cell biology

The Song of the Cell, by Siddhartha Mukherjee

A cell biologist shares the wonder of researching life's most fundamental form

3:58pm November 21, 2022

by Terry Gross

Physician Siddhartha Mukherjee explains how cellular science could lead to breakthroughs in the treatment of cancer, HIV, Type 1 diabetes and sickle cell anemia. His new book is The Song of the Cell.

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Aviv Regev, a core member of the Broad Institute, is leading the international Human Cell Atlas Consortium.

Ambitious 'Human Cell Atlas' Aims To Catalog Every Type Of Cell In The Body

5:00am August 13, 2018

by Karen Weintraub

Already the project has revealed a previously unknown type of cell in the windpipe that might play a role in cystic fibrosis — and lead to a new treatment, scientists say.

In these two two-cell mouse embryos, the surface of the embryos is outlined in orange, the DNA in the nucleus is indicated in blue and the activity of the LINE-1 gene is indicated via bright red spots.

Some DNA Dismissed As 'Junk' Is Crucial To Embryo Development

4:34pm June 21, 2018

by Richard Harris

Formerly considered useless, or maybe a parasite, the stretch of DNA known as LINE-1 actually plays "a key role" in creating an embryo and embryonic stem cells, research shows.

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A 3D model of two live human stem cells, with colors representing the cells' various internal structures.

Artificial Intelligence Takes Scientists Inside Living Human Cells

3:10pm May 09, 2018

by Jon Hamilton

Diseases like cancer involve changes that occur inside a cell — and usually out of sight. A new technology can reveal a cell's inner workings, using inexpensive graphics processors from video games.

Yoshinori Ohsumi, a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, smiles as he speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a phone during a press conference in Tokyo today, after he was awarded the Nobel Medicine Prize.

Japanese Biologist Wins Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine

11:24am October 03, 2016

by Rob Stein

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to a Japanese scientist who explained that cells have their own versions of recycling plants, how they work, and the role of this process in diseases.

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