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Novel method enables 3D imaging of human organs with micrometer precision

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, now demonstrate a method by which specific cell types in human organs can be studied with micrometer precision.

13 Sep 2021

Study offers molecular insights into how toxic proteins are regulated in brain diseases

Rutgers researchers have discovered some of the first molecular insights into how toxic proteins are regulated in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

13 Sep 2021

Functional impairment of HIV-specific T cells precedes aborted virus control

HIV is a master of evading the immune system, using a variety of methods to prevent the body from being able to find and kill it.

13 Sep 2021

Researchers identify the spleen as primary site for priming of 'killer' T cells during influenza infection

CD8+ T cells - known as "killer" T cells - are the assassins of the immune system. Once they are primed, they seek out and destroy other cells that are infected with virus or cells that are cancerous.

12 Sep 2021

Neutrophil extracellular traps boost the bacterial killing power of macrophages

Like a spider trapping its prey, our immune system cells cooperate to capture and "eat" bacteria.

12 Sep 2021

First rat model recapitulates all disabling alterations experienced by patients with Morquio A disease

A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has generated the first rat model recapitulating all disabling alterations experienced by patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA, also known as Morquio A disease.

12 Sep 2021

NIH researchers develop a detailed cellular map of chronic MS lesions

Chronic lesions with inflamed rims, or "smoldering" plaques, in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been linked to more aggressive and disabling forms of the disease.

10 Sep 2021

Washington University School of Medicine receives $7 million to investigate how human genome works

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help lead national efforts to investigate how variations in the human genome sequence affect how the genome functions.

9 Sep 2021

UC San Diego researchers receive $6 million NIH grant to study insulin-producing cells

Sequencing the human genome - a feat accomplished in 2003 - provided the list of ingredients that make up a human being, but not the instructions that explain how those ingredients are used by each cell type to create complex "meals."

9 Sep 2021

New gene-delivering workhorse could make gene therapy safer, more effective for muscle diseases

Genetic muscle diseases lead to progressive muscle wasting and often early death, with few treatment options and no cure.

9 Sep 2021

Food science principles help scientists to understand inner workings of cellular compartments

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that food science principles have helped them determine how unusual droplets within cells stay organized and avoid dissolving into the rest of the cell's gelatinous interior.

9 Sep 2021

Cellular program could turn T cells into effective cancer killers

Cancer-fighting immune cells in patients with lung cancer whose tumors do not respond to immunotherapies appear to be running on a different "program" that makes them less effective than immune cells in patients whose cancers respond to these immune treatments, suggests a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

9 Sep 2021

Scientists create a novel cell model for understanding human development

The earliest moments of human development—between the time of fertilization and when the embryo implants in the womb—have remained opaque to scientists.

9 Sep 2021

Highly extensive Gut Cell Atlas will transform research into intestinal diseases

Many diseases have their origin in early human development, and today (8th September), two publications in Nature reveal how researchers from the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium are advancing understanding of this.

9 Sep 2021

Salt tasting cells drive food foraging strategy in nematode worms

Neuroscientists have developed a computer model to explain how a nematode worm searches for food, revealing that single brain cells can both sense the environment and control a whole animal's foraging strategy.

9 Sep 2021

Restoring beneficial gut microbes to enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy

The gut microbiome - the collection of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms that reside in our gastrointestinal tracts - can impact us in a variety of different ways, from our metabolism to our mood.

9 Sep 2021

Researchers develop artificial inorganic cell-like structures to recreate functions of living cells

Researchers have developed artificial cell-like structures using inorganic matter that autonomously ingest, process, and push out material - recreating an essential function of living cells.

9 Sep 2021

$New tool can rapidly quantify T cell fraction and predict immunotherapy response$

New tool can rapidly quantify T cell fraction and predict immunotherapy response

Scientists at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute, London, have developed a new tool, which can rapidly estimate the number of T cells (immune cells) in a cancerous tumor; with T cell abundance helping predict a patient's response to immunotherapy, researchers are hopeful this could enable more targeted and effective cancer therapies.

8 Sep 2021

Natural killer cells mediate a trade-off between wound healing and bacterial defense

Natural killer cells do not just kill cancer cells or cells infected with viruses, they also mediate a trade-off between wound healing and bacterial defense in skin wounds.

8 Sep 2021

Interorgan network plays an essential role in maternal antibody transfer through breastfeeding

Breastfeeding offers an array of benefits for mothers and newborns. Maternal antibodies are transferred via breastfeeding, protecting the gastrointestinal tracts of babies from several pathogen-caused infections.

8 Sep 2021

Cell Biology

Novel method enables 3D imaging of human organs with micrometer precision

Study offers molecular insights into how toxic proteins are regulated in brain diseases

Functional impairment of HIV-specific T cells precedes aborted virus control

Researchers identify the spleen as primary site for priming of 'killer' T cells during influenza infection

Neutrophil extracellular traps boost the bacterial killing power of macrophages

First rat model recapitulates all disabling alterations experienced by patients with Morquio A disease

NIH researchers develop a detailed cellular map of chronic MS lesions

Washington University School of Medicine receives $7 million to investigate how human genome works

UC San Diego researchers receive $6 million NIH grant to study insulin-producing cells

New gene-delivering workhorse could make gene therapy safer, more effective for muscle diseases

Food science principles help scientists to understand inner workings of cellular compartments

Cellular program could turn T cells into effective cancer killers

Scientists create a novel cell model for understanding human development

Highly extensive Gut Cell Atlas will transform research into intestinal diseases

Salt tasting cells drive food foraging strategy in nematode worms

Restoring beneficial gut microbes to enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy

Researchers develop artificial inorganic cell-like structures to recreate functions of living cells

New tool can rapidly quantify T cell fraction and predict immunotherapy response

Natural killer cells mediate a trade-off between wound healing and bacterial defense

Interorgan network plays an essential role in maternal antibody transfer through breastfeeding

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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