Fusing two immune system proteins leads to a new method of generating antibodies
The Food and Drug Administration has approved more than 100 monoclonal antibodies to treat a range of diseases. Other ...
Scientists Just Captured the Stunning Process That Shapes Chromosomes
Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...
Unlocking The Secrets Of HBV: New Hope For Chronic Hepatitis B Cure
Schematic representation of histone-modifying factor recruitment on cccDNA minichromosomes in relation to viral protein HBx. GA, UNITED STA ...
Origin of life: How a special group of single-celled organisms laid the foundation for complex cells
Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...
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Mac/Lac-tosylceramide regulates intestinal homeostasis and secretory cell fate commitment by facilitating Notch signaling
This important study provides solid evidence that glucosylceramide synthase (GlcT), a rate-limiting enzyme for glycosphingolipid (GSL) production, plays a role in the differentiation of intestinal ...
How an organelle evolves in symbiosis with a cell: Intermediate stage sheds light on the assimilation process
Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...
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A cell pulls off one of the 'Holy Grails' of biotechnology
"Part of their genome is encoded in their own small genome but also essential parts are encoded in the nucleus" of the ...
Prion protein may play key role in progression of glioblastoma
Glioblastoma (GBM), one of the most aggressive types of brain cancer, is one of the greatest challenges for medicine, both ...
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Study identifies key protein in progression of glioblastoma, a type of brain tumor (IMAGE)
Glioblastoma stem cells with fluorescent labeling for prion protein (red), CD44 protein (green), and cell nucleus (blue) ...
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Inhaled corticosteroids reduce senescence in endothelial progenitor cells from patients with COPD
Using endothelial colony-forming-cells (ECFC), we have demonstrated accelerated senescence in smokers and patients with COPD compared with non-smokers. Subgroup analysis suggests that ECFC from ...
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A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say
You, me, and all of the 108 billion or so Homo sapiens who’ve ever walked the Earth have all been our own constellation of some 30 trillion cells. Each of our bodies is a collective organism of ...