New chemical probes provide greater insight on cellular activity
Researchers have developed a novel set of chemical probes to improve real-time imaging of the activity that takes place inside individual cells.
Biotechnology
Jul 11, 2018
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News tagged with cell signaling pathways
Intercellular communication system is found to encode and transmit more messages than previously thought
Multicellular organisms like ourselves depend on a constant flow of information between cells, coordinating their activities in order to proliferate and differentiate. Deciphering the language of intercellular communication ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2018
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Can fat 'feel' fat? Size-sensing protein controls glucose uptake and storage in fat cells
Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered that a molecule which can sense the swelling of fat cells also controls a signaling pathway that allows fat cells to take up and store excess glucose. Mice missing this ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 25, 2017
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New procedure allows long-term culturing of adult stem cells
A new procedure developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may revolutionize the culturing of adult stem cells. In their report that has been published online prior to its appearance in the August 6 issue of Cell Stem ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 16, 2016
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Brain stem cell quiescence needs to be actively maintained in Drosophila
Neural stem cells are responsible for the formation of differentiated daughter cells in the developing brain. If no new cells are needed, the stem cells may enter a resting phase called quiescence. Biologists at Johannes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2016
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Study unveils novel crosstalk mechanism between mitochondrial translation and cytoplasmic translation
Protein is the fundamental substance of life. The genetic code directing protein synthesis is stored in DNA. When a cell is instructed, the code information transfers from DNA to mRNA. Then, information on mRNA is further ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2016
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Building Immunity: Team recreates a T-cell receptor signaling pathway
The front line of the human immune system is made up of T-cells: white blood cells that circulate in the body and scan for foreign invaders and infections. If a T-cell surface receptor detects a threat during its surveillance, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 11, 2016
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Surprising signal to control male fertility
Signaling molecules of the Wnt family are ubiquitous in biology. From cnidaria to man, they are responsible for forming the basic shape of all organisms. Without Wnt, our body would not have a top or bottom, front or rear. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2015
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Hippo 'crosstalk' may be vital to tumor suppression
Think of a waterfall, and you might see why cell-signaling pathways are important to cancer research. As water cascades, it impacts everything downstream. And everything upstream affects the waterfall.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 9, 2015
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One step closer to cell reprogramming
In 2012, John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamakana were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering that adult cells can be reprogrammed into pluripotent ones (iPS); the cells obtained are capable of behaving in a similar ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 6, 2014
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