14-05-02 University of Adelaide researchers have discovered that stem cells taken from teeth can grow to resemble brain cells, suggesting they could one day be used in the brain as a therapy for stroke. In the University's Centre for Stem Cell Research, labo...

14-04-29 The gene mutation that causes Huntington's disease appears in every cell in the body, yet kills only two types of brain cells. Why? UCLA scientists used a unique approach to switch the gene off in individual brain regions and zero in on those that p...

14-04-23 Stem cells -- the body's master cells -- demonstrate a bizarre property never before seen at a cellular level, according to a study published today from scientists at the University of Cambridge. The property -- known as auxeticity（拉胀性） -- is o...

14-04-23 Muscle weakness is a common symptom of both long-time alcoholics and patients with mitochondrial（线粒体的） disease. Now researchers have found a common link: mitochondria that are unable to self-repair. The results will be published online April 2...

14-04-18 Fruit flies are pretty predictable when it comes to scheduling their days, with peaks of activity at dawn and dusk and rest times in between. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports on April 17th have found that the cluster...

14-04-17 From far away, the top of a leaf looks like one seamless surface; however, up close, that smooth exterior is actually made up of a patchwork（拼缀物） of cells in a variety of shapes and sizes. Interested in how these cells individually take on thei...

14-04-17 A research team at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has discovered an protein family that plays a central role in the fight against the bacterial pathogen Salmonella within the cells. The so called interferon-induced GTPases reveal and elim...

14-04-08 New research from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill reveals that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dimensional organic solar cells when the donor molecules align face-on, rather than edge-on, relative...

14-04-07 A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Reports and presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Conference 2014 shows that the cellular process of autophagy（自我吞噬） in...

14-03-24 Inspired by natural materials such as bone -- a matrix of minerals and other substances, including living cells -- MIT engineers have coaxed（哄骗，劝诱） bacterial cells to produce biofilms that can incorporate nonliving materials, such as gold nan...