Water provides the driving force for the assembly and stability of many cellular components. It is not a passive solvent for biological molecules, but an active component, which drives the organizatio...
Read moreA study performed by researchers from the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in collaboration with Tsinghua University at B...
Read moreA review published in the scientific journal Small elegantly summarises the most important cellular biomimicry research of the past few years on synthetic soft-architectures, with a view to inspiring ...
Read moreA study led by researchers from the Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB), in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), describes a new mechanism by which the an...
Read moreThe end result of many retinal dystrophies is photoreceptor cell death and the irreversible loss of vision. To prevent the progressive loss of retinal neurons, and to slow down or reverse the progress...
Read moreA new study published in the journal Nature Genetics highlights the involvement of the intestine nervous system cells in Parkinson’s disease and it suggests the disease could be originated in ...
Read moreLight-sensitivity or the capacity to respond to light of retinal photoreceptor cells, known as rods and cones, is highly dependent on the intracellular levels of the cGMP molecule. Understanding the e...
Read moreThe Sanfilippo syndrome type C is a severe neurodegenerative disease which appearws during the first years of life and for which there is no treatment yet. A recent study, published in Journal of Clin...
Read moreCBGP (UPM-INIA) has received recently a competitive grant from the Spanish Research Agency/Ministry of Science and Innovation for setting-up a new scientific infrastructure, the Systems Biology and Bi...
Read moreMost cancers are recognized and attacked by the immune system but can progress owing to tumor-mediated immunosuppression and immune evasion mechanisms.
Read moreAt first glance, a one-millimeter worm that needs to be observed with a magnifying glass does not resemble a human being at all. However, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, an animal model widely us...
Read moreResearchers at IRB Barcelona and IAL Santa Fe in Argentina have found the cell-signalling factor TNFα to be critical for coordinated organ growth in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Regulated ...
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