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A microscopy image stained for different cell populations in breast tumors.
Cancer Cells Give Orders
Cancer-supporting cells control their neighbors’ behavior using an often-overlooked protein delivery system. 
Cancer Cells Give Orders
Cancer Cells Give Orders

Cancer-supporting cells control their neighbors’ behavior using an often-overlooked protein delivery system. 

Cancer-supporting cells control their neighbors’ behavior using an often-overlooked protein delivery system. 

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Human lung with viruses
Gut Signals Influence Lung Responses to Infection
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Nov 1, 2023 | 2 min read
Diet-derived molecules spur a biological mechanism in the lung barriers of mice that prevents viral lung injury.
X-ray view of human brain with blood vessels
ApoA1 Identified as a Novel Target for ALS Therapy
Jennifer Zieba, PhD | Dec 12, 2022 | 3 min read
Researchers found that the ApoA1 protein can restore ALS epithelial cell survival in vitro.
Questions Raised About Widely Used Blood-Brain Barrier Model
Catherine Offord | Feb 16, 2021 | 6 min read
A study has sparked controversy by suggesting that cells made using a popular lab protocol have been misidentified, with potentially serious repercussions for brain research. Critics say the significance of the findings has been overstated.
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The Specter of Endothelial Injury in COVID-19
Alakananda Dasgupta | Nov 3, 2020 | 6 min read
Studies signal that damage to the endothelium—cells that cover blood vessels like wallpaper—could underpin the thrombosis and inflammation induced by coronavirus infection.
Could Statins Reduce the Severity of COVID-19?
Ashley Yeager | Jun 12, 2020 | 7 min read
The cholesterol-lowering drugs quell inflammation and reverse endothelial tissue damage, hints that they might curb the body’s excessive immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Image of the Day: New Growth
Chia-Yi Hou | Apr 12, 2019 | 1 min read
Injection of a hydrogel that mechanically resembles a blood clot promotes the growth of new blood vessels in mice.
Image of the Day: Zip It
Sukanya Charuchandra | Sep 7, 2018 | 1 min read
The cytoskeleton of endothelial cells and adhesion proteins work together to help build new blood vessels.  
Researchers Develop a Technique to Regenerate the Mouse Thymus
Jim Daley | Jan 12, 2018 | 3 min read
The discovery reveals the role of a growth factor and endothelial cells in thymus repair, and could have implications for chemotherapy and radiation patients’ recovery following treatment.
Editing Human Blood Vessel Cells with CRISPR
Jenny Rood | May 5, 2015 | 1 min read
Researchers use the genome-editing tool to manipulate cultured human endothelial cells.
Exit Strategy
Ruth Williams | Jan 1, 2014 | 2 min read
Scientists come up with a better way to watch cells leave blood vessels.
Michael Smith: Biomechanic
Jef Akst | Sep 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University. Age: 37
Sensing a Little Tension
Nicholette Zeliadt | Sep 1, 2013 | 8 min read
Tools and techniques for measuring forces in living cells
Engineered Hearts Beat
Kate Yandell | Aug 15, 2013 | 2 min read
Human stem cells take up residence in mouse hearts stripped of their own components, restoring some of the organs’ function.
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