Newswise Feature Channel: Cell Biology

Living human cells will launch aboard a European research rocket next month as South Australian researchers use space to investigate cancer in a radically different environment.

New research shows how artificial intelligence, combined with advanced experimental science, can help find "hidden" and unexplored proteins in the human body and reveal what they actually do.

Editing a plant's genes is only half the battle. Before a new, improved trait can ever reach a farmer's field, scientists must be able to grow a whole plant from just a few edited cells -- a process that can be slow, unreliable and, for some plant species, impossible.

Researchers have revealed the structure and composition of an understudied region called the transition zone in hair-like cilia. They show that mutations in two genes break linkers that hold the transition zone together, hampering the cilia's ability to clear mucus from the airways. The work adds to the number of genes known to cause the rare disease primary ciliary dyskinesia, which could help e…

The brain is a black box of densely packed neurons, blood vessels and immune cells, all locked away in a sealed skull. WashU's Song Hu has dedicated his career to unlocking that puzzle box by developing new ways to "see" inside. His team's newest innovation could give researchers a new view of how brain cells and blood vessels work together and what happens when the coupling between the two break…

A team led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators has identified a protein that may hide aging cells from the body's immune system, allowing them to build up and contribute to age-related health problems.

A University of Washington-led research team has discovered the best-preserved fossil feathers from the Mesozoic era -- in fossilized dinosaur poop. Some of these feathers have features that look like modern birds' feathers.

Accurate and efficient isolation and recovery of interest cells allow detailed analyses of cellular function, growth and culture, and gene-expression profiling of cells within heterogeneous populations.

UChicago researchers found that the MLL1 complex binds RNA indiscriminately -- and that the RNA it helps produce eventually pulls the complex apart.

Schwartz was part of UChicago for 55 years, helping build one of the University's first postdoctoral associations and shaping national programs that continue to benefit the scientific community

Borrowing from the study of complex systems like flocks of birds and microbial communities, UChicago researchers built AI tools that compare the spatial organization of tumors -- a step toward personalized cancer treatment.

Bionova Scientific LLC., an Asahi Kasei company and bespoke contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), and Minaris, a global cell and gene therapy (CGT) CDMO and multimodal biosafety testing organization, today announced a strategic partnership to expand access to high-quality plasmid DNA (pDNA) for advanced therapy development and manufacturing.

New research from Indiana University has uncovered a previously unknown vulnerability in how bacteria build the whip-like tails they use to move. The researchers found that building these tails can put stress on the protective wall surrounding a bacterial cell, and uncovered systems bacteria use to keep that stress from becoming destructive.

UCLA Health researchers identified a specific type of brain cell and a tiny structure on its surface that changes when the body is under stress, which may help explain why stress can lead to anxiety and depression.

UCLA researchers have developed a way to mass-produce cancer-fighting T cells from blood stem cells found in cord blood, engineered to target a protein found in many solid tumors -- creating uniform batches instead of custom treatments for each patient.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have engineered a different kind of ribosome: one dedicated to making a single type of protein.

Iron is essential. Our cells need it to produce energy, carry oxygen throughout the body, and power countless chemical reactions that sustain life.

Symbiotic ammonia-oxidizing archaea in marine sponges are not strict specialists, but true "flexitarians": A team led by microbiologists Bettina Glasl and Katharina Kitzinger from the University of Vienna, in collaboration with partners from Australia, has shown that these microbes dine not only on ammonia but also on amino acids such as valine, leucine, and isoleucine - and presumably do that to…

In two new studies, UCLA researchers used lab-grown brain organoids, donated human tissue and fused "assembloids" to investigate how radial glia -- the stem cells that build the human cerebral cortex -- decide which types of brain cells to make.