A major new analysis reveals for the first time the likely cause of most cases of childhood leukemia, following more
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Atomic-level study reveals why rare disorder causes sudden paralysis: A hole in a protein lets ions leak into cells, thereby triggering the profound muscle weakness of hypokalemic periodic paralysis
A rare genetic disorder in which people are suddenly overcome with profound muscle weakness is caused by a hole in
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How immune cells kill bacteria with acid: Crucial protein for acidification of macrophage phagosome discovered
The first line of immune defense against invading pathogens like bacteria are macrophages, immune cells that engulf every foreign object
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Different diseases elicit distinct sets of exhausted T cells: Epigenomics survey of human immune cells has implications for fighting chronic infections, autoimmunity, and cancer
The battle between the human immune system and long-term, persisting infections and other chronic diseases such as cancer results in
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Lignin: A supergreen fuel for fuel cells: Conducting polymer electrocatalysts for proton-coupled electron transfer reactions: Toward organic fuel cells with forest fuels
Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses lignin, a cheap
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Amplification of key cellular organizer may initiate cancer
Cells begin to accumulate centrosomes — organelles that play a vital role during cell division — before they transform into
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Bacterial toxins wreak havoc by crippling cellular infrastructure: Study could lead to better tactics to fight antibiotic-resistant bugs, researchers say
Bacterial toxins can wreak mass havoc within cells by shutting down multiple essential functions at once, a new study has
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Study exposes key tactic used by deadly fungus
A multidisciplinary study by Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers has revealed that a lethal fungus destroys the immune
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Key differences in young, older people’s immune cells attributed to environment
Discoveries by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators may help explain why older people’s immune systems often don’t work so
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Implantable islet cells come with their own oxygen supply: Device could help insulin-producing cells live longer after transplant and improve treatment of type 1 diabetes
Since the 1960s, researchers have been interested in the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes by transplanting islet cells —
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