Molecular and Cell Biology

The nervous system of the worm

When Male and Female Brain Connections Break Down Differently

23.11.2020

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders tend to strike one sex more than the other; and for...

peroxisomes

Priority Proteins Arrive Pronto

19.11.2020

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

Competition for treatment in a cellular organelle may be decided on the basis of need

Surprising Players in Acute Liver Failure Point to Potential Treatment

Surprising Players in Acute Liver Failure Point to Potential Treatment

26.10.2020

Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Gut microbes and host cells jointly contribute to the progression of this mostly incurable disease

Drawing from the Same Deck

Drawing from the Same Deck

14.10.2020

Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The secrets of heart regeneration in chronic heart failure demonstrated in mice

Travel Ban on Immune Cells Could Prevent Sepsis

Travel Ban on Immune Cells Could Prevent Sepsis

24.09.2020

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Lactate, thought to be a byproduct of cell respiration, plays a central role in the potentially lethal immune reaction

phages and bacterial cell

Bacteria Could Provide Us with the Next Antivirals

16.09.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Virus-fighting viperins, part of the human immune system, turn out to have bacterial counterparts that might boost the fight against human disease

Potential Heart-Repair Protein Advances to a New Stage

Potential Heart-Repair Protein Advances to a New Stage

01.09.2020

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Pre-clinical studies suggest a protein, Agrin, could limit scarring and promote natural repair mechanisms after a heart attack

immune cells in cancer

Opening Cancer to Attack

31.08.2020

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

A possible cause for cancer resistance to immunotherapy could be reversed

Reprogrammed cells: β cells expressing insulin (green) and the closely related δ cells expressing somatostatin (red). Blue staining shows cell nuclei. Many reprogrammed cells contain two nuclei (a unique feature of some exocrine cells) demonstrating their exocrine cell origin

No REST for Beta Cells

18.08.2020

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Why is reprogramming cells to cure diabetes so difficult?

pain response

Targeting a Chronic Pain Gateway Could Bring Relief

14.08.2020

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new approach to chronic pain treatment targets a molecule that moves pain messages into nerve cell nuclei

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