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Membrane Tension and Calcium Signaling Regulate Phospholipid Scrambling

Researchers at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS) at Kyoto University have discovered new information regarding how cells control the distribution of lipids in their cell membrane.

16 Sep 2024

Innovative Approach Supercharges T Cells by Transferring Healthy Mitochondria

Fighting cancer is exhausting for T cells. Hostile tumor microenvironments can drain their mitochondrial activity, leading to a condition known as T cell exhaustion.

16 Sep 2024

New Protein Identified in Ferns Reveals Role in Plant Gender and Stem Cell Control

Purdue University plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and determining gender in vascular plants, using a fern model.

13 Sep 2024

CRISPR and Antibodies Offer New Hope for Improving CAR-T Cell Therapy Outcomes

Mayo Clinic researchers mined the molecular foundations of cancer and uncovered a new reason chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T cell therapy) fails in some patients.

13 Sep 2024

A Powerful New Tool for Biomedical Research

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q) have built a comprehensive molecular map of the human body and its complicated physiological processes by analyzing thousands of molecules found in 391 volunteers' blood, urine, and saliva samples.

12 Sep 2024

New Research Uncovers Healing Benefits of Pyroptosis

A study by the team of Prof. Kodi Ravichandran (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues found that pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death traditionally thought to be purely inflammatory, also plays a crucial role in promoting healing and tissue repair.

12 Sep 2024

A New Approach to Engineering Complex Organoids

A novel molecular engineering technology can precisely control the formation of organoids. Microbeads composed of precisely folded DNA are utilized to deliver growth factors or other signal molecules into tissue structures.

11 Sep 2024

New VitelloTag Method Revolutionizes Gene Editing in Egg Cells and Embryos

A new approach for delivering miniature research tools into the interior of egg cells and embryos has been developed at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), resolving a major bottleneck to using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 in many research organisms.

11 Sep 2024

Developing Techniques for Imaging Biomolecules

Scientists are working to create quicker, more quantitative, and more publicly available methods of seeing biomolecules in living cells to speed up biotechnology discoveries, such as the production of lifesaving drugs.

11 Sep 2024

Research Uncovers Dynamic Epigenetic Switch for Gene Expression Control

One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic expression.

11 Sep 2024

Study Proposes Using Virus-Based Vectors to Enhance Crop Performance

Humans, livestock and companion animals benefit from virus-based vaccines and gene therapies, but crops do not.

11 Sep 2024

Monoclonal Antibody SC27 Shows Broad Effectiveness Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants

A monoclonal antibody appears effective at neutralizing the numerous variants of SARS-CoV-2, as well as related viruses in animals that could pose a threat if they were to begin spreading in people.

10 Sep 2024

Fruit Fly Research Sheds Light on Stem Cell Depletion and Aging Process

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) have identified key changes to both chromosome structure and gene expression that affect stem cell function during aging.

10 Sep 2024

New Insights into RNA Export Mechanisms in Drosophila Revealed

Eukaryotic cells are complex biological units, each with multiple membrane-bound compartments. These cells use specialized mechanisms to export biomolecules from their synthesis site to where they function.

10 Sep 2024

Study Unveils How Bacteria Thrive Within the Nucleus of Deep-Sea Mussels

Most animals live in intimate relationships with bacteria. Some of these bacteria live inside the cells of their hosts, but only very few are able to live inside cell organelles (structures inside the cell, like organs in the body).

9 Sep 2024

From Bone Regeneration to Heart Repair: Stem Cell Transplantation Paves the Way for New Medical Frontiers

Stem cell transplantation offers promising solutions for tissue regeneration and age-related degeneration, despite challenges in safety and production costs.

9 Sep 2024

Study Reveals How Damaged Cells Contribute to Chronic Kidney Disease Progression

A study published in Nature Communications provides new insight into how damaged cells interact within disease-promoting microenvironments following acute kidney injury, or AKI.

6 Sep 2024

New Study Identifies Key Protein Influencing Longevity

It turns out that a particular gene has a great influence on longevity, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. This may pave the way for new treatment.

5 Sep 2024

Study Reveals Immune Cells' Role in Lung Scarring After Viral Infections

Investigators involved in a multicenter study co-led by Cedars-Sinai discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs' protective barrier from healing after viral infections like COVID-19.

5 Sep 2024

Atypical B Cells Play a Central Role in COVID-19 Vaccine Response

Vaccines function by strengthening defenses against viruses that invade human bodies. Vaccination against COVID-19 teaches the human immune system's specialized B cells how to identify the virus.

5 Sep 2024