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 Is Synthetic Embryology?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

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.

Cell Biology and Toxicology

What is a Protocell?

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Pluripotent Stem Cells

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

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Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

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

A History of Developmental Biology

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

What is Neurobiology?

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

What are Vesicants?

Stem Cell Properties

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Cellular Aging

The Future of Bioengineered Products

What is Epidemiology?

What are Regulatory T Cells?

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

Endothelial Cell Biology

What are Stress Granules?

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

What is Synthetic Biology?

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Stem Cell Controversy

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

What are RNA Sensors?

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

What are Zwitterions?

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

B Cell Development

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

What is Bioprinting?

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

GPCR Signaling Pathways

Chirality in Biochemistry

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

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

Protocell Uses in Biology

What are CAR T cells?

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

T Cell Development

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

The Cell Cycle

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Cell Staining Techniques

lncRNAs in Human Disease

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

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

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

What is Epitranscriptomics?

What are Biofilms?

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

Applications of Chemoattractants

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

What are Neutrophils?

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

What is Stem Cell Banking?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

The Biology of Behavior

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

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

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

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

What are Stem Cells?

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.

Nuclera Launches Antibody Triage Service to Advance AI-Driven Antibody Discovery

Nuclera, the biotechnology company enabling rapid access to high-quality proteins, today announced the launch of its antibody screening service to streamline the transition from antibody hit generation to lead selection.

From Nuclera 11 May 2026

DNA Study Reveals the Personal Pathways Behind Different Tumors

Why do two individuals with the identical cancer diagnosis—the same cell type, the same stage, and the same clinical profile—often experience very different outcomes? Scientists have been researching acquired mutations in cancer for decades in an effort to uncover solutions, but mutations by themselves only account for a part of the problem.

11 May 2026

New CRISPR System Destroys Diseased Cells With High Precision

A new kind of CRISPR that destroys cells rather than gene editing them has shown potential for killing sick cells while leaving healthy cells untouched.

8 May 2026

Why Women Face a Much Higher Risk of Autoimmune Disease

A recent study has identified biological abnormalities that make the female immune system more likely to mistakenly attack the body's own healthy tissues, providing insight into why women are significantly more likely than men to experience autoimmune diseases.

8 May 2026

Cell Swelling Found to Trigger Inflammatory Immune Responses

As part of the body's first line of defense against foreign invaders, macrophages play an integral role in the innate immune system.

8 May 2026

How Genetic Bonuses Help Gut Bacteria Adapt to Industrialization

Billions of microorganisms-primarily bacteria, viruses, and fungi-colonize our gut. This complex community is known as the microbiome.

7 May 2026

New Discovery Reveals How HIV Infects Resting Immune Cells

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect resting immune cells.

7 May 2026

Advances in DNA Assembly Enable Efficient Microbial Cell Factories

A review in Quantitative Biology demonstrates that scientists can now reliably build and combine very large pieces of DNA, making it much easier to redesign microbes such as yeast and bacteria to act as efficient "cell factories."

7 May 2026

New Non-Destructive Method Obtains Genetic Information From Living Cells

Normally, cells must be lysed for a so-called transcriptome analysis - which reveals which genes are currently being expressed - making repeated measurements on the same cells impossible.

7 May 2026

CapyBio Launches New Analysis Services to Improve Cell Identity Engineering

CapyBio, a cell identity tools and services company, today announced the launch of three new commercial analysis services: Capybara™ Benchmarking Analysis, Capybara Advanced Analysis, and CellOracle™ Differentiation Optimization Analysis.

7 May 2026

New Technique Improves Maturity of Lab-Grown Heart Cells for Research

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomedical Engineering have developed a new method to mature lab-grown heart cells, so they more closely resemble adult human heart tissue.

7 May 2026

Tardigrade Proteins Allow Synthetic Cells to Survive Extreme Dehydration

A protein found only in microscopic tardigrades, one that allows them to survive extreme conditions like dehydration, can convey similar durability in synthetic cells, according to new research from University of Michigan Engineering and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

7 May 2026

Breakthrough CRISPR Discovery Enables Selective Destruction of Cancerous Cells

Among the challenges in treating disease, including cancer, is wiping out malignancies, infection, contaminants or other pathologies, without destroying healthy tissue.

7 May 2026

Interactions Across the Genome Drive Neurodevelopmental Risks

People who have the same deletion of a section of chromosome 16 are susceptible to neurodevelopmental disorders; however, some may simply show moderate psychological symptoms like anxiety or depression, while others may have significant intellectual disability or developmental delay.

6 May 2026

New Single-Cell Technique Reveals Why Bacteria Survive Antibiotics

SinBactM's innovative approach to single-bacterium metabolomics reveals distinct metabolic states, enhancing understanding of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

6 May 2026

New Study Reveals Mechanism Behind Early Plant Cell Wall Development

Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing energy-rich nutrients. And yet the process of how the walls begin to form remains mysterious.

5 May 2026

Metabolic Pathway Loss Makes Cancer Cells Vulnerable to PARP Drugs

Loss of an enzyme necessary for a process called lipoylation disrupts the way cancer cells copy their DNA, increasing their vulnerability to a class of anticancer drugs known as PARP inhibitors, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows.

5 May 2026

New Model Explains How Genetic Information Maintains Cellular Order

A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How does genetic information keep living systems organized and therefore alive?

5 May 2026

Engineered Bacteriophage Speeds up the "Training" of Plastic-Eating Bacteria

Millions of tons of plastic waste build up in landfills and oceans each year. One promising approach is to engineer microbes to break plastic down into useful chemical building blocks.

4 May 2026

Genomic Tool TRACS Improves Tracking of Microbial Transmission Patterns

The research, published today (24 April) in Nature Microbiology, describes how the new tool, called TRAnsmision Clustering of Strains (TRACS), uses genomics to distinguish between closely related bacterial strains.

4 May 2026

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