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.

Chirality in Biochemistry

What are Regulatory T Cells?

Analyzing Allelic Expression in 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.

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

What are CAR T cells?

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

Protocell Uses in Biology

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

What are Vesicants?

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

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What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

What is Epidemiology?

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

What are Zwitterions?

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

Transposons and Their Role in Causing Diseases

Endothelial Cell Biology

GPCR Signaling Pathways

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

Sustainability within Synthetic Biology

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

The Future of Bioengineered Products

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

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

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

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

What is Epitranscriptomics?

Stem Cell Controversy

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

lncRNAs in Human Disease

What are Stem Cells?

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What are Neutrophils?

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

Pluripotent Stem Cells

The Biology of Behavior

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

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

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Stem Cell Properties

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

A History of Developmental Biology

What is Stem Cell Banking?

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

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Cellular Aging

T Cell Development

What are Stress Granules?

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

What is Neurobiology?

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

Applications of Chemoattractants

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

B Cell Development

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

What is Macrophage Polarization?

What are Biofilms?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What is Synthetic Biology?

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

The Cell Cycle

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

Cell Biology and Toxicology

What is a Protocell?

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

What are RNA Sensors?

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

What is Bioprinting?

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

Cell Staining Techniques

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

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

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

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.

Evaxion Presents New Preclinical Data for Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Program EVX-V1

Evaxion A/S (“Evaxion”), a clinical-stage TechBio company developing novel vaccines with its pioneering AI-Immunology™ platform, presents new data further supporting the multi-component concept of its cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine program EVX-V1.

14 Jul 2026

Intermicrobial Antagonism Controls Essential Bacteria Populations in Human Guts

Mougous, John F. Enders Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), studies bacterial warfare, or how different microbes defend their ecological niches against other species.

14 Jul 2026

Enigmatic MLL4 Protein Drives Leukemia While Suppressing Solid Tumors

The epigenetic modifier MLL4 has an unassuming name-the 4, for instance, indicates it's just one in a family of such modifiers.

14 Jul 2026

Molecular Cell Study Explains Hidden Endometrial Cancer Genetic Mutations

Mutations to the protein SPOP are widespread in cancer, yet many remain poorly understood. To address this gap, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists obtained structures of SPOP in both the presence and absence of these mutations.

14 Jul 2026

New CRISPR Atlas Details How Every Gene Influences Stem Cells

A team led by bioengineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a genome-scale reference map that details how individual genes control the functions and identities of human stem cells.

14 Jul 2026

Shifting Body Temperatures can Keep Malaria from Spreading

The fever experienced by malaria patients exposes parasites to high temperatures within blood cells.

13 Jul 2026

Scientists Solve Ancient Prebiotic Paradox With Novel RNA Repair Mechanism

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and relies on proteins to replicate, repair and build from those blueprints. At the same time, proteins require instructions from DNA to be made in the first place.

13 Jul 2026

Prolonged C1 Neuron Activation Causes Heightened Long-Term Panic Behaviors

Anxiety disorders affect more than 300 million people globally. Several brain regions have been linked to anxiety, but how these regions connect has been poorly understood.

11 Jul 2026

Global Breakthrough Maps Genes and Cells Regulating Bone Health

In a global breakthrough published in Nature Genetics, researchers have successfully mapped the cells and genes that regulate bone formation and loss at an unprecedented scale and discovered the critical role that blood vessel cells play in bone health.

11 Jul 2026

New Research Links DNA Hypomethylation to Faster Growing Brain Tumors

A form of glioma, a type of brain cancer, tends to progress towards greater malignancy due to an increasing tendency of the glioma cells to transform into immature, stem-cell-like states, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, the New York Genome Center, Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham.

11 Jul 2026

Single Experiment Tool Allows Researchers to Test Thousands of Proteins

To prevent viruses from sickening or killing us - whether it's an individual case of hepatitis B or a COVID pandemic - it's crucial to understand how the proteins they make initiate changes in our bodies that allow them to flourish.

11 Jul 2026

Atomic Level Discovery Reveals Exactly How Inhaled Anesthetics Silence Neurons

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Birkbeck, University of London, have identified a site where a commonly used anesthetic binds to sodium ion channels, revealing a molecular mechanism that may explain how these drugs dampen communication between neurons.

10 Jul 2026

New Cellular Nanodiscs Protect Major Organs From Severe Bloodstream Infections

Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight fungal infections that are becoming harder to treat.

10 Jul 2026

Winery Waste Becomes Stable Squalane for Greener Cosmetics

Researchers developed an eco-friendly workflow to recover squalene from wine lees using ultrasound-assisted extraction and convert it into more stable squalane using clay-supported palladium catalysts. The upcycled squalane showed improved oxidative stability and enhanced quercetin transport across an artificial membrane, supporting its potential as a sustainable cosmetic excipient.

9 Jul 2026

Nature Study Reveals Hidden Genes Driving Hard-to-Treat Tumors

Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery of how abnormal chromosomes drive cancer, identifying 81 new genes involved in aggressive breast cancer.

9 Jul 2026

Antibody-Based Strategy Makes Stem Cell Transplants Safer

Stem cell transplantation (also called bone marrow transplantation) and gene therapy are among the most powerful curative approaches for blood diseases such as sickle cell disease, b-thalassemia, immune deficiencies, and some blood cancers.

9 Jul 2026

New ATTACH System Overcomes Key Bottleneck in Personalized Immunotherapy Development

A new platform developed by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center quickly finds and isolates rare, tumor-reactive immune cells that are especially good at recognizing and attacking cancer cells, even without knowing which tumor targets are recognized by the immune cells.

9 Jul 2026

Study Identifies Novel Metabolic Pathway Driving Cancer Gene Activation

A team at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a novel metabolic pathway that plays a key role in enabling cancer to progress through gene activation.

9 Jul 2026

Eradicating Lingering Cancer Cells Prevents Relapse in B Cell Leukemia

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center were able to eradicate measurable residual disease (MRD) in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients, a critical step in improving long-term survival outcomes, by treating with the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) inotuzumab ozogamicin.

9 Jul 2026

Gut Microbiome Signatures Correlate With Clinical Efficacy in Immunotherapy Outcomes

Cancer remains notoriously difficult to treat, partly because tumors co‑opt their surrounding environment, including the resident microbiota, to evade immune surveillance and resist conventional therapies.

9 Jul 2026

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