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Scientists focus on critical regulatory protein to find clues on cancer, neurodegenerative diseases

James McNew's and Michael Stern's biochemical hunt for the root cause of a rare, paralyzing genetic disorder is a 10-year quest that's taken an unexpected turn toward everyday killers such as Alzheimer's disease, cancer and aging.

30 Jun 2018

Achieving the WHO’s Global Action Plan for Dementia

One year on from the WHO's Global Action Plan for Dementia, Dr. Matthew Norton from Alzheimer's Research UK discusses the steps that have been taken so far, and whether we are likely to meet the 2025 target.

28 Jun 2018

USC study reveals how the cell launches emergency response to repair damaged DNA

The cell has its own paramedic team and emergency room to aid and repair damaged DNA, a new USC Dornsife study reveals.

21 Jun 2018

Cells form cage-like structures that trap viruses, find scientists

Scientists have shown that cells can form cage-like structures around viruses to trap them and prevent them from spreading to nearby cells.

19 Jun 2018

Engineers create first 3D computer model to show breast duct development

Working with hundreds of time-lapse videos of mouse tissue, a team of biologists joined up with civil engineers to create what is believed to be the first 3D computer model to show precisely how the tiny tubes that funnel milk through the breasts of mammals form.

14 Jun 2018

MDC researchers provide new insights on embryonic heart development

When it first starts to develop, the heart is a simple tube. Reporting in the journal Nature Communications, researchers at MDC have now described how it forms itself into a its characteristic S-shape and how the ventricles and atria finally develop.

4 Jun 2018

Study shows how bacterial toxins can cripple normal cellular activity

Bacterial toxins can wreak mass havoc within cells by shutting down multiple essential functions at once, a new study has found.

4 May 2018

New discovery may offer insight into treating sickle cell anemia and other blood disorders

Discovery by Scripps Research scientists may offer insight into treating blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia.

4 Apr 2018

Super-resolution microscopy provides insights into cells' amazing flexibility

One of today's sharpest imaging tools, super-resolution microscopy, produces sparkling images of what until now has been the blurry interior of cells, detailing not only the cell's internal organs and skeleton, but also providing insights into cells' amazing flexibility.

31 Jan 2018

Researchers explore how cells navigate inside the body

Researchers have long wondered how our cells navigate inside the body. Two new studies, in which Lund University researcher Pontus Nordenfelt has participated, have now demonstrated that the cells use molecular force from within to steer themselves in a certain direction.

24 Jan 2018

Live-cell microscopy reveals internal forces that direct cell migration

Two new studies conducted at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) indicate the way by which cells react to internal forces when they orient, gain traction, and migrate in a particular direction.

11 Dec 2017

Research shows how cells rebuild nucleus, organize genome after division

University of Bristol research has revealed how cells rebuild their nucleus and organise their genome when they divide - a discovery which could have major implications for understanding cancer and degeneration.

4 Dec 2017

Drug that stimulates neuron pruning promotes goal-directed behavior in mice

A drug that stimulates neuron pruning can nudge mice away from habit-driven behaviors when combined with retraining, neuroscientists have found.

30 Nov 2017

Using AFM to characterize cancer cells

An interview with Dr. Jim Gimzewski, UCLA conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Cantab).

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 28 Nov 2017

Researchers explore new method of destroying tumor cells

Researchers from Lomonosov MSU Faculty of Biology have studied the stages of entosis, a process of cell death when one cell invades the other and gets digested inside of it. Entosis could become a new method of destroying cancer cells.

27 Nov 2017

Gold nanoparticles could potentially help in more effective drug delivery

Gold nanoparticles could help make drugs act more quickly and effectively, according to new research conducted at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

20 Nov 2017

Study finds role of body clock in wound healing

A new study conducted at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK, has found how wound healing is regulated by the body clock in such a way that injuries that occured at daytime heal nearly 60% faster than that at night.

9 Nov 2017

Prostate cancer cells gain unnatural ability to change shape and spread

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report they have discovered a biochemical process that gives prostate cancer cells the almost unnatural ability to change their shape, squeeze into other organs and take root in other parts of the body.

8 Aug 2017

Physicists use computer simulations to study arrangement of stiff polymers in spherical cavities

Theoretical physicists led by Professor Kurt Binder and Dr. Arash Nikoubashman at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany have used computer simulations to study the arrangement of stiff polymers in spherical cavities.

26 Jul 2017