Feb. 18, 2025 — Viruses, like those that cause COVID-19 or HIV, are formidable opponents once they invade our bodies. Antiviral treatments strive to block a virus or halt its replication ...

Cell biology is the discipline of biological sciences that studies the structure, physiology, growth, reproduction and death of cells. Research in cell biology uses microscopic and molecular tools ...

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Mammalian hosts coordinate various cell death pathways as part of the immune defense system against pathogens including ...

What determines the load of the plasma membrane? In almost all cells, the plasma membrane bilayer is an inelastic, two-dimensional fluid; therefore, for membrane to flow laterally into new areas ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered new mechanisms underlying cellular adhesion and repair, findings that could inform the development of new therapeutics that boost cellular ...

Feb. 20, 2025 — Biologists have discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA ...

excreted only for apoptotic cells. Image created on BioRender. Since it was noticed that extracellular nanoparticles have clinical potential due to their cargoes, several discoveries occurred in this ...

Metastatic progression is the deadliest feature of cancer. Cancer cell growth, invasion, intravasation, circulation, arrest/adhesion and extravasation require specific mechanical properties to allow ...

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