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 are Stem Cells?

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

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.

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

What are Vesicants?

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

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Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

What are Regulatory T Cells?

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Protocell Uses in Biology

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

What are Biofilms?

What are Stress Granules?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

What is Neurobiology?

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

GPCR Signaling Pathways

The Cell Cycle

T Cell Development

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Cell Staining Techniques

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

What are CAR T cells?

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What are Neutrophils?

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

What is Stem Cell Banking?

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

What is a Protocell?

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

Pluripotent Stem Cells

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

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

What is Bioprinting?

B Cell Development

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

Stem Cell Controversy

Chirality in Biochemistry

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

Applications of Chemoattractants

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

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

What is Epidemiology?

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

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

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

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

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

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

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

A History of Developmental Biology

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Stem Cell Properties

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

The Future of Bioengineered Products

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

Cellular Aging

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Endothelial Cell Biology

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

What are RNA Sensors?

What are Zwitterions?

The Biology of Behavior

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Cell Biology and Toxicology

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

What is Synthetic Biology?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

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.

Tail Region of mRNAs Found to Act as Protein Chaperone

Proteins are how cells get work done. They carry out nearly every important cellular task, from ferrying messages to controlling which genes are turned on or off.

10 Jun 2026

Auxin-Induced Transcriptional Complex Regulates Garlic Somatic Embryogenesis

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is usually propagated through bulbs rather than seeds, a pattern that can lead to variety degeneration, low multiplication rates, and the accumulation of viral diseases.

10 Jun 2026

Researchers Outline Dynamic Protein Control Systems for Better Clinical Decisions

Cancer has often been explained through mutations in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or changes in ribonucleic acid (RNA), but these layers do not fully explain why tumors with similar genetic profiles can behave differently.

10 Jun 2026

New Project Explores Virovory’s Potential to Combat Eutrophication

Toxic cyanobacterial blooms can close lakes, contaminate drinking water and pose risks to human health.

10 Jun 2026

Coffee Can Now Serve as a Biological Switch for Medicines

For many of us, a warm cup of coffee is how we start our day. For Texas A&M Health researchers, it may also offer a new way to control engineered cells in future medicines.

9 Jun 2026

Salk Researchers Uncover Specialized Plant Protein for DNA Repair

Similar to the way DNA damage can contribute to human diseases like cancer, it can also disrupt growth, development, and survival in plants.

9 Jun 2026

Microtubule Skeleton Determines How Heart Muscle Cells Change Under Stress

Microtubules, part of heart muscle cells' internal "skeleton," help determine how the heart changes shape under stress, and a common signaling pathway called the ERK pathway acts as a key controller of where the building materials for these cells' growth are delivered inside them, a pair of new studies show.

9 Jun 2026

New Open Access Connectome Unveils Intricate Fruit Fly Neural Connections

In a first, a large, international team led by multiple labs at Harvard Medical School and Princeton University has published a complete wiring diagram of all the connections between neurons in the central nervous system of an adult fruit fly.

9 Jun 2026

Scientists Identify EHMT2 Enzyme as Main Cause of 5-FU Failure

One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer is 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a cornerstone treatment that has improved outcomes for countless patients.

9 Jun 2026

Scottish Biotech Bead Biopharma Emerges From Stealth Mode with Novel Cancer Drug Platform

Bead BioPharma, a Scottish life sciences company backed by Archangels, today announced its emergence from stealth mode following the submission of its first patent, a milestone that marks the company’s formal entry into one of the most commercially active sectors in global oncology.

9 Jun 2026

Creatine Linked to Cancer-Fighting Dendritic Cell Function

According to recent UCLA research, creatine, the organic acid that athletes and bodybuilders frequently use as a supplement, supercharges a crucial class of immune cells that activate and prime the body's primary cancer-fighting agents.

8 Jun 2026

Deep Mutational Scanning Unlocks Hidden Blueprint of Antibody Selection Processes

A new study tracking thousands of B cells across more than 100 germinal centers in mice reveals how the system consistently produces highly effective antibodies.

8 Jun 2026

New Study Proves Research Models Accurately Replicate Cancer ecDNA Loops

Damage to DNA in cancer cells can lead to pieces breaking off chromosomes and floating away, like icebergs cracking off from a glacier. Just as icebergs are a threat to ships and their crew, these scattered bits of DNA loom large to physicians and cancer patients by having titanic effects on tumor progression and treatment resistance.

8 Jun 2026

Biologists Capture Snapshot of Evolutionary Transition in Y Chromosome Gene

The study, published in Volume 153, Issue 9 of the journal Development on May 14, 2026, by The Company of Biologists, is the first to precisely map endogenous UTY occupancy across the human genome and demonstrate that UTY remains functionally involved in transcriptional regulation during early human development.

8 Jun 2026

Antibody-Directed Xenophagy Pathway Blocks Intracellular Infections From Spreading

Scientists have revealed the process by which cells can internally digest bacteria and viruses.

5 Jun 2026

Blood Signature Found to Predict Lung Cancer Risk Years Before Diagnosis

Researchers have identified a blood signature that can predict lung cancer risk years before diagnosis – significant findings that could enhance prevention strategies for Australia’s biggest cancer killer.

5 Jun 2026

Researchers Reconstruct the Billion Year History of Osmotrophic Eukaryotic Evolution

Decomposers are crucial for keeping Earth habitable, breaking down dead biomass and returning key nutrients, like carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, back into the ecosystem.

5 Jun 2026

Scientists Identify Microglia Immune State Changes for Novel Alzheimer’s Therapies

Researchers from VIB, KU Leuven, the UK-DRI and Muna Therapeutics, funded by, among others, ERC, have uncovered a critical biological transition that may determine whether Alzheimer's disease pathology leads to dementia.

5 Jun 2026

New Antibiotic Compound Blocks Ribosome to Starve Dangerous Pathogens

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a new antibiotic that kills some of the world's most dangerous and drug-resistant bacteria - and does so by targeting a previously unknown vulnerability, opening the door to an entirely new class of treatments.

5 Jun 2026

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

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