Japanese scientists created plant-animal hybrid cells that make their own energy from sunlight
Scientists in Japan have found a way to create solar-powered tissues, which may lead to breakthroughs in growing organs and ...
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Researchers make glioblastoma cells visible to attacking immune cells
Researchers have identified a possible way to make glioblastoma cells vulnerable to different types of immunotherapy. The strategy, which they demonstrated in cells in the lab, forces brain cancer ...
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Rogue 'organs' inside cells may hold secrets of the origin of life on Earth
Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...
Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals
Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...
When the Brain Cells in the Petri Dish Stare Back
Scientists have created brain ‘organoids’ that may be showing early signs of sentience. Should that give researchers pause?
Stem cell-like approach in plants sheds light on specialized cell wall formation
A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, similar to the way stem cells differentiate into different cell types. Using ...
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The First Cells May Have Formed From Simple Fatty Bubbles Like These Ones
Scientists have long wondered how the first cell membranes formed from the primordial soup—a new study offers up a recipe.
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Breakthrough In Growing Lip Cells In The Lab Could Help Develop Medical Treatments
More than paying lip service, the cells may offer new opportunities to research and treat various lip conditions ...
‘Swiss army knife’ of the brain: How star-shaped cells reshape our understanding of memory
How does the brain store—and access—our memories? While our understanding of the brain has (thankfully) developed greatly from the days of removing cerebral tissue to see what would happen, a precise ...
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Memory isn’t only stored in our brains - other cells can remember too
Scientists discovered that memory formation isn’t limited to the brain. Non-brain cells can activate memory genes, responding ...
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Investigating performance limitations in cost-effective materials for perovskite solar cells
Researchers investigated the internal properties of low-cost materials used in perovskite solar cells, which are attracting attention for their high efficiency, using electron spin resonance (ESR) to ...
Science Reveals Why Cancer Immunotherapies Can Sometimes Harm the Heart
Researchers think they’ve figured out why cancer treatments that harness a person’s immune system to fight a tumor can ...