Cell Biology News and Research

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Researchers create a tool to predict the effects of different diets on cancerous and healthy cells

A tool was developed by researchers to forecast the impact of various dietary plans on both cancerous and healthy cells.

30 Jan 2023

Novel adoptive T cell receptor therapy shows promising results for patients with solid tumors

Afamitresgene autoleucel (afami-cel; formerly ADP-A2M4), an adoptive T cell receptor (TCR) therapy targeting the MAGE-A4 cancer antigen, achieved clinically significant results for patients with multiple solid tumor types in a Phase I clinical trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

30 Jan 2023

Scientists receive $10 million from HHMI for research on using viruses as therapeutic agents

Taking a bold step into a new era of biology, a team of scientists from the University of California San Diego, the J. Craig Venter Institute and Yale University has been awarded $10 million by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support research on using viruses as new therapeutic agents.

27 Jan 2023

AI develops first-ever functional artificial protein

Scientists have developed an AI system that can produce artificial enzymes from scratch. Even though several of these enzymes’ artificially generated amino acid sequences differed noticeably from those of any known natural protein, they nonetheless performed as well in laboratory testing as those found in nature.

27 Jan 2023

Analysis of pancreatic cancer's microenvironment reveals cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy

A new study that analyzed the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer revealed the cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy and resulted in new treatment strategies.

27 Jan 2023

Gene editing made faster than ever before using AI

The first simple production of customizable proteins known as zinc fingers to treat diseases by turning genes on and off might be enabled with the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) program.

From New York University (NYU) 27 Jan 2023

Persistent tumor mutation load may help predict outcome of novel immunotherapies

Cancer experts have tried, sometimes unsuccessfully, to use the total number of mutations in a tumor, called the tumor mutation burden (TMB), to predict a patient's response to immunotherapy.

27 Jan 2023

Researchers use artificial human skin to block invasive tumor growth in skin cancer model

By using artificial human skin, a research group from the University of Copenhagen have managed to block invasive growth in a skin cancer model.

27 Jan 2023

Researchers discover new transporter for recycling of bacterial cell wall

A transporter which some bacteria use to recycle fragments of their cell wall has been discovered by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden.

27 Jan 2023

bit.bio partners with Automata to automate a key aspect of its production of iPSC derived human cells

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From Automata Technologies 26 Jan 2023

Unboxing the mystery genome black box with the DNA sequencing method

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have described a new DNA sequencing technique that can find out where and how small molecule drugs interact with the targeted genome in a study that was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

26 Jan 2023

A 3D explanation of SPOP’s role in cancer

The protein SPOP, which also plays a role in endometrial, uterine, and other cancers, is the most mutated in prostate cancer. Despite its significance, it is still unclear how SPOP mutations cause cancer.

26 Jan 2023

Revealing the propagation of singlet oxygen along double stranded DNA

Nucleic acid-targeting photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an innovative type of targeted therapy that is currently being studied. This treatment is based on photosensitizers, which are drugs that attach to specific regions in a cell’s DNA.

26 Jan 2023

Figuring out how cells safeguard their genomes during replication

Cells zealously protect the integrity of their genomes, because damage can lead to cancer or cell death. The genome, a cell’s complete set of DNA, is most vulnerable while it is being duplicated before a cell divides.

26 Jan 2023

New insights into cell health and disease

Scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered a protein that not only prepares DNA for replication but also controls the replication process. The research, which was published on January 5th, 2023, in the journal Molecular Cell, resolves a puzzle that has long-baffled biologists.

26 Jan 2023

Enhancing the efficacy of CRISPR/Cas9 and related methods

The effectiveness of molecular genetic techniques like CRISPR/Cas9 and related systems has been significantly improved, and their range of applications has been expanded, by researchers from the Department of Developmental Biology/Physiology at the Centre for Organismal Studies of Heidelberg University.

26 Jan 2023

Study sheds new light on a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria

Scientists have detailed a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria, where they change from coexisting with algae hosts in a mutually beneficial interaction to suddenly killing them.

25 Jan 2023

Researchers use supercomputer to unveil new methods for DNA mosaic recognition

As humans, we each have trillions of cells. And each cell has a nucleus with individual genetic information –DNA – that can mutate to create an abnormality.

25 Jan 2023

New genetic condition that raises vulnerability to opportunistic infections

An international consortium co-led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center immunogeneticist Rubén Martínez-Barricarte, PhD, has discovered a new genetic disorder that causes immunodeficiency and profound susceptibility to opportunistic infections including life-threatening fungal pneumonia.

24 Jan 2023

New computational tool for long-read RNA sequencing

An evolving RNA molecule can be cut and joined, or spliced, in various ways on the path from gene to protein before being translated into a protein. Using a technique called alternative splicing, multiple proteins can be encoded by a single gene.

24 Jan 2023

Cell Biology News and Research

Latest Cell Biology News and Research

Researchers create a tool to predict the effects of different diets on cancerous and healthy cells

Novel adoptive T cell receptor therapy shows promising results for patients with solid tumors

Scientists receive $10 million from HHMI for research on using viruses as therapeutic agents

AI develops first-ever functional artificial protein

Analysis of pancreatic cancer's microenvironment reveals cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy

Gene editing made faster than ever before using AI

Persistent tumor mutation load may help predict outcome of novel immunotherapies

Researchers use artificial human skin to block invasive tumor growth in skin cancer model

Researchers discover new transporter for recycling of bacterial cell wall

bit.bio partners with Automata to automate a key aspect of its production of iPSC derived human cells

Unboxing the mystery genome black box with the DNA sequencing method

A 3D explanation of SPOP’s role in cancer

Revealing the propagation of singlet oxygen along double stranded DNA

Figuring out how cells safeguard their genomes during replication

New insights into cell health and disease

Enhancing the efficacy of CRISPR/Cas9 and related methods

Study sheds new light on a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria

Researchers use supercomputer to unveil new methods for DNA mosaic recognition

New genetic condition that raises vulnerability to opportunistic infections

New computational tool for long-read RNA sequencing

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