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Cell function
Cells carry out specialized functions throughout the body and each cell type functions distinctly from other cell types. Some cellular functions include transporting nutrients throughout the body and producing energy. One specialized cell is muscle cells which function to create a force that moves parts of the body. Another example are bone cells, whose functions include protecting internal organs from damage and storing minerals such as calcium.
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AUG 18, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2022
Neuroscience
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a motor neuron disease, which gradually causes a loss of movement. Eventually, pa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2022
Microbiology
Chronic alcohol use is a serious health problem, and a major contributor to liver disease and mortality. The gut microbi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Electrical stimulation of the eye's surface may alleviate depression-like symptoms and improve cognitive function in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2022
Immunology
Our immune cells can target cancer, but T cells can become worn out and exhausted during lengthy battles, and they
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Immunology
Scientists have been trying to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer for decades, and recent years have brought ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2022
Technology
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers from Inserm, CNRS and Université de Montpellier
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 08, 2022
Immunology
One of the primary objectives for the application of flow cytometry in any testing environment should be measurement ass
...
Sponsored By:
Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.
AUG 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have known that vitamin K has antioxidant properties, but the mechanism behind that function remained obscur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is huge. It's made up of about 3 billion base pairs, and if the whole molecule was stretched to its full leng
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Neuroscience
Recent allegations of research misconduct have called years of Alzheimer's research into question. The controversy surro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Introduction Centrifugation and filtration have been widely accepted as techniques required for clarifying complex cell
...
Sponsored By:
Pall Life Sciences
AUG 01, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study published in Cell Reports highlights a new drug that could help to repair nervous system damage caused by
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2022
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. Since we first encountered it in late 2019, the virus has continued to mut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Freeze drying, lyophilization, and cryodesiccation are all terms used to describe the process of removing water from a s
...
JUL 28, 2022
Cancer
Cytokines, proteins that affect the immune system, can elicit their effects in either a beneficial or an inhibitory capa
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUL 28, 2022
Immunology
Since researchers began to examine it in detail, the gut microbiome has been associated with myriad aspects of human hea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Human egg cells, called oocytes, have to last a long time. They are created before birth, and they stay viable for many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics induce sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome of male and female rats. The corresponding study was publi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 21, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are beginning to understand the significant impact of a process called hematopoietic mosaic loss of Y chromos
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud