Cell Biology

Cell biology includes the study of the behaviour, function and structure of cells. It focuses on the concept that cells are a basic unit of life and are required for all life processes. Going off the assumption that a cell is a fundamental unit of life helps researchers pursue a further understanding of how live cells function, and what causes cell division, disease, and other cell issues.

What is Cell Biology?

The study of cell biology reveals the fundamental mechanisms of life, offering insights into disease and advancing therapeutic strategies for improved health.

Overview

This hub is where you’ll find all the latest information, research, and news on cell biology, how the study of cell biology can help facilitate the understanding of diseases and their development, as well as the structural and functional properties of a cell. If you search through our list of articles and news pieces you will find a wealth of information.

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

What are Biofilms?

Feature Articles

In our featured articles section, you will find plenty of literature on cannabis analysis and testing, with common topics being recent advancements, molecular biology of diabetes, antibiotics, and plenty of other interesting titles.

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

GPCR Signaling Pathways

What are Regulatory T Cells?

What are RNA Sensors?

Chirality in Biochemistry

Diploblast vs. Triploblast: Unveiling the Secrets of Early Animal Development

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

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What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

What is Neurobiology?

The Cell Cycle

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

The Biology of Behavior

The Future of Bioengineered Products

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

Pluripotent Stem Cells

What are Zwitterions?

What is Synthetic Biology?

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Stem Cell Controversy

Cell Biology and Toxicology

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

Cell Fate Determination: How Cells Choose Their Paths in Developing Tissues

Applications of Chemoattractants

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Protocell Uses in Biology

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

Taxonomy, Nomenclature, and Classification: Key Terms in Biology and the Life Sciences

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

What is Bioprinting?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What is a Protocell?

Stem Cell Properties

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

What are Neutrophils?

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Endothelial Cell Biology

Cellular Aging

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Folding Matters: Unraveling the Impact of Protein Folding on Biological Processes

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

What is Epidemiology?

B Cell Development

What are Stress Granules?

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

What are Vesicants?

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

A History of Developmental Biology

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

What are CAR T cells?

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

Bacterial Influences on Breast Tumorigenesis: Do Probiotics Have a Role in Therapy?

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Cell Staining Techniques

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

What is Stem Cell Banking?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

What are Stem Cells?

T Cell Development

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

Latest Cell Biology News and Research

For the latest news from the world of cell biology, have a read through the articles in this section. We compile a range of articles on new discoveries, research papers and other cell advances.

Bacterial Chemical Signals Work Together to Control Intestinal Movement

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that chemical signals produced by gut bacteria work together to control intestinal movement.

3 Sep 2026

Scientists Uncover Unexpected Feature of Human DNA Organization

A new study led by Francesca Storici, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences and faculty member of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, has uncovered an unexpected feature of human DNA linked to gene activity and the physical organization of DNA.

3 Sep 2026

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

AI-Designed Protein Vehicle Enables Lower RNA Dosing While Maximizing Therapeutic Protein Expression

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and TUM have developed Synthetic Transfer Vehicles (STVs), an entirely new class of RNA transporters. To do so, they combined naturally occurring protein building blocks with synthetic protein structures designed using generative AI.

3 Sep 2026

Scientists Identify Dark Genome Library Containing Over Thirty Thousand Chimeric mRNAs

For decades, scientists have understood that each of the roughly 20,000 genes in the human body carries the instructions for a single kind of protein.

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

Unexpected Mechanism Shows Muscle Cells Limit Rather Than Drive Membrane Growth

Every movement we make, from blinking to sprinting, depends on the ability of muscle fibers to contract in a rapid and coordinated way. Achieving this precision requires an intricate internal membrane network known as the transverse tubule, or T-tubule, system.

3 Sep 2026

Research Sheds Light on Molecular Origins of Pediatric Brain Cancers

Melbourne researchers have uncovered a critical signaling pathway that controls the timing of brain development, shedding new light on how neurodevelopmental disorders may develop.

3 Sep 2026

Study Reveals How Fungal Enzymes and Clotting Proteins Clog Human Airways

Asthma affects more than 300 million people worldwide, and while many can control their symptoms with inhaled steroid medications, about 10% develop a more severe form that does not respond well to these treatments. This steroid-resistant asthma is one of the most difficult forms of the disease to manage.

3 Sep 2026

New Platform Links Dysfunctional Biomolecular Condensates to Microcephaly and Neurodevelopment

When you add drops of oil to water, the oil and water remain separate. Within cells, biological molecules cluster together in a similar way, separating themselves from the rest of the cell. And while they don't have a membrane, they are their own distinct compartments.

3 Sep 2026

Researchers Unlock Key Potassium Channel That Controls Plant Stalk Elongation

Potassium (K) is one of the three essential nutrients for plants. It plays a critical role in a wide range of processes, including cell growth, photosynthesis, and regulation of water balance. Plants take up K from the soil and circulate it throughout their bodies via molecules called K+ channels.

3 Sep 2026

UNC Researcher Wins Mathers Foundation Grant to Study T-Cell Metabolism

Jessica Thaxton, PhD, MsCR, associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the UNC School of Medicine and co-leader of the Cancer Cell Biology Research Program at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been awarded a prestigious $700,000 grant from the Mathers Foundation to support research into the role of the endoplasmic reticulum in T-cell metabolism and cancer development.

2 Sep 2026

Protein Interaction Helps Senescent Cells Survive Aging and Cellular Stress

Senescent cells - cells that have stopped dividing but remain metabolically active - can accumulate with age and contribute to chronic inflammation and tissue dysfunction

2 Sep 2026

Massive Algal Genome Project Opens New Pathways for Biotechnology

An international team of more than 100 scientists have taken a major step towards unlocking the secrets of some of Earth's tiniest but most important organisms.

2 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

Research Evaluates How Protein Production Speeds Impact PROTAC Success

The way cancer-causing proteins accumulate in tumors may influence how effectively a promising new generation of medicines can remove them, a study suggests.

2 Sep 2026

Cell Study Unveils Method to Spot Tiny Molecular Protein Fluctuations

Imagine a brain teaser where the challenge is to spot the difference between two nearly identical sandcastles. The only difference? The removal of three grains of sand.

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

New Mechanism Explains How Red Blood Cell Breakdown Drives Inflammation

When red blood cells break down, they release heme, a component of hemoglobin, that can contribute to inflammation and damage tissues and blood vessels.

2 Sep 2026

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