Posts Tagged ‘epithelial cells’
Bird embryos show cells move en masse
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Scientists studying bird embryos are learning new details about a developmental process involving the mass migration of cells as a sheet. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - May 3, 2010 5:05 - 0 Comments
Polarity gene key to breast tumor growth
MCGILL (CAN)—New research helps explain why breast-milk cells lose their structure, causing them to clump up in strange ways and sometimes become cancer tumors. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 4, 2010 17:34 - 0 Comments
Protein ‘makeover’ key to muscular dystrophy
U. IOWA (US)—The discovery of a novel type of chemical modification on a particular muscle protein promises to shed light on certain muscular dystrophies. The finding may also have implications for cancer detection. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 11, 2009 15:52 - 2 Comments
To understand GI infections, learn the language
TEXAS A&M (US)—New technology is able to mimic the unique bacteria-laden environment of the human GI tract because it knows how to decode the complex way cells “talk” to each other, a new study reports. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 9, 2009 15:27 - 0 Comments
Oral bacteria linked to preterm birth
CASE WESTERN (US)—Researchers are working to block a common bacterium that is harmless in a mother’s mouth, but can turn deadly when it reaches an unborn child. (more…)
