How weakness in cell structure affects the host–microbiome relationship

Cells have an internal skeleton that maintains their structure and also drives their movement. Known as the cytoskeleton, ...

CCMB hosts Embo India Lecture Course on protein structure function and quality control in cell organelles

Hyderabad: The CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is hosting a five-day EMBO India Lecture Course titled ‘Structure, Function and Q.
NC Biotech

Chapel Hill startup iOrganBio offers new human cell options

Three research scientist entrepreneurs with roots in university labs and life sciences startup companies have announced ...

Reactivating a fetal gene enables adult heart cells to regenerate after injury

Around the globe, heart disease remains one of the top causes of death. Once patients begin to suffer from serious heart ...
Open Access Government

UK provides £15.9 million to transform human disease modelling

A new UK research initiative is set to revolutionise how scientists study human diseases and develop new medicines ...
eLife

Rearrangement of 3D genome organization in breast cancer epithelial to mesenchymal transition and metastasis organotropism

Chromosome compartment analysis of a cancer cell line cohort reveals different subsets of compartment changes where some track epithelial to mesenchymal transition while others reflect secondary ...

Scientists map DNA folding at single base-pair resolution in living cells

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...

Star-shaped cells make a molecule that can ‘rewire’ the brains of mice with Down syndrome – understanding how could lead to new treatments

Down syndrome is caused by an error in cell division during development. Individuals receive three copies of chromosome 21 instead of the typical two copies, resulting in duplicates of the genes ...