Fat serves as cells' built-in pH sensor: research
A specific type of fat present in cell membranes also serves as a cellular pH sensor, a team of University of British Columbia researchers has discovered.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 26, 2010
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Biologists identify a new clue into cellular aging
The ability to combat some age-related diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, may rest with scientists unlocking clues about the molecular and cellular processes governing aging. The underlying theory is that if the healthy ...
Biotechnology
Jul 7, 2010
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'Promiscuous' protein interactions found in the nuclear pore complex
(PhysOrg.com) -- The NPC is the only way in or out of a cell's nucleus. It plays a key role in cellular metabolism and signaling, and any malfunction in these pores can have lethal consequences. Now new research reveals further ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 29, 2009
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Key protein in cellular respiration discovered
Many diseases derive from problems with cellular respiration, the process through which cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now discovered a new function ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 8, 2009
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Researchers seek to create 'fountain of youth'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The same principles that a Biodesign Institute research team has successfully applied to remove harmful contaminants from the environment may one day allow people to clean up the gunk from their bodies—and ...
Jan 16, 2009
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Team finds that the bivalve mollusk Anadara kagoshimensis can endure high water salinity
Hypersalinity is a condition in which water contains a high concentration of salt. In soft reservoirs, the concentration of salt is not high, and in hypersaline water the percentage of salt is 40% and higher. Hypersalinity ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2023
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Cellular mechanisms explain differences in hare species' biology and help to understand their evolution
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University have published in the journal Molecular Ecology a comprehensive study on the significance of species differences for the most central cell maintenance ...
Evolution
Nov 2, 2022
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Researchers discover a way to control cells in charge of tissue regeneration
Tissue stem cells renew tissues by producing daughter cells that either remain as stem cells or differentiate into specialized cells, such as intestinal or skin cells. Certain stem cells seal the fate of their daughter cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2022
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Why do birds typically live longer than mammals?
Why do birds typically live longer than mammals? A new paper offers a hint, albeit not a conclusive answer. Assistant Professors of Biology Cynthia Downs and Ana Jimenez at Hamilton College and Colgate University respectively ...
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2019
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Cancer's metabolism subject of trailblazing study
No matter what form cancer takes in the body, it starts at the cellular level and grows via metabolism run amok.
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 20, 2018
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