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 Regulatory T Cells?

Cellular Aging

The Cell Cycle

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 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Chirality in Biochemistry

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

What is Stem Cell Banking?

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

lncRNAs in Human Disease

The Future of Bioengineered Products

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How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

lncRNAs in Human Disease

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

What are Zwitterions?

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

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

Cell Staining Techniques

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

What are Vesicants?

What is Epidemiology?

Applications of Chemoattractants

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

What are Neutrophils?

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

Protocell Uses in Biology

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

Insulin Signaling Pathway

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

What are Stem Cells?

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

What are Stress Granules?

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

What is Bioprinting?

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

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

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Stem Cell Properties

What are Biofilms?

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

Pluripotent Stem Cells

The Biology of Behavior

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

What is Synthetic Biology?

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

Endothelial Cell Biology

What is a Protocell?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

What are CAR T cells?

Stem Cell Controversy

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What is Neurobiology?

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

A History of Developmental Biology

B Cell Development

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

GPCR Signaling Pathways

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

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

T Cell Development

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

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

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

What are RNA Sensors?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

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.

Sensory Nerve Signals Block the Immune System's Response to Lung Cancer

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed that sensory nerve signals interfere with the immune system's response to lung cancer. This previously unrecognized neuroimmune connection could be targeted to improve responses to immunotherapy.

20 May 2026

Novel Synthetic Molecules Attack Cell Membranes to Prevent Severe Bacterial Infections

In a new study, researchers show how so‑called TriPcides can target the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including antibiotic‑resistant strains such as MRSA. The compounds disrupt the bacteria's ability to cause infection and can also kill dormant bacterial cells, which are often difficult to treat with existing antibiotics.

20 May 2026

Stimulating Early Brain Circuits Partially Restores Vocal Defects Caused by Genetic Mutations

Communication begins long before children learn to speak. Researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan have now uncovered how early brain activity helps build developing communication circuits via regulating FOXP2/Foxp2, a gene linked to human speech and communication disorders.

20 May 2026

Researchers Compare Embryonic and Adult Mouse Brain Targets to Map Memory Networks

A peer-reviewed invited review published today in Genomic Psychiatry argues that the adult brain, when it learns and remembers and rewires, is not inventing something new.

20 May 2026

Researchers Reverse Immune Cell Dysfunction by Degrading Key Gene Regulatory Proteins

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Bristol Myers Squibb, and the University of Oxford have discovered a way to give worn-out immune cells a second wind in the fight against multiple myeloma.

20 May 2026

New 3D Cortical Tissue Models Incorporate Microglia to Bridge Preclinical Translation Gaps

28bio today announced CNS-3D Inflammatory Organoids, designed to evaluate efficacy of anti-inflammatory drugs by quantifying their ability to reduce inflammatory injury, preserve tissue health, and restore neuronal network activity.

20 May 2026

Cell Study Challenges Long-Standing View That Individual Human Genomes Evolve Independently

Scientists at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered that large pieces of DNA can transfer directly between human cells, and the DNA can persist and change how the recipient cell functions.

20 May 2026

Copper-Free Click Reactions Allow Safe In Vivo Tracking of Tumors Inside the Body

Conventional cancer treatments like chemotherapy often struggle with poor targeting, leading to severe systemic toxicity and drug resistance. Diagnostic techniques, while improving, are frequently invasive and cannot monitor treatment responses in real time.

20 May 2026

Study Maps Molecular Arrangement of Powerful Ice-Growing Bacteria on Non-Organic Surfaces

Bacteria from the Middle East have caused precipitation all the way out in California. The same bacteria, which are known to attack plants, have also been found embedded within lumps of hail in West Africa.

20 May 2026

Microbes Switch Functional States Without Genetic Mutations to Withstand Stress

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have discovered that many gut bacteria use a flexible survival strategy to withstand disruptions such as antibiotics and diet changes.

20 May 2026

Insects, Microbes, and Food Waste May Be the Answer to the Global Food Crisis

This review examines how minimally processed foods, plant-based alternatives, functional foods, novel protein sources, and food waste valorization could help build healthier and more sustainable food systems. It highlights their potential to improve nutrition, reduce environmental pressures, and strengthen food security, while noting barriers around cost, regulation, safety, labelling, scalability, and consumer acceptance.

19 May 2026

New 3D Human Liver Model Mimics Chronic Disease For 30 Days

Researchers developed a 3D liver model that functions for a month, replicating inflammation and fibrosis, crucial for studying liver diseases and therapies.

19 May 2026

Scientists Design Decoy Peptides to Prevent Chronic Overactivation of Immune Cells

Calcium is widely known for its role in maintaining strong bones and teeth, but it is also one of the body's most important cellular messengers.

19 May 2026

Low-Oxygen Environments Enhance Engraftment and Function of Transplanted Stem Cells

Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that human hematopoietic stem cells are highly sensitive to oxygen, which can dictate how the cells grow and function.

19 May 2026

Dual-Action Protein Found to Fuel and Repair Cancer

According to a recent study, a protein best known for fueling cancer development also aids in the survival of damaged tumor cells by repairing their DNA, which might impact how certain cancers are treated.

18 May 2026

Advanced Genomic Techniques Map Cellular Changes During Brain Aging

While much is mysterious about the aging process, change over time remains its cornerstone. The biological shifts that accompany aging seemingly occur in many cells in the body.

18 May 2026

Selective Elimination of Harmful Senescent Cells Supports Healthy Aging

A new review was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on May 4, 2026, titled "Cellular senescence: from pathogenic mechanisms to precision anti-aging interventions."

15 May 2026

DNA-Guided CRISPR Technology Enhances Precision and Reduces Off-Target Effects

A team of engineers at the University of Florida has developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make diagnostics and treatments safer, more precise and more affordable, while opening the door to entirely new ways of controlling disease.

15 May 2026

RNA Modularity Explains Emergence of Human-Infective Cholera Strains

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have uncovered what gives Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera, the ability to colonize the human gut.

15 May 2026

Web-Based Platform Facilitates Chemical Structure Queries in Metabolomics

An international team led by researchers at University of California San Diego and University of California, Riverside has developed a free, web‑based platform designed to make public metabolomics data more accessible.

15 May 2026

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