Sugar layer on beta cells prevents immune system from causing type 1 diabetes
An immunofluorescence microscopy image shows a cluster of insulin-producing beta cells (green) under attack by immune cells (dense cluster of ...
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Myeloid cells play central role in immune response after polytrauma
Gaining insights into the complex pathways and key cell populations involved in immune dysregulation can aid the development of therapeutic ...
Retinal cells rewire to preserve vision in retinitis pigmentosa
Scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have discovered that certain retinal ...
Brain cells can burn fat to fuel activity
While glucose, or sugar, is a well-known fuel for the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have demonstrated that electrical activity ...
Researchers use electric fields to identify aged cells
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new way of telling "aged" human cells apart from younger ones using ...
Rapid generation of functional blood vessels from human stem cells
Blood vessels are essential to nearly all tissues, delivering nutrients and oxygen, regulating hemostasis, and modulating inflammation. Recreating functional vascular ...
Are Senescent Cells A Key To Healthy Aging? What We Know So Far
When it comes to aging, we're all in it together. Senescent cells may hold a key to preventing age-related illness, ...
‘Zombie’ skin cells may be harmful or helpful, depending on their shapes
Skin-related fibroblasts with nuclei stained green and f-actin stained red. Credit: Jude Phillip, Johns Hopkins University Senescent skin cells, often ...
Differentiating cancerous and healthy cells through motion analysis
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that the motion of unlabeled cells can be used to tell whether they ...
Ammonia buildup kills liver cells but can be prevented using existing drug
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain High levels of ammonia kill liver cells by damaging the mitochondria that power the cells. But ...
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