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Centrosome regulates nerve cell migration, study finds

Researchers from the DZNE have solved an important puzzle in neurobiology: the wiring and the movement of nerve cells are interwoven, but separately controlled.

15 Feb 2023

Scientific breakthrough by Sjöberg laureate brings new hope to lung cancer patients

This year's Sjöberg Prize in cancer research of one million dollars is awarded to professor Kevan Shokat, University of California, USA.

15 Feb 2023

Cryo-EM provides new insights into the structure of the centromeric region

The genetic material inside cells is organized into structures called chromosomes. The centromere is essential for the correct division of the chromosomes via interaction with spindle microtubules when cells divide and grow.

6 Feb 2023

Researchers discover a key role played by ch-TOG protein in the initiation of microtubule assembly

Microtubules are cellular fibres that are part of the skeleton of the cell, termed cytoskeleton. They ensure that cells maintain their shape, carry out their functions, and divide.

27 Jan 2023

Using artificial human skin to block invasive growth in a skin cancer model

By using artificial human skin, a research group from the University of Copenhagen have managed to block invasive growth in a skin cancer model.

26 Jan 2023

Scientists reveal how genetic changes lead to differences in the size of cancer cells

Cancer cells can shrink or super-size themselves to survive drug treatment or other challenges within their environment, researchers have discovered.

25 Jan 2023

Targeting newly discovered signaling pathway could boost the potency of cancer therapeutics

Cells zealously protect the integrity of their genomes, because damage can lead to cancer or cell death. The genome -; a cell's complete set of DNA -; is most vulnerable while it is being duplicated before a cell divides. Cancer cells constantly are dividing, so their genomes are constantly in jeopardy.

24 Jan 2023

Study uncovers protein that acts as a brake for DNA replication

A protein that prepares DNA for replication also prevents the replication process from running out of control, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

24 Jan 2023

Metastatic Melanoma: key protein identified that aids the spread of skin cancer

In this interview, News-Medical spoke to Dr. Jeremy Carlton and Professor Victoria Sanz-Moreno about their latest research into the spread of skin cancer.

20 Jan 2023

Mutations may underlie how the most aggressive lymphomas arise and resist therapies

The key to understanding how the most aggressive lymphomas arise and resist current therapies may lie in mutations that disrupt a critical natural selection process among antibody-producing B cells, according to a multi-institutional preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

19 Jan 2023

Altering a cellular process can lead stem cells to die or regenerate, study finds

A new study led by Cedars-Sinai and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has determined that altering a cellular process can lead stem cells-;cells from which other cells in the body develop-;to die or regenerate.

13 Jan 2023

Comprehensive atlas of protein kinases could help scientists decipher many cellular signaling pathways

One of the most important classes of human enzymes are protein kinases -; signaling molecules that regulate nearly all cellular activities, including growth, cell division, and metabolism.

12 Jan 2023

Unique mass spectrometry-based approach to study specific changes in DNA after replication

A new method to study specific changes in DNA after replication has been published as a technical report in Nature Cell Biology.

12 Jan 2023

MALAT1 suppression is a hallmark of tissue and peripheral proliferative T cells in COVID-19

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United Kingdom investigated lncRNA (long non-coding ribonucleic acids) expression in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) T lymphocyte transcriptomes.

10 Jan 2023

Ceramides start to accumulate in muscle during aging, finds study

A study carried out at the University of Helsinki and école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland found that during aging, ceramides, a class of fat molecules called sphingolipids, start to accumulate in muscle, impairing its function.

10 Jan 2023

An updated framework for understanding the biology of the bacterial system

Nobody wants to be average. But for a long time, scientists have found it convenient to think of bacterial cells as just that: "average."

9 Jan 2023

Antibiotic perseverance increases the risk of antibiotic resistance development

Bacterial perseverance is a new phenomenon that helps explain how bacteria adapt to survive antibiotic treatments.

4 Jan 2023

Researchers identify novel gene mechanism in most aggressive kidney cancers

In a new study from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, researchers described a novel mechanism of tumor formation in kidney cancers driven by overexpression of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) signaling pathway with loss of the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) tumor suppressor gene.

3 Jan 2023

Researchers use engineered proteins to record histories of cellular events

As cells perform their everyday functions, they turn on a variety of genes and cellular pathways. MIT engineers have now coaxed cells to inscribe the history of these events in a long protein chain that can be imaged using a light microscope.

2 Jan 2023

New mathematical model for the motion of bacteria

Biofilms form when microorganisms such as certain types of bacteria adhere to the surface of objects in a moist environment and begin to reproduce resulting in the excretion of a slimy glue-like substance.

28 Dec 2022