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Shapeshifting behavior of E. coli may offer clues to combat urinary tract infections

Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. More than half of all Australian women will suffer from a UTI in their lifetime, and nearly one in three women will have an infection requiring treatment with antibiotics before the age of 24.

28 Jun 2022

New tissue model helps trace the steps involved in liver regeneration

The human liver has amazing regeneration capabilities: Even if up to 70 percent of it is removed, the remaining tissue can regrow a full-sized liver within months.

27 Jun 2022

Study offers new insight into the growth of blood vessels

Blood vessels must adapt their growth to the nutrients available in their surroundings so that they can keep organs adequately supplied. A team led by Michael Potente has identified two proteins that are important for this process and published their findings in Nature Metabolism.

20 Jun 2022

Diet supplemented with or deficient in methionine affects gene expression related to liver cell fat metabolism

Having shown that diet can influence gene expression, science is starting to find out more about how this happens.

15 Jun 2022

Aspirin changes the way colorectal cancer cells evolve over time, study reveals

Cancer starts when cells start dividing uncontrollably. Scientists have known that taking aspirin can help protect against the development of colorectal cancer – cancer afflicting the colon or rectum – but the exact reason aspirin has this effect has been mostly a mystery.

9 Jun 2022

Steady-state DNA motion allows cells to conduct housekeeping tasks under similar nuclear environments

Researchers in Japan have discovered that the local DNA motion inside of human cells remains steady throughout interphase, where the cell grows and replicates its DNA for cell division.

3 Jun 2022

New drug inhibits growth of the most aggressive meningiomas

When a specific non-metastatic brain tumor — a meningioma — recurs after surgery and radiation treatment, a patient is normally out of options. No drugs are approved for these aggressive tumors, which occur in up to 20 percent of cases and can lead to patient disability or even death.

16 May 2022

Researchers discover new gene that confers resistance to prostate cancer treatment

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified a gene that confers resistance to a common prostate cancer treatment, according to a study published in Cancer Research.

13 May 2022

Research describes how DNA damage can affect neural health and function

A new research paper in the journal EMBO Reports describes how DNA damage can affect neural health and function.

12 May 2022

Cells do a little cleanup before mitosis

MIT researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they do a little cleanup, tossing out molecules that they appear not to need anymore.

10 May 2022

COVID-19 mortality among elderly may be due to genetically predetermined limit on the immune system

Your immune system's ability to combat COVID-19, like any infection, largely depends on its ability to replicate the immune cells effective at destroying the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease.

9 May 2022

Mitosis in moss plants could be far more similar to animal cell division than previously thought

For a new plant to grow from a seed, cells need to divide numerous times. Daughter cells can each take on different tasks and sometimes vary in size. How plants determine the plane of cell division in this process, known as mitosis, is being researched by Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski and Dr. Elena Kozgunova from the University of Freiburg in a joint effort with Prof. Dr. Gohta Goshima from Nagoya University.

6 May 2022

Multi-omics identify COVID-19 severity predictors and prothrombotic signatures in patients with end-stage kidney disease

Researchers demonstrated that plasma levels of leucine-rich repeat-containing 15 are a strong indicator of the severity of COVID-19 in patients with end-stage kidney disease.

3 May 2022

Study illustrates how a protein complex controls genome organization to maintain lineage fidelity

Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the identities of more than 200 cell types of the human body is arguably one of the most fundamental problems in molecular and cellular biology, with critical implications for the treatment of human diseases. Central to the cell fate decision process are stem cells residing within each tissue of the body.

29 Apr 2022

MAPK pathway mutations can provide “precision” treatment targets for head and neck cancer

About one-fifth of often deadly head and neck cancers harbor genetic mutations in a pathway that is key to normal cell growth, and scientists report those mutations, which enable abnormal cancer cell growth, can also make the cancer vulnerable.

28 Apr 2022

Species differences in somatic mutations shed light on aging

A recent study published in the journal Nature aimed to elucidate, through a comparative analysis, the diversity in mutagenesis across different species, and the long-established hypothesis regarding evolution in the rates of somatic mutation, as well as their role in cancer and aging.

25 Apr 2022

Cell Division News and Research

Shapeshifting behavior of E. coli may offer clues to combat urinary tract infections

New tissue model helps trace the steps involved in liver regeneration

Study offers new insight into the growth of blood vessels

Diet supplemented with or deficient in methionine affects gene expression related to liver cell fat metabolism

Aspirin changes the way colorectal cancer cells evolve over time, study reveals

Steady-state DNA motion allows cells to conduct housekeeping tasks under similar nuclear environments

New drug inhibits growth of the most aggressive meningiomas

Researchers discover new gene that confers resistance to prostate cancer treatment

Research describes how DNA damage can affect neural health and function

Cells do a little cleanup before mitosis

COVID-19 mortality among elderly may be due to genetically predetermined limit on the immune system

Mitosis in moss plants could be far more similar to animal cell division than previously thought

Multi-omics identify COVID-19 severity predictors and prothrombotic signatures in patients with end-stage kidney disease

Study illustrates how a protein complex controls genome organization to maintain lineage fidelity

MAPK pathway mutations can provide “precision” treatment targets for head and neck cancer

Species differences in somatic mutations shed light on aging

Cell division crucial for the success of macrophage infiltration

New insight into lymphoid cell maturity could pave the way for more effective IBD treatments

Harnessing electricity to treat certain types of cancer

Exploring evolutionary trajectories of SARS-CoV-2 interacting proteins in bats and primates

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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