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T cell functionality
T cells, also called T lymphocytes, are an integral component of the adaptive immune system which seek out and eliminate foreign particles. Functions of T cells include killing infected host cells, activating other immune cells, producing and releasing immune messengers called cytokines into the body, and regulating the immune response. When T cell functionality is hindered by disease, genetics, or environment, the immune system could be at severe risk.
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DEC 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms depend on chemical cascades to perform the many life-sustaining functions of cells. Those cascades depend on p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature, researchers have created a way to move molecules between cells; they refer to this new technology a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing tool set off a revolution in biomedicine. Natural features of bacterial immunity were uti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2016Immunology
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For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. Now, researcher ...NOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2016Immunology
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In bacteria, scientists have worked to understand how form and function are related. There has been evidence that there ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2016Microbiology
Using a special type of microscopy, researchers were able to capture changes in the nucleus of nerve cells as they under ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2016Immunology
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LA JOLLA, CA – November 16, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) de ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 15, 2016Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2016Cancer
Cellular aging is thought to be controlled, in part, by the chromosomes’ telomeres – end caps that protect o ...NOV 13, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have demonstrated that the consumption of prey by predators can stimulate a cyclical increase and decrease i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd ...
DEC 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms depend on chemical cascades to perform the many life-sustaining functions of cells. Those cascades depend on p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature, researchers have created a way to move molecules between cells; they refer to this new technology a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing tool set off a revolution in biomedicine. Natural features of bacterial immunity were uti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2016
Immunology
The immune system is responsible for training immune cells like T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and B lymphocytes to do
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2016
Cancer
To uproot itself and start seeding tumors in other parts of the body, cancer cells must have enough energy for the journ
...
DEC 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 5, 2016 – A common class of drugs for vision loss may actually add to the problem in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 02, 2016
Microbiology
These days, it seems like gut microbes are important for nearly every aspect of human health. Recently, researchers from
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 01, 2016
Microbiology
All animals host a community of microorganisms in their gastrointestinal tracts, and there has been a lot of research in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Could a long used diabetes drug be repurposed for cancer treatment? Researchers at Rice University have found a potentia
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 29, 2016
Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. Now, researcher
...
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2016
Microbiology
In bacteria, scientists have worked to understand how form and function are related. There has been evidence that there
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2016
Microbiology
Using a special type of microscopy, researchers were able to capture changes in the nucleus of nerve cells as they under
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2016
Immunology
Two body systems thought to be functionally separate have been found to be connected through gut bacteria. From Oregon S
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
Dude…where’s my memory? It sounds funny, but new research on the effects of cannabinoids on the brai
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2016
Cancer
LA JOLLA, CA – November 16, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) de
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 15, 2016
Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2016
Cancer
Cellular aging is thought to be controlled, in part, by the chromosomes’ telomeres – end caps that protect o
...
NOV 13, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have demonstrated that the consumption of prey by predators can stimulate a cyclical increase and decrease i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd
...