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Virginia Tech researcher awarded $1.9 million grant to study about mitophagy

Most of us remember enough biology to recall that mitochondria are known as "the powerhouse of the cell." Even that audacious term may downplay the importance of mitochondria and what happens when mitochondria go bad.

31 Mar 2022

COMBINEDBrain Biorepository: A comprehensive approach to speed research for rare diseases

COMBINEDBrain puts advocacy groups in the driver's seat in the race to cure rare neurodevelopmental diseases. Patient advocacy foundations representing more than thirty rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders join forces as part of COMBINEDBrain to make it faster to do research on their disorders.

30 Mar 2022

Scientists create a biobank of 87 triple-negative breast cancer organoids

It's the cancer version of "mini me." Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor David Spector, among others, has developed organoids, which are miniature, three-dimensional copies of cancers. Organoids can be derived from cancer or healthy cells.

30 Mar 2022

Bruker introduces Ultima Investigator Plus — Multiphoton microscope for tissue imaging

Bruker today announced the release of the Ultima Investigator Plus, the newest modular platform addition to the industry-leading Ultima line of multiphoton microscopes for deep tissue fluorescence imaging.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 30 Mar 2022

New tissue-clearing method could speed the study of many disease-related biological processes

Scientists at Scripps Research have unveiled a new tissue-clearing method for rendering large biological samples transparent.

29 Mar 2022

Researchers discover a four-protein complex that may play key role in generating ribosomes

UT Southwestern researchers have identified a four-protein complex that appears to play a key role in generating ribosomes – organelles that serve as protein factories for cells – as well as a surprising part in neurodevelopmental disorders.

29 Mar 2022

Study finds less diverse circulating antibodies in aging killifish

As we age, our immune system works less well. We become more susceptible to infections and vaccinations no longer work as effectively.

29 Mar 2022

Trigeminal ganglia cell atlas implicates several cell types in migraine

Headaches such as migraine are among the leading causes of morbidity worldwide, but most treatments provide only partial relief.

29 Mar 2022

Utilizing AI to Accelerate the Field of High Content Analysis

In this interview, we speak to Araceli Biosciences about their latest product the Araceli Endeavor, and how its revolutionizing the field of high content screening.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 29 Mar 2022

Study reveals a deeper level of cellular heterogeneity within fallopian tubes

The fallopian tube is the site of fertilization, where once a month for the duration of a female's post-pubescent, pre-menopausal life, an egg is moved from the ovary, ready for fertilization by a sperm cell.

29 Mar 2022

Japanese researchers discover new mechanisms of action by extracellular vesicles in lymphoma

Japanese collaborative research teams have discovered new mechanisms of action by extracellular vesicles (EV) for the development and malignant progression of lymphomas.

28 Mar 2022

Study shows how cells use octopus-like tentacles to move around the body

With help from the best tweezers in the world a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has shed new light on a fundamental mechanism in all living cells that helps them explore their surroundings and even invade tissue.

28 Mar 2022

Biologists discover gene deletion behind abnormality in blood cancer cells

The mystery is being unraveled of why the control centers, or nuclei, of certain blood cancer cells have a distinctly odd shape.

27 Mar 2022

Researchers discover new pathway for DNA transfer in tumor microenvironment

University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, causing cancer to spread.

25 Mar 2022

Researchers show how an important inhibitor binds to the A2A receptor

The A2A receptor regulates how vigorously the innate immune system attacks diseased cells.

25 Mar 2022

Rutgers researchers use roundworms to unravel how cells communicate with one another

Scientists have long puzzled about a critical way that cells communicate with one another, but Rutgers researchers have used a simple roundworm to solve the mystery.

25 Mar 2022

New model reveals how antibodies navigate pathogen surfaces like a child at play

A new study shows how antibodies select the antigens that they bind to, as they navigate the surface of pathogens like coronaviruses.

24 Mar 2022

Tuberculosis perturbs epigenetic processes to promote premature cellular aging

Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially serious infectious disease caused by a type of bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

24 Mar 2022

Powerful new Cytobank platform upgrade available from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Building on its legacy of providing labs with better solutions for analysis, management, and sharing of complex flow and mass cytometry data, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces a series of updates to its Cytobank platform.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 24 Mar 2022

New therapy makes immunologically 'cold' tumors hot enough for immune attack

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to cure or even treat. Now, a new strategy devised by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has succeeded in making pancreatic tumors visible to the immune systems of mice and vulnerable to immune attack, reducing cancer metastases by 87%.

23 Mar 2022

Cell Biology

Virginia Tech researcher awarded $1.9 million grant to study about mitophagy

COMBINEDBrain Biorepository: A comprehensive approach to speed research for rare diseases

Scientists create a biobank of 87 triple-negative breast cancer organoids

Bruker introduces Ultima Investigator Plus — Multiphoton microscope for tissue imaging

New tissue-clearing method could speed the study of many disease-related biological processes

Researchers discover a four-protein complex that may play key role in generating ribosomes

Study finds less diverse circulating antibodies in aging killifish

Trigeminal ganglia cell atlas implicates several cell types in migraine

Utilizing AI to Accelerate the Field of High Content Analysis

Study reveals a deeper level of cellular heterogeneity within fallopian tubes

Japanese researchers discover new mechanisms of action by extracellular vesicles in lymphoma

Study shows how cells use octopus-like tentacles to move around the body

Biologists discover gene deletion behind abnormality in blood cancer cells

Researchers discover new pathway for DNA transfer in tumor microenvironment

Researchers show how an important inhibitor binds to the A2A receptor

Rutgers researchers use roundworms to unravel how cells communicate with one another

New model reveals how antibodies navigate pathogen surfaces like a child at play

Tuberculosis perturbs epigenetic processes to promote premature cellular aging

Powerful new Cytobank platform upgrade available from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

New therapy makes immunologically 'cold' tumors hot enough for immune attack

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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