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Cell Surface Receptors
Cell Surface Receptors: are receptors that are embedded in the plasma membrane of cells. They act in cell signaling by receiving extracellular molecules. They're specialized integral membrane proteins that allow communication between the cell and the extracellular space.
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JUN 25, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2025Microbiology
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The H5N1 avian influenza is highly pathogenic and has been devastating bird populations worldwide. It continues to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2024Genetics & Genomics
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Blood is crucial to healthcare; as the population of the world ages, more medical procedures are being performed and the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
With astonishing advances in molecular biology, cell and gene therapies represent a new class of pharmaceuticals availab ...Sponsored By: Single Use SupportFEB 22, 2024Immunology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy referred to as ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeFEB 15, 2024Immunology
There are various ways to treat cancer. The gold standard has been chemotherapy for over 50-years. However, treatment wi ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeFEB 05, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses need host cells, and pathogens have many different ways to infect them. Scientists have revealed a rapid movemen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2024Genetics & Genomics
While RNA has long been known as the intermediary between active genes and the proteins they encode for, recent research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2024Microbiology
Some bacterial cells can prey on others, and launch attacks on target cells. So without eyes, ears, or a brain, how do t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2024Immunology
Immunotherapy has transformed the way we treat cancer patients. An alternative approach to chemotherapy, immunotherapy e ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeDEC 28, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Insulin, which is a hormone that is crucial for the proper control of blood sugar levels, is produced by beta cells in t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The sequences of our genes can carry small variations; sometimes they only involve a single base. These variations can h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2023Cancer
The CAR-T Revolution: Developing T Cells into Cancer Assassins Cancer has long been a formidable foe, but recent ...NOV 20, 2023Cancer
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Globally, bladder cancer is the ninth most commonly diagnosed cancer and is the 13th leading cause of cancer-related dea ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2025
Microbiology
The Zika virus, which is mostly transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, emerged around 2007 to cause infections around
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you've heard deep bass, the roar of a jet engine, or rumbling thunder, you may have felt it in your body. Our cells h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aspartame is estimated to be more than 150 times as sweet as sugar, and is commonly used as a sugar replacement.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Whenever the immune system fights a pathogen, it has a memory of that invader, or possibly, a vaccine that mimics an inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2024
Microbiology
The link between cancer and bacteria that live in the human body has been known for a very long time. In the 19th centur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The sense of touch can be crucial to helping us understand and interact with our environment, and it is found all over a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A few years ago, researchers developed a novel treatment that could repair tissue and spinal cord injuries. These so-cal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2024
Microbiology
The H5N1 avian influenza is highly pathogenic and has been devastating bird populations worldwide. It continues to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in genes can make us unique, but they can also have biological effects. Scientists have identified a rare
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The gut microbiome contains trillions of microbes, including bacteria, fungi and viruses, and this microbial community i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Blood is crucial to healthcare; as the population of the world ages, more medical procedures are being performed and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
With astonishing advances in molecular biology, cell and gene therapies represent a new class of pharmaceuticals availab
...
Sponsored By:
Single Use Support
FEB 22, 2024
Immunology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy referred to as
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
FEB 15, 2024
Immunology
There are various ways to treat cancer. The gold standard has been chemotherapy for over 50-years. However, treatment wi
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
FEB 05, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses need host cells, and pathogens have many different ways to infect them. Scientists have revealed a rapid movemen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
While RNA has long been known as the intermediary between active genes and the proteins they encode for, recent research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2024
Microbiology
Some bacterial cells can prey on others, and launch attacks on target cells. So without eyes, ears, or a brain, how do t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2024
Immunology
Immunotherapy has transformed the way we treat cancer patients. An alternative approach to chemotherapy, immunotherapy e
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
DEC 28, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Insulin, which is a hormone that is crucial for the proper control of blood sugar levels, is produced by beta cells in t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The sequences of our genes can carry small variations; sometimes they only involve a single base. These variations can h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2023
Cancer
The CAR-T Revolution: Developing T Cells into Cancer Assassins Cancer has long been a formidable foe, but recent
...
NOV 20, 2023
Cancer
Phagocytosis, the biological process that destroys foreign particles and removes dead cells from circulation, represents
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 10, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Globally, bladder cancer is the ninth most commonly diagnosed cancer and is the 13th leading cause of cancer-related dea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch