New Understanding of the Sense of Smell in Cells
A common problem faced by cells is that they are surrounded by a promising cloud of smell, and you must determine the direction of their origin. For example, nerve cells, forming long extensions, are ...
Lab-grown Functional Human Liver Cells
The liver is the human body's largest internal organs. It is an incredible organ, as it can regenerate (with people able to lose as much as 75 percent and yet still grow it back), and it is also a ...
New Hope for the Treatment of Breast Cancer: Antibody-drug Compounds & Immunotherapy?
Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females worldwide. It accounts for 16% of all female cancers and 22.9% of invasive cancers in women. 18.2% of all cancer deaths worldwide, ...
Top Five Most Read Papers in November Cell Stem Cell
*Single Cell RNA-Sequencing of Pluripotent States Unlocks Modular Transcriptional VariationRecently, a new study published by Wellcome Genome Campus demonstrates the power of single-cell genomics, ...
Study: Genetic Mutations Found in 8.5% of Children with Cancer
In recent years, our understanding of childhood cancer has become more and more profound, and the challenge that doctors are now faced with is how to better use the knowledge to provide treatment and ...
Eight Big Questions in Cancer Research(Part One)
In October, the Cell Press launched its new sub publication Trends in Cancer. As part of the inaugural issue, the magazine invited the world leading cancer researchers to list the eight major ...
The CD44 Proteins Induce Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis?
Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant gastrointestinal cancer that is difficult to be diagnosed and treated due to its rapid metastatic spread. Approximately 90% of this type of cancer is ...
Newly Developed 'Super Natural Killers' Can Destroy Cancer in Lymph Nodes
Recently, biomedical engineers at Cornell University have developed a type of specialized white blood cells- called "super natural killer cells" that can seek and destroy lymph node cancer cells. ...
New Research Found Bacteria Communicate with Each Other like Nerve Cells in the Brain
The human brain is known as the supreme masterpiece of evolution while the bacteria is often viewed as low, inferior individuals. It seems that there are huge differences between them. However, ...
Scientists Discovered A New Way to Starve Lung Cancer Cells
Lung cancer, one of the cancers with the highest morbidity and mortality, is a malignant tumor that seriously harms human health. A new study recently published in the journal Molecular Cell has ...