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Fruit Fly Egg Chambers Reveal Secrets of Collective Cell Movement

Scientists have long wondered how cells that are organized into sheets begin to move together to form organs, especially when the sheets form closed, sphere-like surfaces and tissues with no edges to direct motion.

3 Sep 2026

Optical Metabolic Imaging Profiles Single-Cell Metabolic Fitness in Blood Without Dye Labeling

A routine blood sample contains a diverse collection of immune cells that can reveal important clues about health and disease. These cells, known as peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), are widely used to study infections, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and the immune system's response to treatment.

3 Sep 2026

Research Links Sperm Cell Maturation to Nuclear Proteasomes

Researchers at VIB, VUB, and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (UK) have discovered a hidden feature of human sperm cells.

2 Sep 2026

Targeting EFHD1 Protein Prevents Severe Obesity-Related Metabolic Liver Damage

Obesity-related metabolic liver disease affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, but only some fraction of those livers develop scarring, become inflamed, and eventually fail.

2 Sep 2026

Scientists Map Single Cell Heterogeneity in Standard Clinical Blood Samples

When a patient is facing certain cancers or an immune condition, clinicians turn to their white blood cells for clues about the progression of both diseases and their treatments.

2 Sep 2026

Super-Resolution DNA Imaging Platform Links Chromatin Loosening to Tumor Progression

Scientists have engineered fluorescent molecules enabling the visualization of DNA organization within living cells with unparalleled resolution, and in fixed cells, nearly the width of the double helix itself.

31 Aug 2026

OIST Scientists Uncover Fleeting Sugar Pairs Regulating Cell Division

Acting as an armor, a scaffold, and a communication platform in one, our cells' plasma membrane lies at the heart of many crucial cellular processes.

28 Aug 2026

Cellular Glue Helps Engulf Dying Cells

A protein which sticks cells and tissues together has been found to have a surprising second job: helping cells which are packed into a continuous sealed layer, also known as epithelial cells, engulf nearby dead cells.

28 Aug 2026

Colorectal Cancer and Nerve Damage: A Hidden Link Uncovered in Mice and Primates

Colorectal tumors trigger inflammatory nerve damage, suggesting cancer itself may be a risk factor for neuropathy in survivors, independent of treatments.

27 Aug 2026

Centriolar Satellites Coordinate Crucial Internal Cellular Protein Trafficking Networks

Inside every cell, thousands of proteins must reach the right place at the right time. Helping coordinate this complex logistics network are centriolar satellites-tiny, membrane-less organelles that play important roles in protein trafficking, cell division, and the formation of cilia.

22 Aug 2026

Mapping Diverse Brain Cell Populations Unlocks Deep Hidden Molecular Secrets

Understanding how molecular changes shape brain function and disease requires more than measuring genes in bulk tissue.

22 Aug 2026

Study Redefines How Cancer Cells Enter Senescence

Stopping tumor growth is only half the battle. Rather than kill tumor cells, many cancer therapies can only push them into cellular senescence, a state in which cells stop dividing but do not die. These "undead" cells will continue to release signals that reshape the tumor environment.

21 Aug 2026

New MOSAIC Microscope Captures Biological Processes Across Multiple Scales

Biology doesn’t happen at one scale. Molecular interactions unfold in milliseconds and nanometers, while disease-associated change such as in Alzheimer’s spreads across millimeters of brain tissue.

21 Aug 2026

Experimental Platform Could Rapidly Deliver Next-Generation mRNA Therapeutics

In a new study, scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine report that an experimental mRNA-based platform has the potential to help deliver next-generation mRNA therapeutics, including vaccines fighting against infectious disease, cancer and autoimmune conditions, faster and more efficiently than the industry standard.

21 Aug 2026

Powerful Imaging Technique Captures Gene Transcription Inside Living Organisms

All living things have a fleet of tiny copy machines that turn instructions from DNA into RNA, the molecules responsible for helping build proteins that keep organisms alive.

21 Aug 2026

Antibodies for Visualizing Cell Identity and Tumor Architecture

Whether you are characterizing cell state transitions, assessing organelle integrity, or building a multiplex immunofluorescence (IF) assay, you need reliable structural markers for your imaging.

From Antibodies Incorporated 21 Aug 2026

Single-Gene Edits Fall Short of Stopping Immune Rejection in Beta Cell Grafts

In people with type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly destroys the pancreatic beta cells responsible for producing insulin. Patients therefore require lifelong insulin therapy to regulate their blood glucose levels.

21 Aug 2026

Researchers Bridge the Toxicological Gap Between Zebrafish and Wild Ecosystems

Zebrafish have become one of toxicology's most powerful tools for studying emerging contaminants, from PFAS and microplastics to pharmaceuticals and nanomaterials.

19 Aug 2026

High-Speed Microscope Captures Millisecond-Scale Brain Signaling Activity

Within the brain, neurons compute by generating electrical impulses. These signals travel throughout neurons, which are in turn connected in vast networks that control brain functions such as sensory perception, memory formation, and control of movement.

17 Aug 2026

New Study Links TIMP2 Loss to Microglial Immune Dysfunction

Researchers at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a role for the youth-associated protein TIMP2 in supporting the healthy function of microglia, the brain's resident immune cells.

17 Aug 2026