During the development of the human nervous system, billions of nerve cells connect up in order to communicate with each another. To this end, they use their…
Influenza (the flu) is a serious infectious disease. Seasonal influenza epidemics cause 250,000 to 500,000 deaths world-wide each year, and the annual flu…
The signaling cascades that are used by cells to respond to external stimuli resemble the chain of command of a company. Activation of a receptor, which acts…
Exposure to fracking chemicals and wastewater promotes fat cell development, or adipogenesis, in living cells in a laboratory, according to a new Duke…
Investigators have identified a new cellular pathway that may help explain how arterial inflammation develops into atherosclerosis–deposits of cholesterol,…
A zebrafish view of the world has been forensically analysed by researchers at the University of Sussex to reveal that how they see their surroundings changes…
Mitochondria are essential organelles of cells with a nucleus – known as eukaryotic cells. These are the cells which make up fungi, plants, and animals…
Water and oil do not mix – this is an experience of everyday life. In order to mix water with oil, so-called “emulsifier agents” are needed. One of these is…
With his research on coral reefs off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, reef ecologist Dr. Sebastian Ferse from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research…
The bacterium Vibrio cholerae was discovered more than 150 years ago but remains as one of the main causes of bacterial infectious disease globally, especially…
The cell has its own paramedic team and emergency room to aid and repair damaged DNA, a new USC Dornsife study reveals.
In recent years, researchers have realized that analyzing genetic information is not enough to understand cellular processes in healthy or diseased cells,…
It is malignant and can occur in the first months of infants' lives or even before birth: congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN). Fortunately, the kidney tumor…
Cells are thought of as the basic unit of life. Each is a dynamic micro-world of billions of molecules involved in complex biochemical reactions. Cells control…
Membrane proteins are a basic component of each individual cell of the human body and play a vital role in the cell’s structure, metabolism and transport. They…
First ever detailed pictures of conjugated polymers – which conduct electricity and are highly sought after – captured with novel visualisation technique…
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