The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is no longer a death sentence, yet a cure remains elusive. While current therapies can
Category: Cell biology
Better Use of Mouse Models, Skin Infection Dynamics, and Phaser Cells in Navigation
Empirical comparison of genomic responses in mouse models and human disease contexts is not sufficient for addressing the challenge of
‘Tremendous Contributions’ for Developmental Biology
How do we develop from a mass of undifferentiated cells into organisms of tissues and organs with specific three-dimensional morphologies
Designing New Proteins Could Lead to Cancer Treatment
Using the power of computer science, physics and biology, scientists are attempting to mimic what took millions of years of
Measuring stress around cells
Tissues and organs in the human body are shaped through forces generated by cells, that push and pull, to “sculpt”
Sporadic Alzheimer’s in a Dish
Harvard Medical School geneticists have created a new model-in-a-dish of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease, which accounts for more than 90 percent
New theory unlocks the secret behind protein-membrane interactions
Trillions of cells — all different shapes and sizes — form a human body’s structure. Surrounding each cell is a
Cells Under Stress
UCSB researchers create a device to help understand how cells communicate to form tissues and maintain integrity under loading. As
Researchers locate the body’s largest cell receptor
A giant toadstool that swallow up vitamins and nutrients in the intestines and kidneys. This is how the receptor, which
Cancer cells steer a jagged path
A jagged little protein appears to be key to how cancer stem cells differentiate and enable metastasis, according to researchers
