Cell membranes change the structure of water at least twice as far as expected

by Universitat de Barcelona

4 years ago
cells, water, molecular, biological membranes

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...

News IQAC-CSIC researchers describe the mechanism of formation of a potent antioxidant molecule in cells

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

4 years ago
cysteine, molecule, antioxidant, cells

A 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...

Artificial systems imitate how cells move and communicate

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
communicative, energy, cells, biomimicry, artificial systems

A 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 ...

New pathway to attack tumor cells identified

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

4 years ago
AbilityPharma, Autophagy, cells, cancer, stress

A 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...

Direct reprogramming of skin cells into photoreceptors in mice

by DBGen Ocular Genomics

4 years ago
retinal dystrophies, cells, vision, gene therapies

The 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...

Cells in the intestine nervous system and oligodendrocytes are affected in Parkinson’s disease

by Universitat de Barcelona

4 years ago
cells, neurons, intestine nervous system, Parkinson

A 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 ...

Regulatory pathways unveiled for a key enzyme in retinal photoreceptor cell physiology

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

4 years ago
enzyme, retina, blindness, cells

Light-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...

New brain cell models to evaluate therapy on neurodegenerative disease Sanfilippo C

by Universitat de Barcelona

4 years ago
neurodegenerative disease, cells, Sanfilippo syndrome

The 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...

The CBGP gets a grant to acquire new equipment for its Systems Biology and Modelling Lab (SysBioM)

by Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas CBGP

4 years ago
tecnologies, cells, equipment, SysBioM

CBGP (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...

Multi-targeted CRISPR-based genome engineering has been used to successfully generate adoptive anti-cancer T cells

by OncoDNA

4 years ago
genome, cancer, cells, immune system

Most cancers are recognized and attacked by the immune system but can progress owing to tumor-mediated immunosuppression and immune evasion mechanisms.

Humanizing worms makes them sensitive to a cancer drug and identifies weak points of tumor cells

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

5 years ago
nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, tumor cells, cells, cancer, leukemia, worms, biomedical research

At 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...

In perfect shape: how cells maintain organ proportions

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

5 years ago
cells, organ, cancer

Researchers 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 ...