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Cellular Processes

Scientists Describe How Cells Form New Blood Vessels

September 5, 2018
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Basel, Switzerland — Blood vessel formation relies on the ability of vascular cells to move while remaining firmly connected to each other. This enables the vessels to grow and sprout without leaking...

How Do Fruit Flies Grow Legs? Solving a Molecular Mystery

August 27, 2018
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New York, NY — What do cancer and the growing legs of a fruit fly have in common? They can both be influenced by a single molecule, a protein that tends to call the shots inside of embryos as they...

Cellular pumps protect the gut from toxins

August 27, 2018
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Singapore — The master regulators of gut stem cells, called intestinal myofibroblasts, have pumps that protect them, and thus the gut, from the toxic effects of a wide range of compounds, including...

Scientists Find Way to Preserve Immune Cells Lost During Sepsis and Arthritis

August 25, 2018
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Cleveland, OH – Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop immune cell death associated with multiple diseases, including sepsis, inflammatory...

New Research Reveals How Body Clock Controls Inflammation

August 21, 2018
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Dublin, Ireland — Researchers at RCSI and Trinity College Dublin have revealed insights into how the body clock controls the inflammatory response, which may open up new therapeutic options to treat...

‘Traffic Wardens’ of Cells can be Counterproductive

August 17, 2018
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Oeiras, Portugal — A research team from the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) and the Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR)/ University of Algarve (UAlg), lead by Raquel Oliveira (IGC) and Rui Gonçalo...

Researchers Discover Key Mechanism of DNA Replication

August 17, 2018
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Osaka, Japan — Researchers from Osaka University in Japan have uncovered a key control mechanism of DNA replication with potential implications for better understanding how cells maintain genetic information...

Scientists Uncover Immune Cell Dysfunction Linked to Photosensitivity

August 16, 2018
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New York, NY – Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have discovered that a type of immune cell known as Langerhans appears to play an important role in photosensitivity, an immune...

Protein droplets Inside Cells Keep Neurons at Ready and Immune System in Balance

August 15, 2018
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Chevy Chase, MD – Inside cells, where DNA is packed tightly in the nucleus and rigid proteins keep intricate transport systems on track, some molecules have a simpler way of establishing order....

First Study on Physical Properties of Giant Cancer Cells may Inform New Treatments

August 14, 2018
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Providence, RI — Polyploidal cancer cells–cells that have more than two copies of each chromosome–are much larger than most other cancer cells, are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation...

Possible Medicine of Future Against Infection and Inflammation

August 13, 2018
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Lund, Sweden — Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body’s own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation...

Research Reveals New Details in How Sense of Smell Develops

August 10, 2018
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St. Louis, MO — Dogs, known for their extraordinarily keen senses of smell, can be trained to use their sensitive sniffers to find drugs, bombs, bed bugs, missing hikers and even cancer. Among dogs...

Scientists Unraveled the Influence of Ageing on Kidneys Regeneration Ability

August 10, 2018
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Moscow, Russia — Autophagy is a process of destruction and processing of damaged cell components by the cells themselves. It is used by a cell to clean itself of excessive organelles and sometimes for...

Scientists Develop a Way to Monitor Cellular Decision Making

August 9, 2018
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Boston, MA — The healthy function, or disease-fueling dysfunction, of any given organ stems from the behaviour, or misbehaviour, of the individual cells that make up that organ.

Key Aspects of Human Cell Ageing Reversed by New Compounds

August 7, 2018
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Exeter, UK — Key aspects of the ageing of human cells can be reversed by new compounds developed at the University of Exeter, research shows.

Research Discovers New Lung Cell Type

August 4, 2018
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Boston, MA — In separate studies published online in Nature on Aug. 1, two independent research teams report the discovery of a new, rare type of cell in the human airway.

Research into Cell-to-Cell Signalling Mechanism may Lead to New Cancer Treatments

July 31, 2018
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Exeter, UK — Pioneering new research into the way in which cells communicate with each other could hold the key to unlocking new, improved treatment for life-threatening diseases, including cancer.

Key to Artery Health Lies in LYVE-1 Macrophage, Says Study

July 27, 2018
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Singapore — Arteries such as the aorta actively transport oxygenated blood, nutrients and cells throughout the body to keep our tissues functioning normally. Damage to the arteries can result in life-threatening...

Regulation of Cell Orientation and Shape for Tissue Morphogenesis

July 25, 2018
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Kumamoto, Japan — A collaborative research group led by Kumamoto University has developed a new control system for regulating the morphology and orientation of cells that constitute animal tissues.

Study Demonstrates Impact of Temperature on Mitochondrial DNA Evolution

July 17, 2018
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Okinawa, Japan — In multicellular organisms, including humans, most DNA is coiled up within the cell’s nucleus. A small part, however, is tucked away within the mitochondria — organelles...

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