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Cell Signaling
Cell Signaling: the process of cells communicating with other cells within the body, or with the external environment. As a process, cell signaling refers to a vast network of communication between, and within, each cell of our body.
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JAN 28, 2017Health & Medicine
The immune response to viruses includes a group of signaling proteins that act like a home security system in the body, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The hallucinogenic effects of LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, are very long lasting; a dose of the drug can act for ove ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2017Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA – January 27, 2017 – Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a brai ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 25, 2017Microbiology
Bacteriocins are toxins made by one bacterium to kill other bacteria. Not very nice, but it’s a tough world out th ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In the central nervous system, cells called microglia act to protect it. When a pathogen like a virus activates microgli ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2017Cardiology
A process using human stem cells can generate the epicardium cells that cover the outer surface of a human heart. & ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Engineers want to use peptides—small proteins that carry out essential tasks in our cells—to construct bioel ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 22, 2017Immunology
New technology allows scientists to watch immune cells move in real time, and researchers recently took advantage of thi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 21, 2017Cancer
Acting like cunning thieves in the night, pancreatic cancer can hack into their microenvironment to selfishly steal the ...JAN 20, 2017Videos
Scientists are studying propulsion in robotic jellyfish and stingrays made of living rat heart cells, and someday the sa ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 19, 2017Immunology
Immune cells poke holes in blood vessels to reach the surrounding tissues, to fight infection or for other immunological ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While cholesterol is primarily found in the cell membrane, its role there is not well understood. Researchers at the Uni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2017Microbiology
Viruses talk to each other, and not just about the weather. They talk about whether or not they should infect or kill th ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2017Cardiology
There are three layers of the heart, and scientists from Penn State are working on using stem cells to recreate epicardi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR is common in research and diagnostic laboratories, performed on specialized PCR machine ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2017Immunology
TGF-beta may be an “old story” in the study of cancer but a plot twist was recently encountered by scientist ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2017Cancer
The presence of endometrial cancer, the most common type of gynecologic cancer, may be revealed through a woman&r ...JAN 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In work that could be a massive breakthrough in dermatology, researchers have developed a way to coax wounds into regene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2017Cancer
A large portion of melanoma cases prove fatal because the disease has already progressed beyond treatment options. Howev ...JAN 05, 2017Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – January 5, 2017 – Biologists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 05, 2017Neuroscience
When a person undergoes a stressful event, the effects often last beyond the event itself. Whether it’s a traumati ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 04, 2017Immunology
Many autoimmune diseases come in waves, where symptoms temporarily get worse followed by a time of little to no signs of ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Premenstrual Mood Disorder Gene Network DiscoveredWritten By: Jennifer Ellis
JAN 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
The immune response to viruses includes a group of signaling proteins that act like a home security system in the body,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The hallucinogenic effects of LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, are very long lasting; a dose of the drug can act for ove
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2017
Neuroscience
LA JOLLA, CA – January 27, 2017 – Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a brai
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 25, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteriocins are toxins made by one bacterium to kill other bacteria. Not very nice, but it’s a tough world out th
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the central nervous system, cells called microglia act to protect it. When a pathogen like a virus activates microgli
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2017
Cardiology
A process using human stem cells can generate the epicardium cells that cover the outer surface of a human heart. &
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Engineers want to use peptides—small proteins that carry out essential tasks in our cells—to construct bioel
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 22, 2017
Immunology
New technology allows scientists to watch immune cells move in real time, and researchers recently took advantage of thi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 21, 2017
Cancer
Acting like cunning thieves in the night, pancreatic cancer can hack into their microenvironment to selfishly steal the
...
JAN 20, 2017
Videos
Scientists are studying propulsion in robotic jellyfish and stingrays made of living rat heart cells, and someday the sa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 19, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells poke holes in blood vessels to reach the surrounding tissues, to fight infection or for other immunological
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While cholesterol is primarily found in the cell membrane, its role there is not well understood. Researchers at the Uni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2017
Microbiology
Viruses talk to each other, and not just about the weather. They talk about whether or not they should infect or kill th
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2017
Cardiology
There are three layers of the heart, and scientists from Penn State are working on using stem cells to recreate epicardi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction or PCR is common in research and diagnostic laboratories, performed on specialized PCR machine
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2017
Immunology
TGF-beta may be an “old story” in the study of cancer but a plot twist was recently encountered by scientist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2017
Cancer
The presence of endometrial cancer, the most common type of gynecologic cancer, may be revealed through a woman&r
...
JAN 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In work that could be a massive breakthrough in dermatology, researchers have developed a way to coax wounds into regene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2017
Cancer
A large portion of melanoma cases prove fatal because the disease has already progressed beyond treatment options. Howev
...
JAN 05, 2017
Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – January 5, 2017 – Biologists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ha
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 05, 2017
Neuroscience
When a person undergoes a stressful event, the effects often last beyond the event itself. Whether it’s a traumati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 04, 2017
Immunology
Many autoimmune diseases come in waves, where symptoms temporarily get worse followed by a time of little to no signs of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Premenstrual Mood Disorder Gene Network Discovered
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis