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.

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

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.

Applications of Chemoattractants

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

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Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

What are RNA Sensors?

Endothelial Cell Biology

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

What is Stem Cell Banking?

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

What is Bioprinting?

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

B Cell Development

What are CAR T cells?

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

Cell Staining Techniques

What are Stress Granules?

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

Stem Cell Controversy

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

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

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

What are Vesicants?

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

T Cell Development

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

A History of Developmental Biology

lncRNAs in Human Disease

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

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

GPCR Signaling Pathways

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

The Biology of Behavior

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

The Cell Cycle

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

What is Neurobiology?

What is Synthetic Biology?

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

What are Regulatory T Cells?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

What are Zwitterions?

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

Cellular Aging

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

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

What are Neutrophils?

The Future of Bioengineered Products

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

What are Stem Cells?

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

What is Macrophage Polarization?

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

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Stem Cell Properties

What are Biofilms?

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

Protocell Uses in Biology

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

What is a Protocell?

What is Epidemiology?

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Chirality in Biochemistry

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

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.

Mayo Clinic Study Advances Detection of Somatic DNA Mutations

Researchers in a Mayo Clinic-led study have shown how to detect a broad range of DNA mutations in noncancerous human tissues and across the genome.

16 Oct 2026

Cedars-Sinai Expands Stem Cell Research Aboard the Space Station

When NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 mission docks with the International Space Station Oct. 15, it will deliver two experiments from the Cedars-Sinai Center for Space Medicine Research.

16 Oct 2026

Korean Researchers Identify New Mechanism Underlying Superbug Antibiotic Resistance

A joint research team led by Professor Hongbaek Cho of the Department of Biological Sciences at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) and Professor Jeong Min Chung of the Department of Biotechnology at The Catholic University of Korea has identified a new mechanism underlying antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a major multidrug-resistant "superbug."

16 Oct 2026

Intestinal Cells Use Signal Rhythms to Determine Cell Growth

A study conducted at the Hubrecht Institute reveals that the intestines use the rhythm of a signal to decide which cells to make.

16 Oct 2026

Machine Learning Tool Pinpoints Crucial Gene Regulation Changes

Changes in our genes affect health risks from heart disease to cancer, but how those genes are turned on and off is just as crucial to health.

16 Oct 2026

Balancing Immune Cells May Unlock Hidden Human Regenerative Potential

In a study of fingertip regeneration, a team led by JAX Senior Research Scientist James Godwin found that some immune cells in mice can attack and kill cells needed to rebuild bone, while a subset of those same immune cells can protect the bone-making cells and allow regeneration to continue.

16 Oct 2026

Novel Molecular Pathway Identified to Combat T-Cell Exhaustion in Cancer

Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center used a CRISPR screen to identify a key molecular pathway that drives exhaustion in cancer-fighting immune cells, limiting their ability to keep tumors under control.

16 Oct 2026

Could mRNA Vaccine Technology Help Repair Damaged Livers?

Research indicates that brief cellular reprogramming and mRNA nanoparticles can enhance liver repair, offering new strategies for acute liver injury recovery.

16 Oct 2026

Cell Division Actively Reshapes Crowded Epithelial Tissue, Study

Every time a tissue grows or renews itself, cells must divide inside an already crowded environment.

16 Oct 2026

Targeted Interneuron Manipulation Improves Learning and Memory Processing Capabilities

Researchers were able to restore the function of neurons linked to cognitive function and information processing in mice that mimic key features of Alzheimer's disease, showing early promise for the development of a similar targeted therapy in humans.

16 Oct 2026

Plant Circadian Clock Drives Molecular Salt Stress Defenses

Salty soil is a growing threat to crops worldwide. Hotter, drier weather has increased evaporation rates, drawing moisture from the soil and leaving behind concentrated mineral salts.

16 Oct 2026

Artificial Intelligence Integrates Multi-Omic Data to Predict HPV Lesion Progression

Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is extremely common and, in the vast majority of cases, clears up on its own. However, in some people, it persists and can develop into precancerous lesions or even cancer.

16 Oct 2026

Scientists Discover Molecular Chain Reaction Behind Sound Wave Healing

Researchers from Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, have identified a CaN/NFATC3/Id3/E2A/Bmp4 signaling pathway that helps explain how low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) promotes bone regeneration.

16 Oct 2026

Immunometabolic Reprogramming Strategy Addresses Chronic Inflammatory Conditions

Colorectal cancer has become the leading cause of cancer-related death for people under 50. Its most common forms generally aren't treatable, either through conventional means like chemotherapy or newer immunotherapy drugs.

16 Oct 2026

Genomic Adaptation Reveals How Candida auris Resists Potent Antifungal Drug Treatments

New research has revealed an unexpected new mechanism through which the killer fungus Candida auris is resisting antifungal drug treatment.

15 Oct 2026

Study Uncovers Sex Specific Coordinated Stem Cell Dynamics in Skin Repair

By filming skin stem cells in living mice over five months, researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, have discovered that in females these cells renew the skin in a more coordinated way than in males.

15 Oct 2026

Overcoming Bioprinting Challenges for Mature Adipocytes in 3D Tissue Models

Adipose tissue is a metabolically active organ involved in energy storage, endocrine signaling, and whole-body metabolic regulation.

15 Oct 2026

Rhizosphere Tug-of-War for Iron Drives Plant-Microbe Evolutionary Co-Adaptation

Energy production in our cells, oxygen traveling in our blood, and immune cells fighting infection all depend on iron, an essential mineral that enters the food chain when plants absorb it from soil. But iron is often scarce-likely increasingly so as global weather and temperatures continue to change-and we aren't the only ones that need it.

15 Oct 2026

Mount Sinai Launches Bioengineered Brain and Heart Models Into Space

Mount Sinai researchers are sending bioengineered human brain and cardiovascular tissue models into space for the first time today, as part of the SpaceX CRS-35 mission, to study brain activity, cardiovascular function, and accelerated aging in orbit.

15 Oct 2026

Comprehensive Analysis of Emerging Strategies for Targeting Cyclin-Dependent Kinases in Cancer

More than 30 years after the direct connection was established between the molecular machinery controlling cell division and cancer, a new paper traces the evolution of cyclin-dependent kinase research and outlines the next generation of CDK-targeted therapies.

15 Oct 2026

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