Imagine you could take a potion that returns you to an embryonic state, from which you could grow up as someone else. Or another potion that could rearrange your thoughts and features to become another person. Those are just fantasies for humans – but not for our cells. In the […]
Karthik Shekhar and his colleagues raised a few eyebrows as they collected cow and pig eyes from Boston butchers, but those eyes — eventually from 17 separate species, including humans — are providing insights into the evolution of the vertebrate retina and could lead to better animal models for human […]
Dans le cadre d’un vaste effort multi-institutionnel dirigé par l’Université de Californie à San Diego, des chercheurs ont analysé plus d’un million de cellules cérébrales humaines pour produire des cartes détaillées des commutateurs génétiques dans les types de cellules cérébrales et ont révélé les liens entre des types spécifiques de […]
According to new research in the journal Immunity, T cells have a nuclear receptor doing something very odd — but very important — to help them fight pathogens and destroy cancer cells. This receptor, called retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα), is known to control gene expression programs in the nucleus, […]
Logan Paul is mostly focused on his October return to the boxing ring, but coming off his victory over Ricochet at SummerSlam he seems to still has the pro wrestling ring on his mind. At least based on the latest episode of Impaulsive, where the Media Megastar was brainstorming his […]
The precise segregation of DNA and the faithful inheritance of plasmids are crucial steps in bacterial cell division. Now, a team of researchers led by Seán Murray at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology has developed a computational simulation that explains a key mechanism of DNA segregation. Their findings […]
Scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States and a leading research center for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses, have uncovered new molecular targets on a cell receptor that play a major role in cardiovascular regulation. The findings could lead […]
Atherosclerosis is a disease in which fat, cholesterol, and other substances build up inside artery walls. This can lead to plaque formation, which can block arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes. Immune cells play a key role in cleaning the blood, by interacting with red blood cell extracellular vesicles […]
The researchers also identified three proteins that are needed for the virus to carry out the invasion and have in turn synthesized molecules (potential drugs) that can target one of the proteins, potentially leading to new treatments for AIDS. « We have revealed a protein pathway that appears to have a […]
In the ongoing search for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, a burgeoning branch of medicine is bringing new hope. Stem cell therapies are already being used to treat various cancers and disorders of the blood and immune system. In a new proof-of-concept study, scientists at University of California San Diego […]
