Cell Biology News Archives

“If the hair cell is not totally damaged -- just beginning to break down, and you administer these drugs, you might be able to prevent it from further damage and interfere with the cells' ability to generate tinnitus”

Ernest Moore, an audiologist and cell biologist at Northwestern University, developed tinnitus -- a chronic ringing and whooshing sound in his ears -- twenty years ago after serving in the U.S. Army reserves ... via Science Blog

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 28 Apr 2008 - 4:00 PDT The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded the 2008 Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics to ... via Medical News Today

“The brown adipocyte differentiation pathway in birds: an evolutionary road not taken”

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness A team of researchers at New York Medical College has discovered why birds, unlike mammals, lack a tissue that is ... via MediLexicon

“Wash all this stuff, place this in microwave and after five minutes you have hamburger”

GMLc last mentioned Medical University of South Carolina researcher Vladimir Mironov in 2005. via The Post and Courier

“This paper provides the first direct biochemical explanation for how cell growth is inhibited under conditions when nutrients are low”

A team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies think they know how many-if not most-living organisms answer this question. via News-Medical.Net

“It's clear that when it is injected into the brain of mice it works”

German team finds new way to fight Alzheimer's A combination image shows the effects a new membrane-anchored compound, synthesised by German scientists, have on blocking an enzyme linked to the Alzheimers ... via Scientific American

“The brown adipocyte differentiation pathway in birds: an evolutionary road not taken”

A team of researchers at New York Medical College has discovered why birds, unlike mammals, lack a tissue that is specialized to generate heat. via PhysOrg Weblog

“This finding was totally unprecedented and unexpected. We're getting hints that this might be biologically important, but we still have a lot to learn”

Chronic inflammation triggers cell fusions that may protect neurons, according to a Stanford University School of Medicine study. via HON

The Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine , a Chennai-based research centre, Monday announced the country's first doctorate programme in stem cell research in collaboration with the Acharya Nagarjuna ... via India Gazette

A new fundamental mechanism of how tumour cells communicate has just been discovered by the team of Dr. via Innovations-report.com

“This finding was totally unprecedented and unexpected”

Chronic inflammation triggers bone marrow-derived blood cells to travel to the brain and fuse with a certain type of neuron up to 100 times more frequently than previously believed, according to a new study ... via Physics Blog

Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan, Laboratory of Biological Science, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences and Graduate School of Medicine, ... via Today's Chemist At Work

“Osawa's experiments show that FtsZ, a membrane tether, and the inside surface of a tubular membrane are all that's needed to assemble the Z ring and generate a constriction force.”

Duke University researchers have made a major advance in understanding how bacteria divide. via Huliq.com

“Our discovery is key to understanding how we can enhance the anti-cancer properties of this poison. "Knowing the specific molecules involved allows us to now work on creating more targeted and effective cancer drugs with fewer side effects.”

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 15 Apr 2008 Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered how arsenic works as an effective treatment for leukaemia - ... via MediLexicon

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia Also Included In: Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 15 Apr 2008 - 1:00 PDT "Scientists solve riddle of arsenic cancer treatment" is the headline in The Guardian today. via Medical News Today

Fluxion Biosciences announces the expansion of its sales team with the addition of five new sales representatives on the East Coast. via Business Wire

Division of Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at Cell Biology, Microbiology ... via Toxicological Sciences

“We just wanted to make sure that our knockout cells could still differentiate and specialize”

Their identification of a critical signal mediated by the protein BMP-4 that drives the differentiation of stem cells into what will become the placenta, will be published in the April issue of Cell Stem Cell. via Science Daily

Apr 10, 2008 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of "U.S. Flow Cytometry Markets" to their offering. via Med Ad News

Asymmetric cell division and apoptosis are two fundamental processes important for the development and function of multi-cellular organisms. via MediLexicon

For research related to state-of-the-art microprocessing of polymers and organic materials, we seek either a Senior Researcher or an Associate Professor. via Nature Biotechnology

“We will try our best to utilize this key resource to achieve the goal.”

Main Category: Stem Cell Research Article Date: 04 Apr 2008 - 2:00 PDT newsletters Twelve Yale University stem cell research proposals received $5.66 million in funding from the Connecticut Stem Cell Research ... via Medical News Today

“People should never lose sight of that. But this is still exciting because it gives us a new technology for treating spinal cord injury.”

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 03 Apr 2008 A spinal cord injury often leads to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the site of the ... via MediLexicon

“Not everybody realizes you have to grow the fibers up the spinal cord so you can feel where the floor is. If you can't feel where the floor is with your feet, you can't walk”

A spinal cord injury often leads to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the site of the injury because the damaged nerve fibers can't regenerate. via EurekAlert!