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.

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

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.

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

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

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

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Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

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

What are Neutrophils?

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

The Cell Cycle

A History of Developmental Biology

Protocell Uses in Biology

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

What is Epitranscriptomics?

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

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

What is a Protocell?

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

Stem Cell Properties

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

B Cell Development

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Chirality in Biochemistry

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

What are RNA Sensors?

What is Stem Cell Banking?

What is Synthetic Biology?

The Future of Bioengineered Products

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

T Cell Development

lncRNAs in Human Disease

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

What are Biofilms?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Cell Biology and Toxicology

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Applications of Chemoattractants

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

What is Neurobiology?

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

What are CAR T cells?

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

Stem Cell Controversy

GPCR Signaling Pathways

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

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

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

What are Regulatory T Cells?

What are Stress Granules?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Cellular Aging

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Insulin Signaling Pathway

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

What are Zwitterions?

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What are Vesicants?

Pluripotent Stem Cells

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

Endothelial Cell Biology

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

What is Epidemiology?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

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

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Cell Staining Techniques

The Biology of Behavior

What is Bioprinting?

What are Stem Cells?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

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.

USP15 Protein May Help Ovarian Cancer Resist Chemotherapy

Blocking USP15 in ovarian cancer cells disrupts growth and enhances chemotherapy sensitivity, revealing a potential target for overcoming treatment resistance.

1 Oct 2026

Experts Extend Lives of Animals By Activating ‘Energy Saver’ Mode

The study, published today in Aging Cell, found strong evidence that triggering a protein governing energy level may help organisms live longer, in some cases by over 25%.

1 Oct 2026

Single-Molecule Optical Tweezers Visualize Real-Time Dynamic Protein and DNA Interactions

A protein that's essential to every cell's ability to turn off unnecessary genes is well known for its key function of compacting genes and its connection to cancer when it undergoes mutation.

1 Oct 2026

Invasive E. coli Strains Promote Host Invasion of Harmless Strains

When scientists assess how dangerous a bacterium is, the first question often seems simple: can it be stopped or killed?

1 Oct 2026

Electron Microscopy Imaging Confirms Piezo1-Dependent Axonal Sheath Structural Remodeling

Researchers at Upstate Medical University have identified a key mechanism that helps determine the length of myelin, the protective coating that surrounds many nerve fibers and allows signals to travel efficiently through the nervous system.

1 Oct 2026

Single-Molecule Optical Tweezers Visualize Real-Time Dynamic Protein and DNA Interactions

A protein that's essential to every cell's ability to turn off unnecessary genes is well known for its key function of compacting genes and its connection to cancer when it undergoes mutation. But until now, scientists weren't quite sure how the protein gets where it needs to go to keep genes bound up so they aren't activated.

1 Oct 2026

Single-Cell Metabolic Profiling Identifies Key Bioenergetic Targets in Human Tumor Tissue

Immune cells can reach head and neck tumors, but once there, many stop functioning. This helps explain why immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors - which have transformed treatment for some cancers - benefit only 17%–23% of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. These are cancers that arise from cells lining the mouth, throat and voicebox.

1 Oct 2026

Singlet Oxygen Oxidizes Electron-Rich Base Pairs to Cleave Bacterial DNA

Engineers have developed a new approach for turning ordinary water into a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study publishing September 30 in the Cell Press journal Chem Catalysis.

1 Oct 2026

Kupffer Cells Increase Apolipoprotein Secretion in Response to Indigestible Plastics

Microplastics appear capable of significantly impairing the function of phagocytes in the liver, at least in mice. In turn, this disrupts the metabolism of this vital organ and increases the build-up of fat inside it. These are the key findings from a joint German-Austrian study led by the University of Bonn, details of which have now been published in the journal "Nature Metabolism."

1 Oct 2026

A Flash of Blue Light Helped Cells Overcome a Major Division Defect

Cell division represents a complex process. Central to this intricacy is a cellular structure devoid of a membrane, known as the centrosome, consisting of over 200 different components.

30 Sep 2026

Innovative OpenFISH Technique Enables Integrated Spatial Molecular Imaging in Tissues

Spatial transcriptomics (ST) shows which genes are being expressed and where within a tissue. Spatial metabolomics (SM), on the other hand, maps the location of metabolites—small molecules produced or used by cells—within tissue.

30 Sep 2026

Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Malaria Using Anti-Cancer Compound Derivatives

Molecules known for their anti-cancer activity have proven effective in combating Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria.

30 Sep 2026

Gut-Derived Neutral Ceramidase Regulates MASH Through Microbial and Epithelial Signaling

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is often viewed through the lens of hepatic lipid accumulation, inflammation and fibrosis.

30 Sep 2026

Decoding the Mechanisms Behind Long-Term Epigenetic Gene Regulation Shifts

The transmission of biological traits from one generation to the next is generally attributed to DNA. But could some changes be passed on without altering the DNA sequence?

30 Sep 2026

Lifeblood, UQ and SMART CRC Pump New Life Into Lab-Grown Blood Production

Lifeblood researchers are among only a few research groups in the world who are already growing fully functional red blood cells from donor stem cells in the lab but producing them in quantities large enough for use in patients is inefficient and expensive.

29 Sep 2026

Targeted Y Chromosome Deletions Disrupt Key Cellular Immune Response Pathways

A new study found that cancer cells selectively chip away gene-rich sections of the Y chromosome, triggering ripples that regulate tumor growth.

29 Sep 2026

Oncogene-Induced Senescence Exhibits Dual Role in Tumor Suppression and Progression

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have discovered that a single cancer-causing gene can trigger different responses in cells, with some helping to prevent tumors while others may contribute to their development.

29 Sep 2026

Study Establishes Immune Cell Trafficking as Viable Alzheimer's Target

There is no treatment available today to stop the death of brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases known as tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease, in which twisted clumps of a protein called tau accumulate in the brain.

29 Sep 2026

Researchers Develop Metax Profiler for Accurate Microbial Taxonomic Identification

HZI team develops a computational tool for accurate identification and abundance estimation of microorganisms in complex samples.

29 Sep 2026

Study Links OCA2 Gene Mutations to Non-Melanin Ocular Developmental Defects

Tiny, striped zebrafish are helping scientists trace how a gene linked to albinism influences eye development, work that may ultimately help explain some of the vision problems experienced by people with the condition and guide the search for new treatments.

29 Sep 2026

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