The 1968 influenza pandemic was caused by the H3N2 flu strain and killed between 1 and 4 million people globally. For the sake of comparison, the WHO estimates that around 3 million people died of COVID-related illness in ...
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that mitochondria regulate essential cellular signaling for the development of epithelial cells in the lungs, cells which are crucial for the exchange of oxygen and carbon ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 10, 2023
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On a rush-hour train or a crowded flight, you might draw your limbs in close, shrinking as people fill the space. As it turns out, living cells behave similarly in confinement, adjusting their size while growing alongside ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 28, 2023
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Scientists have found a way to use nanotechnology to create a 3D "scaffold" to grow cells from the retina—paving the way for potential new ways of treating a common cause of blindness.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2023
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Is it possible that in most measurements in the field of life sciences, important interactions remain hidden inside the cell or at the cell surface? This question has puzzled the team of laser- and bio-physicist Prof. Dr. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 14, 2023
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University of Texas at Dallas scientists have discovered a previously unknown "housekeeping" process in kidney cells that ejects unwanted content, resulting in cells that rejuvenate themselves and remain functioning and healthy.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 13, 2023
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Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have a great impact on biology and medicine, and they are expected to improve regenerative medicine. Since 2014, when a sheet of retinal pigment epithelial cells derived from iPS cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2023
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Animal experimentation may not be a thing of the past just yet, but work on human iPS cell technology may someday grant emancipation for lab mice and other species.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 29, 2023
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Like thieves that constantly look for ways to evade capture, Salmonella enterica, a disease-causing bacterium, uses various tactics to escape the human body's defense mechanisms. In a new study, researchers from the Department ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 26, 2023
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It's a dangerous world out there. From bacteria and viruses to accidents and injuries, threats surround us all the time. And nothing protects us more steadfastly than our skin. The barrier between inside and out, the body's ...
Evolution
Apr 24, 2023
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