Posts Tagged ‘cells’
With fragile X, brain cells can’t stop ‘talking’
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental retardation and autism, turns some brain cells into chatterboxes, according to a new report. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Feb 18, 2013 15:32 - 0 Comments
Tiny probe beams light into single cell
STANFORD (US) — Very small, sophisticated devices known as light resonators can be inserted inside cells without damaging them, a new study proves. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 15, 2013 12:57 - 2 Comments
Personalize chemo with cells created from tumor
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Scientists have developed a better way to match cancer patients to the drugs that will work best against their particular disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 6, 2013 15:39 - 0 Comments
Sensors detect dead transplanted cells
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers have devised tiny sensors to detect whether cells transplanted into a living animal are alive or dead. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 6, 2013 7:05 - 0 Comments
From DNA clash, ‘double whammy’ for flies
BROWN / INDIANA U. (US) — Animal cells have two genomes—in the nucleus and the mitochondria. A new study describes how a clash between the two makes fruit flies sick. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 4, 2013 14:47 - 3 Comments
New cancer drug? Therapy stalls cell growth
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — When cancer cells are deprived a key protein, the cells can’t divide properly and the cancer stops growing. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 30, 2013 12:03 - 0 Comments
Rogue DNA busts out of aging cell ‘prison’
BROWN (US) — As cells age, they lose control over parasitic strands of mobile DNA that insert themselves into chromosomes, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 25, 2013 10:50 - 0 Comments
Use cells’ suicide alarm to fight bioterrorism
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — The alarm system that helps immune system cells destroy invading bacteria points to a potentially new way to protect people from biological weapons, researchers report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2013 17:49 - 1 Comment
Cells flock like birds to heal skin wounds
RICE (US) — Cells coordinate their motions as they race to cover and ultimately heal wounds to the skin. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 2, 2013 16:18 - 1 Comment
Deep-sea vents hint at life’s origin
UCL (UK) — Scientists say the chemistry of deep-sea hydrothermal vents may explain how the first living cells developed. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2012 13:35 - 0 Comments
Without ‘Notch’ signal, cells swap jobs
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Breaking a biological signaling system in an embryo allows scientists to change a cell’s destiny. The findings could lead to new ways of making replacement organs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2012 15:23 - 0 Comments
Why dying cells ‘morph’ to look like blood clots
MONASH (AUS) — In the late stages of death, injured cells undergo a restructure and take on a form not unlike a blood clot. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 3, 2012 15:36 - 0 Comments
Tiny machines: Team ‘sees’ forces in living cells
STANFORD (US) — Researchers were able to measure—and to literally see—the mechanical forces at play between and within living cells. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 1, 2012 10:13 - 0 Comments
Burst of light toggles cell metabolism
YALE (US) — With super-quick flashes of blue light, scientists toggled cell functions back and forth, which changed the cells’ mobility and shape. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 11, 2012 16:27 - 3 Comments
When cells can’t recycle, arteries clog up
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Researchers have found that problems with a digestive process in cells—called autophagy—can lead to clogged arteries.
Top Stories - Feb 28, 2012 12:20 - 0 Comments
‘Immortal’ worms use trick to beat aging
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Researchers have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the aging process to be potentially immortal. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 28, 2011 12:45 - 1 Comment
How to probe mechanics of living cells
PURDUE (US) — Researchers are making progress in developing a system that measures the mechanical properties of living cells. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2011 10:01 - 0 Comments
Floating ‘vacuum’ probes cell behavior
MCGILL U. (CAN) — New technology is expected to serve as a powerful tool to study crucial cellular processes, including cancer cell formation and how neurons align themselves in the developing brain. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 22, 2011 10:38 - 0 Comments
Cells chatter to overcome wimpy ‘dial-up’
EMORY (US) — For the first time, scientists have quantified the data capacity of a biochemical signaling pathway and found a surprise—it’s way lower than even an old-fashioned, dial-up modem. (more…)
