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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Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

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.

Stem Cell Properties

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What are Stem Cells?

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

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T Cell Development

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

What is Synthetic Biology?

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

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

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

What are Regulatory T Cells?

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

What are Neutrophils?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

The Cell Cycle

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

A History of Developmental Biology

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

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

What is Stem Cell Banking?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

What are Vesicants?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Protocell Uses in Biology

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

What are RNA Sensors?

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

What is Neurobiology?

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

What is Bioprinting?

What is a Protocell?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

What are Stress Granules?

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

The Biology of Behavior

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

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

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

What are CAR T cells?

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

The Future of Bioengineered Products

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

Chirality in Biochemistry

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

B Cell Development

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

Applications of Chemoattractants

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

Cellular Aging

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Endothelial Cell Biology

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

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

Stem Cell Controversy

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Insulin Signaling Pathway

What are Biofilms?

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

GPCR Signaling Pathways

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Cell Staining Techniques

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

What is Epidemiology?

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

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.

Elegen and Nutcracker Therapeutics to Pilot First Fully Cell-Free Manufacturing Process for RNA-based Personalized Cancer Therapeutics

Elegen, a global leader in next-generation DNA manufacturing, and Nutcracker Therapeutics, a global leader in next-generation RNA design and manufacturing, today announced the launch of a pilot program to demonstrate the industry's first fully synthetic, cell-free manufacturing platform for RNA-based personalized cancer therapeutics (PCTs).

15 Jul 2025

Paternal miRNAs Play Unexpected Role in Seed Viability and Embryogenesis

By using targeted gene silencing in different pollen cell types, the study reveals that disrupting DCL1 function either in the vegetative cell or in sperm cells leads to defective seed formation.

14 Jul 2025

Scientists Uncover How New Genes Are Switched On in Fruit Flies

Most genes are ancient and shared across species. But a small subset of genes are relative newcomers, spontaneously emerging from stretches of DNA that once encoded nothing at all.

14 Jul 2025

Researchers Uncover Complex Substrate Profile for Enzyme Action

Research on γ-secretase reveals its unique substrate recognition mechanism, offering potential for developing precise therapeutic agents for various diseases.

14 Jul 2025

Understanding DNA's Complex 3D Architecture in the Cell

Investigating chromatin's 3D architecture reveals its influence on gene regulation, shedding light on mechanisms underlying cancer and muscular dystrophy.

14 Jul 2025

Rutgers Scientists Uncover Protein Key to Learning and Memory

Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps maintain strong connections between brain cells that are crucial for learning and memory.

14 Jul 2025

UAB Identifies Six Novel Subsets, Reshaping Immune Knowledge

The study highlights T-bet's importance in memory B cells, essential for rapid antibody production and sustained immune defense against influenza.

14 Jul 2025

LINE1 Retrotransposon Found to Exploit Dormant Protein in Human Cells

An international research team led by Freiburg biologists Dr. Wenjing Qi and Prof. Ralf Baumeister has discovered how the LINE1 retrotransposon exploits a cell protein to become active itself, as occurs in tumors.

14 Jul 2025

Microglia Replacement Halts Progression of Fatal Neurological Disease in Mice and Humans

Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) is a progressive neurological disease with an average age of onset of 43 years and an average life expectancy of only 3 to 5 years after symptoms begin.

11 Jul 2025

SNAP-tag2 System Improves Protein Imaging with Faster, Brighter Labeling

SNAP-tag2 boosts live-cell imaging with faster labeling, brighter fluorescence, and better protein tracking across biological systems.

11 Jul 2025

Bacteria Show Unexpected Flexibility in Building Their Cell Walls

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led by Université de Montréal microbiology professor Yves Brun has found.

10 Jul 2025

Exercise Boosts Immune Response in Cancer Through Bacterial Metabolites

A new study from the University of Pittsburgh shows for the first time how exercise improves cancer outcomes and enhances response to immunotherapy in mice by reshaping the gut microbiome.

10 Jul 2025

Machine Learning Uncovers Hidden Role of Glial Cells

Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells – non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons – are finally stepping into the neuroscience spotlight.

9 Jul 2025

Vanderbilt and Parse Biosciences Join Forces to Accelerate Measles Antibody Discovery

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Parse Biosciences, an innovator in single-cell sequencing, are collaborating on a new treatment to help unvaccinated measles victims, as the U.S. measles outbreak has now reached its highest case count in 30 years.

9 Jul 2025

New Protein Superfamily Redefines Bacterial Interactions

A newly identified bacterial protein, PopA, reveals complex interactions in bacteria, challenging existing models of membrane protein formation.

9 Jul 2025

New Software Boosts Genome Editing Accuracy for Genetic Therapies

This innovative software, CRISPRware, optimizes guide RNA design for genome editing, supporting research on genetic disorders and uncharacterized peptides.

9 Jul 2025

New Insights into Cell Membrane Energy Waves

Johns Hopkins researchers identify energy-generating waves on cancer cell membranes, revealing potential targets for slowing tumor growth and spread.

9 Jul 2025

SPT Labtech and Semarion Collaborate to Advance Automated Cell-Based Assay Workflows

SPT Labtech, a global leader in innovative laboratory automation, today announced a strategic collaboration with Semarion, a University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory combining materials engineering and cell biology to tackle unmet drug screening needs.

9 Jul 2025

Improved Bacterial Rubisco Offers Hope for Enhancing Plant Photosynthesis

During photosynthesis, an enzyme called rubisco catalyzes a key reaction - the incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds to create sugars.

8 Jul 2025

New Global Platform Aims to Standardize and Improve Single-Cell Analysis

Researchers from more than 50 international institutions have launched Open Problems (https://openproblems.bio), a collaborative open-source platform to benchmark, improve, and run competitions for computational methods in single-cell genomics.

8 Jul 2025

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