Cell & Molecular Biology

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Biotium, a leading provider of innovative fluorescent reagents and kits for life science research, proudly announces the release of EMBER™ Ultra Gel Kits for RNA and DNA gel electrophoresis. 

Drugs targeting a subset of pathogenic macrophages could provide novel treatments for endometriosis. 

In hair follicles, as nearby cells die, stem cells engage in phagocytosis to keep the hair cycle going.

Researchers dug up an ancient protective role of a DNA-sensing defense pathway in managing stress clearance.

A high-sugar diet rendered flies susceptible to infections through distinct mechanisms.

A newly identified cartilage cell generates fat vacuoles and makes the surrounding tissues pliable. This helps keep the ear and nose tips bouncy.

Suppressing a transcription factor induced energy burning in fat cells, offering therapeutic targets to treat obesity and metabolic diseases.

Acting as mini organs in a dish, organoids fuel diverse research areas, from cancer to evolutionary biology.

How does exercise benefit health? Molecules called exerkines partly regulate its effects and provide therapeutic targets to mimic the benefits of exercise. 

Venoms from four different snake species work differently to disrupt blood vessels.

Giovanna Prout from Scale Biosciences discusses the inspiration for and results of the company’s ambitious single-cell sequencing endeavor.    

Investigating how reindeers shed and regenerate their antlers offers clues into mammalian organ regeneration.

The TREM2 receptor may hold the keys to understanding how myeloid cells affect immune responses to neurological disorders and cancer.

Anne Madden sees the beauty and brawn of creepy-crawly microbes and how they may hold the solution to many human problems.

Gene expression of lactose-digesting genes is controlled by the lac operon that accounts for varying amounts of lactose or glucose in the cell.

David Furman uses computational power, collaborations, and cosmic inspiration to tease apart the role of the immune system in aging.

In a century, Wolbachia has gone from a master reproductive manipulator to a partner in the fight against pathogens, exemplifying how a microbe can shape hosts and diseases.

The discovery of an inducible switch in Escherichia coli that controlled lactose metabolism offered the first clues into gene expression.