Cell Biology

Cell biology includes the study of the behaviour, function and structure of cells. It focuses on the concept that cells are a basic unit of life and are required for all life processes. Going off the assumption that a cell is a fundamental unit of life helps researchers pursue a further understanding of how live cells function, and what causes cell division, disease, and other cell issues.

What is Cell Biology?

The study of cell biology reveals the fundamental mechanisms of life, offering insights into disease and advancing therapeutic strategies for improved health.

Overview

This hub is where you’ll find all the latest information, research, and news on cell biology, how the study of cell biology can help facilitate the understanding of diseases and their development, as well as the structural and functional properties of a cell. If you search through our list of articles and news pieces you will find a wealth of information.

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

Feature Articles

In our featured articles section, you will find plenty of literature on cannabis analysis and testing, with common topics being recent advancements, molecular biology of diabetes, antibiotics, and plenty of other interesting titles.

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

Applications of Chemoattractants

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

What is a Protocell?

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

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The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

What are Stem Cells?

What are Stress Granules?

The Future of Bioengineered Products

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What is Stem Cell Banking?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Folding Matters: Unraveling the Impact of Protein Folding on Biological Processes

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

Cell Fate Determination: How Cells Choose Their Paths in Developing Tissues

What are Regulatory T Cells?

T Cell Development

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Cellular Aging

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Bacterial Influences on Breast Tumorigenesis: Do Probiotics Have a Role in Therapy?

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Stem Cell Properties

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Chirality in Biochemistry

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

What are Zwitterions?

What is Epidemiology?

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

Taxonomy, Nomenclature, and Classification: Key Terms in Biology and the Life Sciences

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Cell Staining Techniques

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What is Bioprinting?

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

What are CAR T cells?

What are RNA Sensors?

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

GPCR Signaling Pathways

What are Vesicants?

What is Synthetic Biology?

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Stem Cell Controversy

What are Biofilms?

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Diploblast vs. Triploblast: Unveiling the Secrets of Early Animal Development

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Protocell Uses in Biology

B Cell Development

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

lncRNAs in Human Disease

What is Neurobiology?

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

A History of Developmental Biology

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

The Biology of Behavior

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

The Cell Cycle

Cell Biology and Toxicology

What are Neutrophils?

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Endothelial Cell Biology

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Latest Cell Biology News and Research

For the latest news from the world of cell biology, have a read through the articles in this section. We compile a range of articles on new discoveries, research papers and other cell advances.

New Research Challenges the Static View of Chromosome Shape

An international team of researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College London, Waseda University, and the Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research has reshaped the concept of chromosome shape, discovering that they are not always stable X-shaped structures but are constantly in flux as cell division occurs.

24 Sep 2025

Metabolic Signals Shape the Rhythm of Embryonic Segmentation

Pregnant women rely on a balanced diet and supplements to deliver proper nutrients to their babies, to ensure they grow healthfully.

22 Sep 2025

Alpha Cells may Produce More Bioactive GLP-1 Than Previously Believed

A new study from Duke University School of Medicine is challenging long-standing views on blood sugar regulation - and pointing to a surprising new ally in the fight against type 2 diabetes.

22 Sep 2025

Innovative Alternative Gene Editing Approach May Be Safer Than CRISPR

Genetic editing holds promise to treat incurable diseases, but the most popular method - CRISPR - sometimes does more harm than good.

22 Sep 2025

Editing SlVI Gene Enhances Sugar Content and Disease Resistance in Tomato Fruit

Tomato fruit development relies on complex sugar metabolism, including the conversion of stored starch into sucrose, glucose, and fructose.

22 Sep 2025

Study Uncovers the Molecular Basis of Synapse Development

A team of scientists from the University of Cologne’s Institute of Biochemistry has discovered a significant finding about the molecular basis of synapse development in the central nervous system.

22 Sep 2025

Novel Chromosome Identification System Overcomes Longstanding Bottleneck in Alfalfa Cytogenetics

Karyotype analysis is fundamental to understanding genetic makeup, diversity, and adaptation in plants. Yet, distinguishing individual chromosomes remains challenging in species with small, uniform chromosomes and complex polyploid genomes such as alfalfa.

22 Sep 2025

Study Uncovers How Cell Clustering Affects Glioblastoma Aggressiveness

A new study, led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, captured details of glioblastoma that had never before been seen and revealed a surprise finding: Glioblastoma cells that "cluster" together with other cells of the same type are less deadly than those that disperse from these clusters.

22 Sep 2025

PANoptosis Could Revolutionize Liver Cancer Diagnostics and Treatment

Liver cancer, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), remains one of the deadliest cancers, driven by high recurrence and resistance to therapy.

22 Sep 2025

Understanding Proprioception and Motor Control in Fruit Flies

In a fruit fly, nerve cells that detect limb movement are silenced when the insect walks or grooms. This on-off switch may help the nervous system to shift between two states: one helps keep the body steady and the other readies it to move.

22 Sep 2025

New Study Reveals How “Selfish Genes” Regulate Insects

New study sheds light on one of genetics' most persistent mysteries: how the workings of the so-called “selfish gene’ could have managed to control dangerous insect populations.

19 Sep 2025

Possible Breakthrough in the Development of Effective Biomaterials

Many hopes rested on so-called tissue engineering: With the help of stem cells, skin and other organs could be grown, thereby enabling better wound healing and better transplants.

19 Sep 2025

Advanced Statistical Method Reduces Noise in Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Data

The world of cells is surprisingly noisy. Each cell carries unique genetic information, but when we try to measure cellular activity, signals can be lost or blurred, and differences between experiments can further obscure the data.

18 Sep 2025

USC Researchers Advance Toward Building Functional Synthetic Kidneys

A USC Stem Cell-led research team has achieved a major step forward in the effort to build mouse and human synthetic kidneys.

18 Sep 2025

Carbon Starvation Drives Metabolic and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Grapevine Cells

Plants rely on sugars not only as energy sources but also as regulators of cellular activities. Carbon starvation disrupts central metabolism, impairs growth, and forces cells to recycle stored resources.

18 Sep 2025

The First Parent-Of-Origin Gene Atlas of The Mammary Gland

This study maps dynamic gene expression in mouse mammary glands, revealing insights into lactation, maternal health, and breast cancer risk through imprinting.

18 Sep 2025

Tracing Evolutionary Roots of the Genetic Code

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function.

17 Sep 2025

Unique Cytochrome Protein Holds Key to Plant Survival and Metabolism

Despite their fundamental differences, plants, animals, and fungi share certain metabolic processes.

17 Sep 2025

Reconstructing Human Mitochondrial Transcription in Unprecedented Detail

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known as mitochondria.

17 Sep 2025

Loss of Zfy Genes Explains Why Some Sperm Fail

A study at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa by researchers from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) found that losing a crucial male fertility gene causes infertility and alters the expression of hundreds of other genes.

17 Sep 2025

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