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Understanding How Cell-to-Cell Communication Networks Drive Pancreatic Cancer Development

Discussions of cancer often stress the genetic mutations that drive disease by altering the normal function of cellular proteins.

12 May 2023

Scarring on the Extracellular Matrix Causes Muscles to Stop Working in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Muscles that ache after a hard workout usually don't hurt for long, thanks to stem cells that rush to the injured site along "collagen highways" within the muscle and repair the damaged tissue.

12 May 2023

Researchers Elucidate the Molecular Mechanism of Protein Degradation by Extracellular Chaperones

When exposed to stressful conditions, several proteins tend to misfold and form aggregates inside or outside cells.

12 May 2023

AI Used to Create 3D Model of 'Postal Workers' in Human Cells

University of Queensland researchers have used artificial intelligence to build a 3D map of key cell components to better understand dementia and infectious diseases including COVID-19.

12 May 2023

Mitochondria Transfer From Astrocytes Enhances Tumorigenesis in Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma cancer cells use mitochondria from the central nervous system to grow and form more aggressive tumors, according to new Cleveland Clinic-led findings published in Nature Cancer.

12 May 2023

Vector Biolabs Expands Viral Vector Manufacturing Capacity and Adds to QC Capabilities

Vector Biolabs, a custom design and manufacturing service provider for AAV and adenovirus viral vectors announced the completion of a facility expansion to meet growing demand.

12 May 2023

Research Helps Better Understand How Developing Cells Break Free From Their Tissue of Origin

Cancer's ability to spread throughout the body -; a process known as metastasis -; is responsible for the vast majority of cancer deaths.

11 May 2023

Researchers Develop a System to Deliver Antioxidants to the Mitochondria

A new drug delivery system delivers an antioxidant directly to mitochondria in the liver, mitigating the effects of oxidative stress.

11 May 2023

Researchers Reveal the Initiation and Early Stages of Tube Formation in the Sea Star

One of the most basic and crucial embryonic processes to unfold in virtually every living organism is the formation of hollow, tubular structures of various kinds.

10 May 2023

First Gene-Edited Calf Produced With Resistance to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus

Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually.

10 May 2023

Novel Technique Enables In Vivo Cross‐linking for Protein Complex Analysis

As the executor of life activities, proteins exert their specific biological functions through interactions such as forming protein complexes.

10 May 2023

Attaching Microbubbles to Macrophages can Create Tracking Images for Tumor Diagnosis

Macrophages, a type of white blood cell, defend the body by engulfing and digesting foreign particles, such as bacteria, viruses, and dead cells.

9 May 2023

T Cells can Fuel Their Ability to Attack Tumors

When you need a bit of motivation, it often has to come from within. New research suggests cancer-fighting immune cells have found a way to do just that.

9 May 2023

Experimental Model Sheds Light on Key Cellular Processes Involved in Embryogenesis

Many birth defects and spontaneous abortions occur during the embryonic development stage known as neurulation, yet we have very little insight into how this critical developmental process unfolds in humans.

9 May 2023

Patient-Derived Organoids can Help Identify Effective Personalized Cancer Therapies

Researchers created organoids from cancer cells to reduce the need for trial and error in identifying effective cancer treatments in one of many cancer studies scheduled for presentation this week at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2023.

9 May 2023

Understanding How Interleukin-6 Contributes to Suppress Allergic Asthma and Atopy

The immune system has a biological telecommunications system -; small proteins known as interleukins that send signals among the leukocyte white blood cells to control their defense against infections or nascent cancer.

8 May 2023

New Model for the Evolution of Higher Brain Functions and Behaviors in Insects

Researchers have proposed a new model for the evolution of higher brain functions and behaviors in the Hymenoptera order of insects.

8 May 2023

Tokyo Tech Researchers Discover How Surface Chemistry can Influence Adhesion of Bacterial Cells

The biofilm-forming bacteria E. coli adheres firmly to hydrophobic and hydrophilic protein-adsorbing self-assembling monolayers (SAMs) and weakly to hydrophilic protein-resisting SAMs, uncovered a recent study by Tokyo Tech researchers.

8 May 2023

Cancer Stem Cell Test can Accurately Decide More Effective Treatments for Glioblastoma Patients

New multi-institutional phase 3 clinical trial data published May 2 in Cell Reports Medicine found that a cancer stem cell test can accurately decide more effective treatments and lead to increased survival for patients with glioblastoma, a deadly brain tumor.

8 May 2023

Manipulating Brain Cells via Light Irradiation

An international research team, comprising scientists from DZNE, University Hospital Bonn, the Netherlands, and the US has been awarded a US$ 1.3 million grant by the "Human Frontier Science Program" to investigate brain immune cells and manipulate them via light irradiation.

8 May 2023

Cell Biology

Understanding How Cell-to-Cell Communication Networks Drive Pancreatic Cancer Development

Scarring on the Extracellular Matrix Causes Muscles to Stop Working in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Researchers Elucidate the Molecular Mechanism of Protein Degradation by Extracellular Chaperones

AI Used to Create 3D Model of 'Postal Workers' in Human Cells

Mitochondria Transfer From Astrocytes Enhances Tumorigenesis in Glioblastoma

Vector Biolabs Expands Viral Vector Manufacturing Capacity and Adds to QC Capabilities

Research Helps Better Understand How Developing Cells Break Free From Their Tissue of Origin

Researchers Develop a System to Deliver Antioxidants to the Mitochondria

Researchers Reveal the Initiation and Early Stages of Tube Formation in the Sea Star

First Gene-Edited Calf Produced With Resistance to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus

Novel Technique Enables In Vivo Cross‐linking for Protein Complex Analysis

Attaching Microbubbles to Macrophages can Create Tracking Images for Tumor Diagnosis

T Cells can Fuel Their Ability to Attack Tumors

Experimental Model Sheds Light on Key Cellular Processes Involved in Embryogenesis

Patient-Derived Organoids can Help Identify Effective Personalized Cancer Therapies

Understanding How Interleukin-6 Contributes to Suppress Allergic Asthma and Atopy

New Model for the Evolution of Higher Brain Functions and Behaviors in Insects

Tokyo Tech Researchers Discover How Surface Chemistry can Influence Adhesion of Bacterial Cells

Cancer Stem Cell Test can Accurately Decide More Effective Treatments for Glioblastoma Patients

Manipulating Brain Cells via Light Irradiation

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