HIV & AIDS
Key type of immune cell 'self-renews' in humans, new study finds
A team of scientists has shown that a key type of immune cell "self-renews" in humans.
Dec 17, 2020
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News tagged with daughter cells
Oncology & Cancer
Study offers insights to how ovarian cancer grows—and potential to stop it
Can any cancer cell form another tumor, or is it only select cancer stem cells that give rise to new cancer cells? The answer, a new study finds, is both.
Nov 30, 2015
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Medical research
Study uncovers evidence on how drug-resistant tuberculosis cells form
A new study led by Harvard School of Public (HSPH) researchers provides a novel explanation as to why some tuberculosis cells are inherently more difficult to treat with antibiotics. The discovery, which showed that the ways ...
Dec 15, 2011
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Immunology
Dividing T cells: A potential target for improving cancer immunotherapy
When an immune T cell divides into two daughter cells, the activity of an enzyme called mTORC1, which controls protein production, splits unevenly between the progeny, producing two cells with different properties. Such "asymmetric ...
Jul 1, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
The origin of genetic mutations in cancer
When a cell divides into two daughter cells, it must replicate its DNA according to a very specific scenario. In the presence of some disruptive elements, however, cancer cells are unable to perform this operation optimally; ...
Sep 25, 2019
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Medical research
New malaria drugs kill by promoting premature parasite division
Several new malaria drugs under development share a common feature: they promote an influx of sodium ions into Plasmodium parasites that have invaded red blood cells and multiply there. A study published on May 26th in PLOS ...
May 26, 2016
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Neuroscience
Neural stem and progenitor cell diversity in brain development may contribute to cortical complexity
Stem and progenitor cells exhibit diversity in early brain development that likely contributes to later neural complexity in the adult cerebral cortex, this according to a new study published Nov. 6 in Science Advances. Researchers ...
Nov 6, 2020
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Medical research
Scientists solve long-debated puzzle of how the intestine heals itself
Deep within the lining of the human intestine lies the source of the organ's ability to renew itself and recover from damage: intestinal stem cells (ISCs), lodged in pockets of tissue called crypts, generate the cells that ...
Feb 20, 2020
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Neuroscience
New method for investigating developmental relationships of cells in the brain
Our brain is extremely complex, performing countless complicated processes that allow us to think, move and feel. This is only possible because of the enormous diversity of different cell types in the brain, each with a very ...
Dec 20, 2021
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Medical research
Fine-tuning stem cell metabolism prevents hair loss
A team of researchers from Cologne and Helsinki has discovered a mechanism that prevents hair loss: hair follicle stem cells, essential for hair to regrow, can prolong their life by switching their metabolic state in response ...
Sep 28, 2020
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