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.

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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.

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Cell Staining Techniques

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

The Cell Cycle

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

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Role of Macrophages in Cancer

Stem Cell Controversy

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

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

What is Epidemiology?

What are CAR T cells?

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

What are Neutrophils?

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

What are Stress Granules?

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

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

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

What is Bioprinting?

B Cell Development

T Cell Development

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What are Stem Cells?

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

What are Regulatory T Cells?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Cell Biology and Toxicology

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

What are Biofilms?

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

The Biology of Behavior

Protocell Uses in Biology

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

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

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

What is Stem Cell Banking?

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

GPCR Signaling Pathways

What is Synthetic Biology?

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Endothelial Cell Biology

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

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

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

What is Neurobiology?

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

What is a Protocell?

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Cellular Aging

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Applications of Chemoattractants

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

What are Zwitterions?

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

What is Epitranscriptomics?

A History of Developmental Biology

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

Stem Cell Properties

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

What are Vesicants?

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

What are RNA Sensors?

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.

Graph-Based Deep Learning Framework Improves Complex Biological System Mapping

A new graph-based deep learning framework may improve the reconstruction of gene regulatory networks from single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data by integrating global network structure learning with biologically informed statistical modeling, according to a study published in Computational Biomedicine.

24 Jun 2026

Modified Mediterranean Diet Improves Lifespan and Metabolic Health

A plant- and fish-based, low-protein diet paired with small amounts of an amino acid commonly found in eggs, meat and dairy increased healthy lifespan and decreased frailty and fat mass in mice, according to a new USC study published today in the journal Cell Metabolism.

24 Jun 2026

Real-Time Molecular Tool Observes Complex Immune System Changes

A lot of things need to go right on a molecular level for immune cells to launch an adaptive response to an infection.

24 Jun 2026

Scientists Move Beyond Individual Genes to Decode Schizophrenia’s Complex Genetic Network

Scientists have long known that schizophrenia runs in families, but pinpointing exactly which genes contribute to risk has been like searching for needles in a haystack. Now, researchers at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development and a consortium of collaborators from the University of Bari, Italy, and over 60 psychiatric hospitals all over the world, have developed a groundbreaking approach that looks beyond individual genes.

23 Jun 2026

Study Reveals How Arsenic Pollution Alters Bacterial Metabolism and Detoxification

As arsenic levels increased, bacterial richness and diversity declined, while arsenic-tolerant groups such as Proteobacteria became more abundant. The study also found that bacteria strengthened stress-response pathways, including signal transduction and cell motility, and upregulated arsenic-resistance genes such as arsC2 and arsB.

23 Jun 2026

Cryo-EM Imaging Uncovers the Structure of a Mysterious Molecular "Gate"

How large, fully folded proteins can pass through cell membranes without destroying them has long been one of the open questions in cell biology. Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo‑EM), Leonid Sazanov and Ziyu Zhao at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have now uncovered new details about a molecular "gate." Their findings were published in Molecular Cell.

23 Jun 2026

New Genetic Discovery Explains Why Colorectal Cancer Spreads so Quickly

Loss of GATA6-a transcription factor that controls which genes are turned on or off-can reprogram colorectal cancer cells into more primitive, adaptable states that can then spread to the liver and establish new tumors, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers.

23 Jun 2026

Scientists Discover Hidden Brain Development Signaling Pathway

The cytoskeleton gives cells their shape and helps them move. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Ludwig Maximilian University now show that, in neural stem cells, proteins of the cytoskeleton are also found in the cell nucleus, where they can influence developmental programs.

23 Jun 2026

Scripps Research Identifies Erucamide Molecule as Shield Against Blindness

Many conditions that cause vision loss share a common feature: the gradual breakdown of the retina, the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye.

23 Jun 2026

Decoding Hidden Metabolic Tissue Crosstalk via Advanced Proteomic Tracking

The body's organs are in constant communication. Fat tissue tells the liver when to store or release energy, the immune system signals localized inflammation, and thousands of proteins carry these messages to organs throughout the body.

23 Jun 2026

New Progenitor Cell Platform Offers Scalable Source for Immunotherapy

In a paper published in Cell, a USC Stem Cell-led team reports a new way of generating a renewable and expandable supply of the progenitor cells that give rise to macrophages.

22 Jun 2026

Penn Study Uses AI to Discover Prion-Based Antibiotics

New antibiotic candidates for drug-resistant bacteria may reside inside prions, mis-folded protein in the brain best known for rare and fatal degenerative brain diseases.

22 Jun 2026

Targeting Iron Metabolism Offers a New Strategy to Kill Cancer Cells

Researchers from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have discovered a key metabolic pathway that allows colorectal cancer cells to accumulate large quantities of iron. Blocking that pathway reduced iron levels and caused the cancer cells to die.

22 Jun 2026

New Study Reveals How Introns Jump Between Species Without Viral Help

Jumping genes are parasites in the genetic material of bacteria, plants, animals and humans. They are released into the cell as small RNA molecules from ribonucleic acid (RNA) and possess complex mechanisms for inserting themselves into other parts of the genetic material within the cell, thereby often conferring new properties on the cell and thus accelerating evolution. There are also jumping genes that free themselves from the RNA using an RNA enzyme. These ribozymes or self-splicing introns are a special group of jumping genes.

22 Jun 2026

New Research Examines How Blood Cancer Mutations Progress from Healthy States

Researchers have found that a genetic mutation associated with a rare group of blood cancers does not always result in development of the disease. The work provides insight into the initial phases of the disease and may eventually lead to tailored monitoring techniques that improve patient outcomes.

22 Jun 2026

Single-Cell Analysis Uncovers How Cancer Tumors Diversify and Resist Treatment

A comprehensive multi-cancer study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has revealed that cancer cells within tumors are genetically diverse, yet all carry the same core genetic changes that can be traced back to a common ancestral cell, providing a single-cell view of how tumors adapt, survive and diversify. Understanding this helps explain why some cancer cells manage to survive treatments, paving the way for more tailored diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

22 Jun 2026

Artificial Intelligence Translates Raw Micro CT Scans Into 3D Virtual Stains

Rudolf Virchow fundamentally changed medicine when he formulated his cell theory of disease in the 19th century: diseases do not arise inexplicably within the organism, but rather in specific cells and tissues.

19 Jun 2026

Researchers Map Molecular Pathways Behind Diverse Autism Genes

Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, yet the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms behind it remain largely unclear.

19 Jun 2026

CellTrap Technology Reveals Hidden Dynamics of Immune System Cancer Fighting

Established laboratory tests mainly capture average values across many cells and show, for example, how many cancer cells survive after contact with immune cells.

19 Jun 2026

Maternal Diet Fatty Acid Enriches Long Term Offspring Immune Health

Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), the most abundant trans fatty acid found in human breast milk, helps boost immune system development and has long-lasting effects on immune system health in mice, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago.

19 Jun 2026

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