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T cell or T lymphocyte is a type of blood cell distinguished by its T cell receptor on the cell surface and plays a key role in the immune response.
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APR 22, 2015Cancer
One of the main sessions at this year's Experimental Biology Conference in Boston was the Tang Prize Award lecture. It w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Cancer
A new "liquid biopsy" technique is showing promise in detecting certain types of cancer, reports Gina Kolata for The New ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 21, 2015Cancer
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists from the Goethe University, Frankfurt, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, and the Univers ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Aneuploidy-the incorrect number of chromosomes in a cell-is quite common in early embryos; it's also the primary reason ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Compared with other human relatives such as Neanderthals, modern Homo sapiens have particularly prominent chins. Some re ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 17, 2015Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and two key risk factors for cardiovascular dis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 16, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The enzyme AMPK initiates a dizzying array of cellular activities, from breaking down worn-out cellular parts to turning ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 16, 2015Immunology
About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Coffee drinking is often associated with lower rates of degenerative diseases, from Parkinson's to cancers. Two recent s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Immunology
Scientists have found an alternative track for potentially aggressive T-cells in which the cells can be recruited to hel ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America fo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 13, 2015Neuroscience
By directly recording electrical activity from the human brain, neuroscientists at the Stanford University School of Med ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
One of the main sessions at this year's Experimental Biology Conference in Boston was the Tang Prize Award lecture. It w
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
A new "liquid biopsy" technique is showing promise in detecting certain types of cancer, reports Gina Kolata for The New
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Cancer
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists from the Goethe University, Frankfurt, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, and the Univers
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 20, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 20, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
By combining two highly innovative experimental techniques, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Aneuploidy-the incorrect number of chromosomes in a cell-is quite common in early embryos; it's also the primary reason
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Compared with other human relatives such as Neanderthals, modern Homo sapiens have particularly prominent chins. Some re
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Learning, it is widely believed, is based on changes in the connections between nerve cells. Knowing which nerve cells a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and two key risk factors for cardiovascular dis
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 16, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The enzyme AMPK initiates a dizzying array of cellular activities, from breaking down worn-out cellular parts to turning
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 16, 2015
Immunology
About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Coffee drinking is often associated with lower rates of degenerative diseases, from Parkinson's to cancers. Two recent s
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Immunology
Scientists have found an alternative track for potentially aggressive T-cells in which the cells can be recruited to hel
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America fo
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 13, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
By directly recording electrical activity from the human brain, neuroscientists at the Stanford University School of Med
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider