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.

What Is Synthetic Embryology?

Insight into Cell Cultures and Their Challenges

Insight into the Function of the Peroxisome

Uses of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Protocell Uses in Biology

The Steps of Protein Synthesis

What are the differences between Stem Cells and Somatic Cells?

Clinical Applications of Plasmapheresis

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What is Macrophage Polarization?

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Cellular Engineering: Cutting-Edge Cell Manipulation Technologies

B Cell Development

Mutant Splicing Factors as Oncogenes

What are the Differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes?

The Biology of Behavior

Single-Cell Sequencing for the Treatment of Alzheimer's

What are Neutrophils?

What is Epidemiology?

Single-Molecule Imaging Techniques: Shedding Light on Molecular Dynamics

Cell Identification: The Basic Principles

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

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

Applications of Osteoclasts in Bone Repair

What is Biosafety and Why is it Important?

What Role does Mitochondria Play in Eyesight?

A Guide to Understanding Multicellularity

Cellular Choreographers: the Chromosomal Passenger Complex

Pluripotent Stem Cells

What is Stem Cell Banking?

How could Stem Cells be Used in Drug Discovery?

‘Dark matter’ DNA and Cancer

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology

Redefining Materials Using Synthetic Biology

What are Mesenchymal Stem Cells?

What are CAR T cells?

Beads on a String: Conflicting Views on Chromatin Architecture

Keratinocyte Stem Cells: An Overview

Enhancing the Function of Mitochondria Using Deep Red Light

Analyzing Allelic Expression in Cells

Ghost Cytometry - Revolutionizing Cell Sorting

lncRNAs in Human Disease

Competing Endogenous RNA in Human Disease

Cellular Aging

GPCR Signaling Pathways

What are G-Protein-Coupled Receptors?

What is Epitranscriptomics?

What is Competing Endogenous RNA?

What is Cancer Biotherapeutics?

What is Cell Culture Forensics?

What are the differences between B and T Cells?

Effects of Cell Death on Neurodegeneration

T Cell Development

Mysteries Behind Multiciliated Cells

Advancements in Buccal Cell Collection

Stem Cell Controversy

Human vs. Animal Cells for Disease Models

What are Stress Granules?

What Is Cryoprecipitate?

Insulin Signaling Pathway

Stem Cell Properties

What is the Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

What is a Protocell?

Cell Structure and Antibiotic Resistance

RNA Polymerases Across the Kingdoms of Life

Role of Macrophages in Cancer

What are Biofilms?

Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetes

Proving Monoclonality with PCR

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

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

The Revolution of Synthetic Biology

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Gut Microbes in Determining Food Allergies in Children

Treating Disease Using Your Own Stem Cells

The Future of Bioengineered Products

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

Hypoxia in Breast Cancer

Use of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Forensics

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

What is Synthetic Biology?

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

Why does Cell Polarity Matter?

Endothelial Cell Biology

Insight into Tissue Repair and Regeneration

The Removal of Senescent Cells to Improve Organ Function

Differentiating Cell Types in Forensic Cases

Cell Biology of Neurogenesis

A History of Developmental Biology

What are Regulatory T Cells?

What is Cell-Cell Adhesion?

Artificial Tissue Implants: Understanding Cell Adhesion to Polymeric Substances

Diversity in Cellular Cardiac Tissue

The Cell Cycle

What are Zwitterions?

The Structure and Function of the 5' UTR

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

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

What are Stem Cells?

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

What are RNA Sensors?

What is Neurobiology?

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

How to Generate Stable Cell Lines

What is Bioprinting?

Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genome Interactions

Applications of 3D printing in Drug Delivery

What are Vesicants?

Utilizing Cell Lines to Derive Chemosensitivity

RNA-based Methods for Body Fluid and Cell Type Identification

Using Aptamers to Detect Cancer

Chirality in Biochemistry

Applications of Chemoattractants

How are Artificial Cells Produced?

Cell Staining Techniques

What are Inflammatory Cell Death Regulators?

What is non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

Cell Line Authentication using DNA Barcoding

In-Cell Structural Biology- Future Applications

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.

Elevated Glucose Levels Cause Vital Epithelial Cells to Detach in Organoids

Stem cell researchers have identified inflammatory pathways that may play a key role in driving kidney damage in diabetic kidney disease (DKD), pointing to potential new approaches for protecting the kidneys.

18 Sep 2026

Researchers Reveals How p53 Tumor-Suppressor Protein Hide From T Cells

One of the biggest challenges in cancer immunotherapy may not be that immune cells are too weak, but that some tumors give them too little to see.

18 Sep 2026

Uncovering the Molecular Networks Governing Signal Crosstalk Inside Complex Plant Cells

Cells rely on complex signaling networks in which different molecular pathways communicate with one another. Small GTPases act as molecular switches in these networks, controlling diverse cellular processes such as intracellular transport and cell morphogenesis.

18 Sep 2026

Combining Massive Genomic Cohorts With Single-Cell Analysis to Track Autoimmune Diseases

A research team led by Professor Hong-Hee Won of the Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology (SAIHST) at Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU) and Samsung Medical Center, with Researcher Hyeonbin Jo as a first author, has revealed the specific mechanisms.

18 Sep 2026

Tracking Dynamic Mitochondrial Networks Beyond Flat Snapshots Assesses Cellular Health

Mitochondria - tiny structures that convert nutrients into energy - are often depicted as discrete kidney bean-shaped objects.

18 Sep 2026

Integrated DNA Technologies and Aldevron Launch New Cas9 mRNA Solutions to Accelerate Path From Gene Editing Research to Development

Danaher companies Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a global leader in genomics, and Aldevron, a premier manufacturing partner for DNA, RNA, and protein, today announced the launch of research grade S.p. Cas9 mRNA in wild type and SpyFi™ high-fidelity formats.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 18 Sep 2026

Single-Cell Multiomics Model Decodes Enhancer Networks in Rare Cell Populations

Understanding gene regulation may be the key to interpreting human disease genetics. Genes are regulated in part by stretches of DNA called enhancers, which define when, where, and how strongly each gene is turned on.

17 Sep 2026

Study Decodes Molecular Key Triggering SARS-CoV-2 Cell Invasion

To enter our cells, the Covid-19 virus fuses its surrounding membrane with the membrane of the target cell.

17 Sep 2026

Noninvasive Imaging Framework Enhances Predictions of Higher-Order Human Brain Function

Researchers from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new, noninvasive way to examine how blood flow and cellular organization align across the layers of the living human brain.

17 Sep 2026

Engineered Prime Editing Strategy Integrates Gene-Sized Payloads Into Living Human Genomes

Genomic editing holds great potential yet continues to have its limitations. Most current methods either rely on untargeted gene delivery or short DNA edits that need to be individualized to each patient.

17 Sep 2026

Scientists Grow Human Brain Organoids in Cortex-Depleted Mice

Stanford Medicine scientists have chalked up a major advance in growing human brain cells outside of the human brain - and outside of laboratory glassware.

17 Sep 2026

Uncovering B Cell Signaling Pathways to Enhance Targeted T Cell Immunotherapies

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, according to a 2026 Cancer Research Institute report. Cancer biologists are keenly aware of this statistic, as it drives them to innovations that revolutionize cancer care-innovations like immunotherapy.

17 Sep 2026

Genetic Redundancy Allows Cells to Optimize mRNA Sequences Against Aggregation

Messenger RNA, or mRNA, is best known for carrying genetic instructions from DNA to the cellular machinery that makes proteins. But all RNA molecules have another, less appreciated property: they are naturally sticky.

17 Sep 2026

Nabsys 2.0 Platform Detects Key Structural Variants and Copy Number Changes in Leukemia

Nabsys 2.0, LLC ("Nabsys"), a pioneer in Electronic Genome Mapping (EGM), today announced results from a proof-of-principle study led by researchers at Augusta University evaluating the Nabsys OhmX™ Platform for cytogenomic analysis of hematologic malignancies.

17 Sep 2026

Research Team Uncovers Physical Genome Interactions Governing Regenerative Gene Expression Programs

After an injury, DNA not only alters its activity but also the way it is organized spatially within the cell nucleus.

17 Sep 2026

Study Provides Novel Structural Model for CaMKIIα Synaptic Accumulation

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University, Kyoto University, SOKENDAI, and the National Institute for Physiological Sciences have revealed how CaMKIIα-a key brain protein involved in learning and memory-organizes itself into chain-like structures.

17 Sep 2026

Cryo-EM Captures Interactions Between BRD4 Bromodomains and Nucleosomal DNA

Researchers have uncovered a new 3D structure of a cancer-linked protein bound to its cellular partner, detailing how it attaches to chromosomes and offering key insights for future disease treatments.

16 Sep 2026

MGI Launches VisiOmics in Europe and Unveils AI-Enabled Pathology Portfolio at ECP 2026

MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (MGI), a company committed to developing core tools and technologies that drive innovation in life science, today announced the European launch of VisiOmics (PMIF-20RS), a fully automated multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) staining and imaging system, at the 38th European Congress of Pathology (ECP 2026), held in Stockholm from 12 to 16 September 2026.

From MGI 16 Sep 2026

Research Exposes Molecular Mechanisms Dampening CD8+ T Cell Functional Efficacy

A research team led by Prof. ZHOU Xuyu from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with researchers from Beijing Ditan Hospital and Capital Medical University, has identified ANKRD11 as a key regulator that reduces the activity of CD8+ T cells during chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and cancer.

15 Sep 2026

Researchers Analyze Somatic DNA Integrity across Complex Longevity Pathways

A new review was published in Volume 18 of Aging on August 26, 2026, titled "Assessing mechanisms and evidence of a causal role for cellular senescence and somatic mutations in aging."

15 Sep 2026

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