News tagged with cell binding

Scientists identify gene in breast cancer pathway

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how a gene crucial in triggering the spread of breast cancer is turned on and off. The findings could help predict whether breast tumors ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer

By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Researchers develop new way to see single RNA molecules inside living cells

Biomedical engineers have developed a new type of probe that allows them to visualize single ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules within live cells more easily than existing methods. The tool will help scientists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Meningitis bacteria dress up as human cells to evade our immune system

(PhysOrg.com) -- The way in which bacteria that cause bacterial meningitis mimic human cells to evade the body's innate immune system has been revealed by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Fibroblasts invade at a snail's pace

A transcription factor known to drive the formation of fibroblasts during development also promotes their ability to invade and remodel surrounding tissues, report Rowe et al. in the February 9, 2009 issue ...

Biology /

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0