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.

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

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.

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

lncRNAs in Human Disease

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

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

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

What are Neutrophils?

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

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Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

The Biology of Behavior

What is Macrophage Polarization?

What is Epidemiology?

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

What is Stem Cell Banking?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

What is Neurobiology?

Endothelial Cell Biology

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

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

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

What are Zwitterions?

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

What are Stem Cells?

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

What is Bioprinting?

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

Applications of Chemoattractants

What is Synthetic Biology?

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What are Vesicants?

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

The Cell Cycle

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

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

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Cellular Aging

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

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

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

What are Biofilms?

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

The Future of Bioengineered Products

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

B Cell Development

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Stem Cell Properties

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What is a Protocell?

Cell Staining Techniques

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

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

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

What is Epitranscriptomics?

A History of Developmental Biology

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

What are RNA Sensors?

What are Stress Granules?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

What are Regulatory T Cells?

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

Stem Cell Controversy

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Chirality in Biochemistry

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

What are CAR T cells?

Protocell Uses in Biology

GPCR Signaling Pathways

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

T Cell Development

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.

Drug Boosts Axon Regrowth In Human Brain-Spinal Cord Model

This study presents a human organoid model that identifies genetic factors limiting nerve regeneration and highlights lynestrenol's role in promoting repair.

4 Jun 2026

Genetic Blueprint Framework Maps Insect Brains to Simplify Human Neuroscience

While E. Josie Clowney would never suggest that neuroscience is simple, a new study by her team at the University of Michigan could drastically reduce complexity in future studies.

4 Jun 2026

New Chromosome Packaging Discovery Explains Unlimited Growth in Cancer Cells

Published today in Nature, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center report a previously unrecognized change in how the cell's genetic material is packaged into structures called chromosomes.

4 Jun 2026

Webinar - Modality Agnostic Drug Discovery Strategies for Data Sparse Targets: Lessons Learned From Avammune & Cresset, Hosted by Visioneers

Are you working on data-sparse or novel targets? Join us June 11th to learn how Avammune progressed from early concepts to trial-stage candidates in this space.

From Cresset 4 Jun 2026

New Marine Species Euplotes Gigatrox Swallows Genetically Identical Relatives

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have discovered a microscopic organism that can transform into a cannibalistic "supergiant" that drastically changes size, shape, and behavior, and abandons filter-feeding to hunt and consume their genetically identical relatives.

4 Jun 2026

Study Shows How AI and Single Cell Science are Changing Modern Medicine

Recent technological advances have pushed the boundaries of cellular biology far beyond what was conceivable even decades ago

4 Jun 2026

New Gene-Editing Strategy Ensures Quality Control in Stem Cell Therapies

A team of researchers led by Luigi Naldini at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget) has developed a new strategy to significantly improve the precision and safety of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing.

3 Jun 2026

How Tiny Molecular Tethers Prevent Plant Cells From Crumpling

Water deficit resistance in plants has long been a topic of interest for cultivating reliable crops.

3 Jun 2026

Scientists Decode How T Cells Stop Deadly Viruses

T cells are among the immune system’s essential soldiers. They can inhibit tumor development and even combat serious infections.

3 Jun 2026

Neuroscientists Identify Brain Cells Acting as the "Disappointment Meter"

University of Oregon neuroscientists have identified a group of brain cells that essentially act as a "disappointment meter," announcing when reality is falling short of expectations.

3 Jun 2026

Bispecific Antibodies Target Tumors While Sparing Healthy Tissue

A new generation of bispecific antibodies effectively targets cancer cells, minimizing toxicity and enhancing treatment precision in preclinical studies.

3 Jun 2026

A New Non-Destructive Tool Maps Active Transcription Profiles in Living Tissue

Cell function is determined by how DNA is expressed into proteins. That process includes two main steps - transcription, when messenger RNA (mRNA) makes copies of active genes, and translation, when mRNA guides protein assembly.

2 Jun 2026

Cell Phase Separation Creates Droplets That Optimize and Activate Kinase Signaling

Within the past decade, biologists have discovered that one strategy cells use to keep their contents organized is a phenomenon known as phase separation.

2 Jun 2026

Researchers Map an Unprecedented Gene Journey From the X to Y Chromosome

The humble Y chromosome may be the smallest chromosome in the mammalian genome (and getting even smaller), but it is mighty: genes on the Y chromosome are critical for fertility in males.

2 Jun 2026

Live-Imaging Techniques Reveal How Stem Cells Collectively Suppress Tumors

It all starts with a single cell.

2 Jun 2026

Novel Cyclic Peptides Cross Cell Membranes to Fight Disease

Many diseases are driven by proteins interacting with each other inside cells. But blocking these interactions with drugs is difficult because our typic "small-molecule" drugs often prove to be too small to grip the broad, flat surfaces involved in protein-protein interactions.

1 Jun 2026

Redesigning Antibiotics to Overcome Bacterial Efflux Pump Resistance

A new way of designing antibiotics could support the discovery of new treatments for drug-resistant infections.

1 Jun 2026

Scientists Discover a Metabolic Switch That Regulates Ferroptosis

The loss of an enzyme can reprogram cellular metabolism in a way that protects cells from a specific form of cell death. Paradoxically, the presumed blockade of this enzyme has the opposite effect.

1 Jun 2026

Telomerase Protects Against Chronic Disease Beyond Cellular Aging

A protein long studied for its connection to aging may also play a key role in protecting the body from chronic disease, according to new research from the laboratory of Mikhail Kolonin, PhD, published in Aging Cell.

29 May 2026

Immune Cell Metabolism May Determine Tuberculosis Disease Progression

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have identified key differences in how immune cells generate and use energy, a process known as cellular metabolism, in people with latent versus active tuberculosis (TB).

29 May 2026

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