Throughout our lives, a small pool of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) ensures the stable production of a wide range of blood and immune cells in our bodies. RIKEN researchers have now discovered how these cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2023
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Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used machine learning to automate the identification of defects in sister chromatid cohesion. They trained a convolutional neural network (CNN) with microscopy images of ...
Biotechnology
Mar 13, 2023
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As time passes and we get older, many cells need to replenish themselves. They do so by dividing into new cells: Heart cells, skin cells and so on.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 13, 2023
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In a study published in Nature Communications, Prof. Jiu Yaming's group at Institut Pasteur of Shanghai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a previously unrevealed function of intermediate filaments that protect bacterial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 31, 2023
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Researchers at Umeå University have discovered how a certain type of protein moves for DNA to be copied. The discovery could have implications for understanding how antibiotic resistance genes spread between bacteria.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 27, 2023
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RNA viruses, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, are in a life-and-death race the moment they infect a cell.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2023
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Cells zealously protect the integrity of their genomes, because damage can lead to cancer or cell death. The genome—a cell's complete set of DNA—is most vulnerable while it is being duplicated before a cell divides. Cancer ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2023
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A protein that prepares DNA for replication also prevents the replication process from running out of control, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. The work, published Jan. 5 in Molecular Cell, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2023
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Nobody wants to be average.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 9, 2023
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A research team led by Dr. Yuanliang Zhai from the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and his collaborators from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Institut Curie, ...
Biotechnology
Jan 6, 2023
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