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Researchers unravel molecular factors that drive severity of COVID-19

While most COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic or mild, severe complications associated with acute respiratory distress have led to more than one million deaths worldwide in just several months.

14 Oct 2020

Immunotherapy using CAR NKT cells shows promise for treating solid tumors

Natural killer T (NKT) cells, a type of immune cells known for their potent anti-cancer properties in murine tumor models, have been developed into a novel form of immunotherapy to treat patients with cancer.

14 Oct 2020

Researchers discover new gene involved in the architecture of grass inflorescence

The “spikelet meristem,” or SM for short, has a crucial role to play during the development of the grass inflorescence.

14 Oct 2020

Dynamic map shows how immune cells fight microbes and remember future infections

Scientists have plotted the activity of an unlimited number of genes in the immune cells of mice over the course of an infection.

14 Oct 2020

New software helps analyze individual cells in virtual reality

New virtual reality software now enables scientists to “walk” inside and examine individual cells.

14 Oct 2020

Study could explain why some people are severely affected by Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Geneticists usually split disorders into “simple”, where mutations in several genes contribute modest quantities.

13 Oct 2020

Treatment using immune system T cells preserves vision of mice with retinoblastoma

A treatment that uses immune system T cells, combined with an immune-boosting drug packaged in an injectable gel, was found to preserve the vision of mice implanted with tissue from a human eye cancer known as retinoblastoma.

13 Oct 2020

New computational biology algorithm may enable more effective cellular therapies

Cellular therapy is a powerful strategy to produce patient-specific, personalised cells to treat many diseases, including heart disease and neurological disorders. But a major challenge for cell therapy applications is keeping cells alive and well in the lab.

13 Oct 2020

VAV1 gene mutations may promote growth of T-cell tumors in laboratory mice

Life is an exquisite orchestration of growth and change, with checks and balances that fine-tune complex entwined interactions, both intrinsic and external.

13 Oct 2020

Researchers discover a new mechanism to regulate nerve impulses

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have discovered a new mechanism by which substances can open a certain type of ion channel and in this way regulate nerve impulses.

13 Oct 2020

Research focuses on understanding production of memory B cells and immune responses

The current COVID-19 climate has made vaccines, antibodies, and immune responses topics of everyday conversation. Now, it isn't just immunologists who want to know how our bodies respond to re-infections months, years, or sometimes decades after an initial immune response.

From Osaka University 13 Oct 2020

Study clarifies role of ERβ in growth and regeneration of skeletal muscle in female mice

Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan generated mice lacking the estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) gene, both fiber-specific and muscle stem cell-specific, which resulted in abnormalities in the growth and regeneration of skeletal muscle in female mice.

13 Oct 2020

Stem cells that promote bone repair can also generate arthritic bone spurs

The same stem cells that heal broken bones can also generate arthritic bone spurs called osteophytes, according to a new study in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

13 Oct 2020

Dopamine and serotonin found to be involved in perception, cognitive capacities

In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals -- dopamine and serotonin -- are at work at sub-second speeds to shape how people perceive the world and take action based on their perception.

13 Oct 2020

Researchers trace neurons in mosquitoes that sense blood's distinctive flavor

It's one of the world's deadliest animals, and it has a taste for human blood: the mosquito. Mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, dengue, and yellow fever that kill at least a half a million people each year. Now researchers are learning what humans taste like to mosquitoes, down to the individual neurons that sense blood's distinctive, delectable flavor.

13 Oct 2020

Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of damaged tau and mitochondria leaking toxins

In a healthy brain, the multistep waste clearance process known as autophagy routinely removes and degrades damaged cell components - including malformed proteins like tau and toxic mitochondria.

13 Oct 2020

Components leaking from broken muscle fibers activate 'satellite' muscle stem cells

While building a muscle damage model in a cultured system, a research collaboration between Kumamoto University and Nagasaki University in Japan has found that components leaking from broken muscle fibers activate "satellite" muscle stem cells.

13 Oct 2020

Scientists identify molecular mechanisms of IFN responses in COVID-19 disease

SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause an ongoing pandemic as of October 2020, with over 35 million reported cases and over 1 million deaths around the world.

13 Oct 2020

Researchers identify mechanism that silences “parasitic” DNA-elements in pluripotent stem cells

Every eukaryotic organism contains the so-called transposons, which are abundant DNA-elements.

13 Oct 2020

Severe cases of COVID-19 resemble systemic lupus erythematosus

Scientists from Emory Health Sciences have been observing an intense stimulation of immune cells in severe cases of COVID-19 disease. This activation of immune cells is similar to acute flares of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)—an autoimmune disease.

13 Oct 2020

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Latest Cell Biology News and Research

Researchers unravel molecular factors that drive severity of COVID-19

Immunotherapy using CAR NKT cells shows promise for treating solid tumors

Researchers discover new gene involved in the architecture of grass inflorescence

Dynamic map shows how immune cells fight microbes and remember future infections

New software helps analyze individual cells in virtual reality

Study could explain why some people are severely affected by Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Treatment using immune system T cells preserves vision of mice with retinoblastoma

New computational biology algorithm may enable more effective cellular therapies

VAV1 gene mutations may promote growth of T-cell tumors in laboratory mice

Researchers discover a new mechanism to regulate nerve impulses

Research focuses on understanding production of memory B cells and immune responses

Study clarifies role of ERβ in growth and regeneration of skeletal muscle in female mice

Stem cells that promote bone repair can also generate arthritic bone spurs

Dopamine and serotonin found to be involved in perception, cognitive capacities

Researchers trace neurons in mosquitoes that sense blood's distinctive flavor

Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of damaged tau and mitochondria leaking toxins

Components leaking from broken muscle fibers activate 'satellite' muscle stem cells

Scientists identify molecular mechanisms of IFN responses in COVID-19 disease

Researchers identify mechanism that silences “parasitic” DNA-elements in pluripotent stem cells

Severe cases of COVID-19 resemble systemic lupus erythematosus

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