cell & molecular biology

A video captures T cells learning to recognize cells from the body that shouldn’t be attacked.

A membrane pump found in most bacteria helps E. coli acquire drug resistance from neighboring cells even while they’re exposed to antibiotics, a new study shows.

As ONC201 moves through human clinical trials, scientists finally figure out that the compound and its analogs target a mitochondrial protease.

Juvenile eels break down bone tissue and rebuild it in preparation for mating.

An RNA analysis of human brain cells reveals gene expression changes in cortical neurons and microglia linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Telomeres in cancer cells exposed to oxidative stress got shorter and stickier.

Researchers develop a washing method that is better at removing drugs that have contaminated hair from the outside than existing protocols.

Scientists create an atlas of Arabidopsis cell and tissue reconstructions in three dimensions.

Human natural killer cells, previously considered not to participate in adaptive immunity, remember viral antigens after initial exposures, according to a new study.

An increased production of ribosomes may underlie cell migration and relate to cancer metastasis, according to a new study.

The silver spinyfin has an extraordinary diversity of rod photopigments, which researchers propose may allow it to see color in the deep, dark sea.

Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology, thanks to new technology that allows them to observe the process in living cells. It’s teaching them a lot.

A pathogenic amoeba species ingests parts of human cells and steals human cell membrane proteins to display on its own surface.

Lucie Low, a project leader for Tissue Chips in Space, describes the experiments that are slated to blast off later this week.

The Carnegie Mellon computational biologist thinks machine learning algorithms can direct high-throughput experiments to solve the field’s unanswered questions.

Researchers are using artificial intelligence to pick out the features of brightfield microscopy images.

Researchers treat mice with retinitis pigmentosa using a gene therapy that reduces cone loss.

An experiment tests whether a protein treatment can help hematopoietic stem cells recover after mice are exposed to radiation.

Organoids grown from a mouse’s colon will be used to screen drugs for colorectal cancer.