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.

Cellular Aging

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

B Cell Development

A History of Developmental Biology

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

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The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

What are Regulatory T Cells?

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

Insulin Signaling Pathway

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

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

The Future of Bioengineered Products

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Stem Cell Properties

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

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

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

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

What are Zwitterions?

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

What are Biofilms?

Protocell Uses in Biology

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

What is Macrophage Polarization?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Stem Cell Controversy

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

The Biology of Behavior

Chirality in Biochemistry

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What is Synthetic Biology?

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

Applications of Chemoattractants

What are CAR T cells?

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

What is Bioprinting?

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

Cell Staining Techniques

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

What are Stem Cells?

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

What are Vesicants?

What is Epidemiology?

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

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

What is Epitranscriptomics?

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

Endothelial Cell Biology

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

What is Stem Cell Banking?

The Cell Cycle

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

GPCR Signaling Pathways

Cell Biology and Toxicology

What is Neurobiology?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

T Cell Development

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

What are Neutrophils?

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

What is a Protocell?

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

lncRNAs in Human Disease

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

What are Stress Granules?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

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

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

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.

St. Jude Scientists Discover Hidden Binding Pocket in Nuclear Receptors

A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital uncovered an alternative binding pocket within nuclear receptors, revealing a much-needed new therapy route for this important class of drug targets.

7 Nov 2025

Comprehensive Kinase Atlas Redefines Regulation of Gene Transcription Machinery

The enzyme RNA polymerase II transcribes genes into messenger RNA. This process is guided by modifications to the enzyme's "tail" called phosphorylation patterns.

7 Nov 2025

Scientists Reveal Nonenzymatic Role of NUDT5 in Purine Pathway Regulation

Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.

7 Nov 2025

Transforming Stomach Cells into Insulin Factories for Diabetes Treatment

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide.

7 Nov 2025

Atomic Structure of Kinesin-2 Reveals the Molecular Logic of Cargo Recognition

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside cells.

7 Nov 2025

Decoding DNA’s Spatial Organization With Precision Tools

DNA is more than simply a lengthy string of genetic code; it is a complex three-dimensional structure folded inside each cell. That means that the equipment used to examine DNA must be as sophisticated, capable of reading not just the code itself but also its spatial arrangement.

7 Nov 2025

Muscle Tissue from a 3D Printer – Produced in Zero Gravity

On their way into space, astronauts' bodies deteriorate dramatically in zero gravity. To address this problem and protect our pioneers in space, researchers are looking for realistic test models.

7 Nov 2025

Using AI and "Protein Language" Models to Speed Monoclonal Antibody Design

Artificial intelligence (AI) and "protein language" models can speed the design of monoclonal antibodies that prevent or reduce the severity of potentially life-threatening viral infections, according to a multi-institutional study led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

6 Nov 2025

Two Genetic Mapping Approaches Reveal Distinct Sides of Disease Biology

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows.

6 Nov 2025

Ferroptosis Suppression Identified as a Key Driver of Lung Cancer Growth

NYU Langone Health researchers found that a type of cell death caused by a buildup of highly reactive molecules suppresses lung tumor growth.

6 Nov 2025

Breakthrough Genomic Technique Expands View of Ocean Microbial Life

A new method vastly improves on the existing approach for single-cell genetic sequencing, enabling scientists to read the genomes of individual cells and viral particles in the environment more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively.

6 Nov 2025

Warmer Temperatures Drive Faster Immune Responses Through Myosin II Activation

Temperature is a key physiological factor that determines the speed of immune reactions. While this may seem obvious, it has remained largely unexplored at the single-cell level-until now.

5 Nov 2025

Hidden Role of Biliverdin Reductase A in Fighting Oxidative Damage

According to a new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine, the enzyme biliverdin reductase A (BVRA) protects neurons directly from oxidative stress, regardless of whether it produces the yellow pigment bilirubin.

5 Nov 2025

RNA Molecules Alter Genome Structure to Silence Critical Neuronal Genes During Stress

What if the brain's response to stress could be read not in fleeting neurotransmitter bursts, but in the quieting of genes deep inside chromatin? Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have now shown that stress hormones may silence crucial neuronal genes through an unexpected class of RNA molecules that operate not by encoding proteins, but by reshaping the genome's architecture.

5 Nov 2025

Scientists Uncover How "P Bodies" Guide Stem Cells to Their Destinies

How do stem cells know what to become? Nearly three decades after scientists isolated the first human embryonic stem cells, researchers are still working hard to understand precisely how a single, undifferentiated cell can become any one of the roughly 200 cell types that make up the human body.

4 Nov 2025

Enzyme BVRA Found to Shield Neurons from Oxidative Stress

New research from Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that the enzyme biliverdin reductase A (BVRA) plays a direct protective role against oxidative stress in neurons, independent of its role producing the yellow pigment bilirubin.

4 Nov 2025

Weill Cornell Scientists Develop Safe and Precise Tool to Control Gene Activity

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a versatile and non-toxic technology for controlling the activity of any gene in a cell. Such "gene-switch" tools allow scientists to "turn on" or "turn off" a target gene to study how it works, model diseases and design new therapies.

4 Nov 2025

Reactivating a Naturally Occurring Gene Promotes Heart Repair and Regeneration

A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury including a heart attack or heart failure when the gene is turned back on.

4 Nov 2025

TUM Researchers Discover Molecular Switch Controlling Programmed Cell Death

In the fight against disease, programmed cell death – also known as apoptosis – is a key protective function of the body.

4 Nov 2025

Study Reveals Shared Genetic Roots Between ALS and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Motor neuron diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), share physical similarities but have been largely viewed as genetically distinct.

3 Nov 2025

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