News tagged with secretory cells

A new role is hatched for female fruit flies

A team of New York University biologists has uncovered a previously unknown role for a set of cells within the female reproductive tract of fruit flies that affects the functioning of sperm and hence fertility. Their discovery, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

VAI researchers develop tool to help study prostate cancer

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers have developed a new method to better study the cells that line and protect the prostate in relation to the development of cancer. Using the model, they found that normal cells ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Scientists create airway spheres to study lung diseases

Using both animal and human cells, Duke University Medical Center scientists have demonstrated that a single lung cell can become one of two very different types of airway cells, which could lead to a better understanding ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Sleuths follow lung stem cells for generations to shed light on healing

More than one kind of stem cell is required to support the upkeep and repair of the lungs, according to a new study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Scientists map one of life's molecular mysteries

All living organisms are made up of cells, behind these intricate life forms lie complex cellular processes that allow our bodies to function. Researchers working on protein secretion — a fundamental process in biology ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Insulin therapy may help repair atherosclerotic lesions in diabetic patients

New research reveals that insulin applied in therapeutic doses selectively stimulates the formation of new elastic fibers in cultures of human aortic smooth muscle cells. These results advance the understanding of the molecular ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study brings secrets of brain cell communication closer

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at The University of Queensland's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have taken a significant step towards unravelling the mechanism by which communication between brain cells occurs.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New mitochondria mechanism identified

A team of researchers led by the University of Freiburg in Germany has identified a novel mechanism that plays a key role in the architecture and functioning of mitochondria - the power plants of the cell, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Supplement aids milk production

(PhysOrg.com) -- Massey University research has led to the development of a calf supplement that can increase milk yield in dairy cows by up to 12 per cent.

Biology / Other

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insight in how cells' powerhouse divides

New research from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Colorado at Boulder puts an unexpected twist on how mitochondria, the energy-generating structures within cells, divide. The work, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making blood-sucking deadly for mosquitoes

Inhibiting a molecular process cells use to direct proteins to their proper destinations causes more than 90 percent of affected mosquitoes to die within 48 hours of blood feeding, a UA team of biochemists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Lending a helping hand

Many proteins, the primary building blocks of life, depend on elements such as copper, zinc and other trace elements to function properly. “Some metal molecules are required as a structural component ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Signaling pathway is 'executive software' of airway stem cells

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found out how mouse basal cells that line airways "decide" to become one of two types of cells that assist in airway-clearing duties. The findings could help provide new ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How killer immune cells avoid killing themselves

After eight years of work, researchers have unearthed what has been a well-kept secret of our immune system's success. The findings published online on June 9th in Immunity offer an explanation for how specialized immune ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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