Scientists Just Discovered the Hidden Trick That Keeps Your Cells Alive
Cells use a surprising “pearling” motion to evenly distribute mitochondrial DNA. This newly uncovered process may be key…
Cell swelling in macrophages may trigger stronger inflammatory immune responses
As part of the body’s first line of defense against foreign invaders, macrophages play an integral role in…
World-First Study Reveals Human Hearts Can Regenerate After a Heart Attack
New research suggests the human heart may have a previously underappreciated ability to regenerate after a heart attack,…
Scientists Uncover Fatal Weakness in “Zombie Cells” Linked to Cancer
Researchers have uncovered a new vulnerability in senescent “zombie-like” cells, which accumulate in cancers and aging tissues. By…
Scientists Debunk 100-Year-Old Belief About Brain Cells, Rewriting Textbooks
Axons are long, thin extensions of neurons that carry electrical signals away from the cell body to other…
Powerful Antioxidant Found To Play a Key Role in Proper Protein Folding
The ER is shown in the upper right, with disulfide-linked GSSG in the lumen. The exporter resembles the…
Researchers Uncover Strategy to Help Exhausted Immune Cells Fight Tumors
BYLINE: Mario Aguilera Newswise — T cells are crucial components of our immune system, serving as critical protectors…
new ‘cellular organ’ discovered in gut microbes
The newly discovered organelle was found in ciliates (like this Entodinium caudatum). These eukaryotic organisms live in the…
The Physics of Brain Development: How Cells Pull Together to Form the Neural Tube
Newswise — In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails…
New Brain Discovery Challenges Long-Held Theory of Teenage Brain Development
This image shows densely accumulated dendritic spines. Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic “hotspot” that…
Bread Might Be Making You Gain Weight Even Without Eating More Calories
In a new study, mice strongly preferred foods like bread, rice, and wheat, abandoning their regular diet and…
Exploiting a new weakness in ‘zombie-like’ cells to treat senescence-associated diseases
A new set of drugs exploit a recently-revealed weakness in ‘zombie-like’ – or senescent – cells that could lead to new treatments for cancer and age-associated diseases. The study from the…