1 Signaling in Inflammation

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry: A Deep Dive into Plasmion’s SICRIT® Technology

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