Lab-Grown Meat for Pets? Experts Explain How

Medicine & Technology Jan 29, 2021

The concept of growing meat for humans' consumption from scratch in the form of cell cultures is becoming popular, and some also see this method as a guilt-free way to generate pet food.

Researchers Shed Light on How Cells Keep Moving Without Sticking to Surfaces

Jan 19, 2021

Cell velocity has long been speculated to be affected by the adhesive potential of the surface underneath it, although the exact mechanisms remain unknown. Now, a new study has answered this decades-long question.

Rare Four-Stranded DNA Unraveled for the First Time

Jan 12, 2021

DNA can sometimes form a four quadruple-helix rather than the usual double helix. Scientists are looking into this rare quadruple-helix to find its connection to diseases, such as cancer.

Drug Combination Could Lower High Sugar Levels and Control Weight Gain in Diabetic People

Dec 23, 2020

In a new study, scientists have presented that adding an investigational cancer drug to an extensively used treatment for diabetes enhances blood sugar control and weight loss in mice.

How Do Epithelial Cells Protect the Skin From Viruses?

Nov 30, 2020

A certain protein in the epithelial cells recognizes a nucleic acid that is formed when the virus comes into contact and induces the cells to create an inflammatory response.

Tiny Microbial Factories That Produces Hydrogen By Photosynthesis

Nov 26, 2020

Researchers created droplet-based microbial properties that produce hydrogen by photosynthesis.

Cell Coordination and Oxides Give Insight on How We Age

Nov 09, 2020

A 15-year-old aging theory suggests that cell coordination deteriorates through time, affecting tissue functions and gene regulation.

Giving Cells a "Squeeze" Makes Them Divide Faster

Oct 14, 2020

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston Children's Hospital have found that physically crowding cells, or "squeezing" them, affects the rate at which they grow and develop.

Human Cells Look Younger Than Chimp's Despite Sharing 99% of Genetic Code

Sep 20, 2020

A new study suggests that there could be a primitive explanation for human cells to age longer than chimpanzees which share 99% genetic code with humans.

Astrocytes Found Responsible for Nerve Cell Death in Glaucoma

Jun 24, 2020

A new study reveals that astrocytes, the star-shaped glial cells in the CNS, play an essential role in the death of nerve cells in degenerative diseases. The researchers did trials on mice to study the effects of the cell in preventing nerve damage.

Researchers Analyze How Immune Responses to Hepatitis C Applied to SARS-CoV-2

Jun 17, 2020

Scientists believe that a genetic analysis of the immune system's defense mechanism against hepatitis C can be used for coronavirus vaccine development.

Cellular Cell Clocks May Be Real, New Research Reveals

Aug 23, 2019

It has always been thought that the cells of the body follow some kind of clock that makes it do things on schedule. New studies show that it might be the case.

OHSU Research Could Lead to New Therapies to Heal Nervous System Disorders

Jul 06, 2019

Researchers discovered an unexpected characteristic such as individual Schwann cells began spreading myelin across many axons

A Unique Tool for Live-Cell Imaging

Jul 03, 2019

The biomolecules human immune systems deploy to find, tag, and destroy invading pathogens are the antibodies. Their work includes binding to specific targets, called epitopes, on the surfaces of antigens, like locks to keys. Scientists have, for so many years, exploited this selective tagging mechanism in natural antibodies to engineer antibody-based probes that let them purify and study different types of proteins within cells.

Synthesizing Chemical-Sensing Cells from Scratch

Jul 02, 2019

Researchers have discovered a way to make artificial cells interact with a wide range of chemicals