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.

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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.

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

What is Neurobiology?

What are Stem Cells?

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

T Cell Development

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Cellular Aging

The Cell Cycle

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

lncRNAs in Human Disease

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

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

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

What are Biofilms?

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

What is Epitranscriptomics?

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What is Epidemiology?

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

Protocell Uses in Biology

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What are Regulatory T Cells?

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

What are CAR T cells?

Stem Cell Controversy

What is a Protocell?

Applications of Chemoattractants

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

B Cell Development

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

What are Neutrophils?

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

Stem Cell Properties

Chirality in Biochemistry

GPCR Signaling Pathways

Insulin Signaling Pathway

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

What are Zwitterions?

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Pluripotent Stem Cells

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

What is Bioprinting?

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

What is Stem Cell Banking?

What is Synthetic Biology?

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

The Biology of Behavior

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

The Future of Bioengineered Products

What are RNA Sensors?

What are Vesicants?

Endothelial Cell Biology

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

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

What are Stress Granules?

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

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

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

A History of Developmental Biology

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.

Unveiling the Impact of Antigen History on CAR-T Cell Function

The memory of previous interactions with bacteria, viruses, and other antigens is carried by some CAR-T cells that have been engineered to fight cancer and other conditions, according to research from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

3 Jan 2025

Zebrafish Protein Promotes Cardiac Repair in Mice

Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute's Bakkers group have used a zebrafish protein to successfully repair damaged mouse hearts.

3 Jan 2025

New Sequencing Method Unveils Adaptive States and Host-Phage Interactions in the Gut

The human gut microbiome is complex and diverse, with significant implications for health and disease. The study develops smRandom-seq2, a droplet-based method that overcomes the limitations of existing techniques by capturing RNA from a wide variety of species.

2 Jan 2025

Study Reveals Mechanism Behind Retrotransposon Insertion in Centromeres

A joint research group team led by Sayuri Tsukahara and Tetsuji Kakutani of the University of Tokyo has clarified a mechanism of how retrotransposons, genetic elements that can "jump around" chromosomes and are known drivers of evolution, preferentially insert in the centromere.

2 Jan 2025

Uncovering the Cellular Mechanisms of Brain Aging

Not all brain cell types age in the same way, according to new brain mapping research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

2 Jan 2025

New Model for Studying Ebola Virus Pathogenesis

Ebola is a fatal hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that is found in parts of East-Central and West Africa. Most individuals are aware that the major mode of person-to-person transmission is through contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids.

2 Jan 2025

Bacterial Protein Enables 2D Culture of Organoids

The Organoid group’s researchers devised a novel method for growing organoids. Organoids are miniature organs that are created in a lab and resemble the original organ.

2 Jan 2025

Research Reveals Regulatory Role of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Mitophagy

Mitophagy is a selective form of autophagy via which the damaged mitochondria are cleared via the autophagy-lysosome pathway.

30 Dec 2024

New Studies Investigate Microbial Interactions and Nutrient Exchange in Soils

Communities of microbes (microbiomes), particularly in soils, can be startlingly diverse, with as many as 10,000 species in just a cup of material.

27 Dec 2024

New HG-TCs Strategy Enables Efficient Analysis of Glycosylation in Cells

Protein glycosylation is a fundamental biological process that regulates various cellular functions, yet its study has been hampered by the complexity and low abundance of glycoproteins.

27 Dec 2024

Stress Pathway in Microglia Found to Contribute to Alzheimer's Neurodegeneration

Researchers with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have unveiled a critical mechanism that links cellular stress in the brain to the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

26 Dec 2024

New Study Reveals DNA’s Role in Stabilizing Cellular Structures

In a discovery that could redefine how we understand cellular resilience and adaptability, scientists at Scripps Research have unlocked the secret interactions between a primordial inorganic polymer of phosphate known as polyphosphate (polyP), and two basic building blocks of life: DNA and the element magnesium.

26 Dec 2024

Fruit Flies Evolve New Defense Through Gene Transfer

In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups the competition.

26 Dec 2024

Plant Research Reveals Unexpected Function for Key Cellular Protein

A cell protein previously believed only to provide a scaffolding for DNA has also been shown to directly influence DNA transcription into RNA – the first step of the process by which an organism's genetic code expresses itself. The fundamental breakthrough was discovered in apple cells but is relevant to all living organisms made of nucleus-containing cells, including humans.

24 Dec 2024

Researchers Create 3D Atlas of Brain-Spinal Cord Connections

Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle movement, but these signals typically pass through spinal interneurons before they reach their destination. How the brain and this highly diverse group of "switchboard operator" cells are connected is poorly understood.

24 Dec 2024

New Treatment Targets Tumor Microenvironment to Fight Breast Cancer

"Build your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across" is a piece of advice offered by Sun Tzu in his ancient military treatise, The Art of War. It turns out that cancerous growths adopt this strategy in their battle against the immune system.

24 Dec 2024

Digital Twin Technology Reverses Colon Cancer in Study by KAIST Researchers

Despite the development of numerous cancer treatment technologies, the common goal of current cancer therapies is to eliminate cancer cells. This approach, however, faces fundamental limitations, including cancer cells developing resistance and returning, as well as severe side effects from the destruction of healthy cells.

24 Dec 2024

New Method Improves Quantification of Endocytosis in Living Cells

Living cells and tissues show a high capacity to absorb various chemical compounds from the surrounding environment.

23 Dec 2024

New Synthetic Biology Tool Improves Genetic Circuit Integration and Functionality

The research team led by Professor Jongmin Kim from the Department of Life Sciences at POSTECH, along with graduate students Hyunseop Goh and Seungdo Choi, has successfully developed the 'Synthetic Translational Coupling Element (SynTCE),' significantly enhancing the precision and integration density of genetic circuits in synthetic biology.

23 Dec 2024

Discovery of ALAS1's Secret Role Could Boost Cancer Therapy Development

In everyday life, when things turn out the opposite of what you expect, it's usually cause for frustration. In science, it's often the starting point for discovery.

23 Dec 2024

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