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.

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

What are 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.

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

T Cell Development

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

The Future of Bioengineered Products

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

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What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

Endothelial Cell Biology

The Cell Cycle

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

What is Bioprinting?

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

Insulin Signaling Pathway

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

What are CAR T cells?

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

What is Epidemiology?

What are Zwitterions?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

What are RNA Sensors?

Applications of Chemoattractants

GPCR Signaling Pathways

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

What is Macrophage Polarization?

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

What are Regulatory T Cells?

What is Synthetic Biology?

Protocell Uses in Biology

What is a Protocell?

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

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

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Stem Cell Properties

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

What are Biofilms?

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

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

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

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

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

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

Stem Cell Controversy

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

What are Neutrophils?

Cell Biology and Toxicology

A History of Developmental Biology

The Biology of Behavior

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

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

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

What is Neurobiology?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What is Stem Cell Banking?

Chirality in Biochemistry

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

B Cell Development

What are Vesicants?

Cell Staining Techniques

Pluripotent Stem Cells

Cellular Aging

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

What are Stress Granules?

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

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.

Novel Approach Provides a Flexible Foundation for Measuring Coronavirus Protease Activity

A research team has computationally designed a synthetic peptide that enables modular detection of the enzymatic activity of coronavirus 3C-like protease (3CLPro), an enzyme essential for viral replication and maturation.

13 Aug 2026

Study Reveals Previously Unknown Mechanism of RNA Synthesis Shared Across Life Forms

Scientists have long been fascinated by two promising classes of antibiotics that disable RNA polymerase (RNAP).

13 Aug 2026

Study Reveals Why People Are At Greater Risk of Fungal Infections Than Others

A study on Candida albicans uncovers immune mechanisms that prevent systemic infections, emphasizing the role of IL-1 cytokines and neutrophil response.

13 Aug 2026

High Resolution Imaging Exposes Root Causes of Chronic Heart Rejection

A new study that explores gene expression during heart transplant rejection marks a step forward for precision medicine approaches to treat organ rejection.

13 Aug 2026

Genomic Database Analysis Identifies New Target for Triple-Negative Breast Tumors

Triple-negative breast cancer accounts for approximately 15% of all breast cancer cases. It is characterized by the absence of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and HER2 expression, rendering it insensitive to conventional endocrine and targeted therapies.

13 Aug 2026

Cells Deploy Specialized Quality Control Factors When Protein Synthesis Fails

Scientists at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and the CECAD Cluster of Excellence on Aging Research have demonstrated in a biomedical study that ribosomes, the protein factories of our cells, face an unusually tough challenge when building large, membrane‑embedded proteins.

13 Aug 2026

New Roadmap Fixes Cellular Waste Accumulation to Halt Brain Degeneration

Researchers at University of California San Diego and their colleagues have identified a key cellular pathway that drives brain degeneration in both a rare childhood disorder and the far more common Alzheimer's disease.

13 Aug 2026

Scientists Map Overlapping Fluorescent Proteins Using Advanced Lifetime Microscopy Techniques

Fluorescent protein imaging is an indispensable tool in life science research, enabling visualization of protein movement and localization, gene expression, signaling pathways, protein-protein interactions, and more.

12 Aug 2026

Ancient Mitochondrial Signaling Pathway Regulates Vital Cellular Heme Levels

Heme, a bioactive form of iron, has numerous essential functions in the cell. As a key component of hemoglobin, it enables oxygen transport in the blood.

12 Aug 2026

Neural Stem Cell Protein CCN1 Guides Microglial Distribution During Development

The development of the central nervous system (CNS) depends on the coordinated interactions between neural stem cells (NSCs) and resident immune cells to regulate neurogenesis, tissue organization, and brain maturation.

12 Aug 2026

Origami-Inspired Capsule Shows Promise for Multi-Day Dosing and Sustained Drug Release

An innovative origami-inspired capsule designed by MIT offers extended drug release, improving treatment efficacy and reducing preventable healthcare costs.

11 Aug 2026

Batista Lab Identifies Crucial Protein Targets to Extend Malaria Vaccine Efficacy

A study reveals how targeting specific protein regions in malaria vaccines could enhance efficacy, potentially saving more lives in vulnerable populations.

11 Aug 2026

New Study Reveals How Genetic Mutations Hijack the Parkinson's LRRK2 Switch

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered how a key Parkinson's protein called LRRK2 shifts between inactive and active forms, revealing the structural changes that enable certain mutations to push the protein into an overactive state.

11 Aug 2026

McMaster Team Identifies Natural Immune Defense Against Advanced Fatty Liver Disease

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that a naturally occurring hormone best known for suppressing appetite and promoting weight loss also helps protect the liver from inflammation through a previously unknown signaling pathway, opening new possibilities for treating advanced fatty liver disease.

11 Aug 2026

New Living Material Restricts Cyanobacterial Cell Division to Boost Ethylene Output

Finnish researchers have taken an important step toward long-lasting production of renewable chemicals and fuels using photosynthetic microorganisms.

11 Aug 2026

Researchers Engineer AI Framework to Solve Longstanding Protein Isoform Mystery

A single human gene can produce multiple protein isoforms through alternative splicing, greatly expanding the functional diversity of the proteome.

11 Aug 2026

New Single-Cell Database Reveals Hidden Inner Workings of Spinal Cord Circuits

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital created a single-cell atlas of a key class of spinal neurons involved in motor coordination. From that resource, they identified a small subgroup of interneurons associated with the speed of rhythmic movements such as walking. The findings, which have implications for understanding spinal cord function and recovery from injury, were published today in Nature Communications.

11 Aug 2026

Bone Marrow T Cells Exhibit Conditional Preparedness Against Cancer

A team led by researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the HI-STEM Stem Cell Institute, and Medical Clinic V at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) has characterized T cells in the bone marrow in cases of multiple myeloma and acute myeloid leukemia: A specific group of tumor-reactive T cells can recognize and, in principle, fight cancer cells, but is often not sufficiently activated.

10 Aug 2026

3D Genome Mapping in Rare Immune Cells Reveals New Crohn’s Disease Genes

A new study co-led by Prof. Valeriya Malysheva, group leader at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, has been published in Nature Genetics.

10 Aug 2026

Rare Immune Cell Spatial DNA Maps Uncover Hidden Autoimmune Triggers

A new study co-led by Prof. Valeriya Malysheva, group leader at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, has been published in Nature Genetics.

8 Aug 2026

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