News articles tagged with 'organelle'
Where the fat's at
— 26 Aug 2010 08:22 | HealthIn real estate, location is everything. The same might be said of lipids - those crucial cellular fats and oils that serve as building blocks for cells and as key energy sources for…
New approach which can help to predict neurodegenerative diseases
— 27 Jul 2010 09:04 | HealthNew investigations, initiated by research workers at CIC bioGUNE and led by Dr Aitor Hierro, have opened possibilities for making progress in the knowledge and prediction of neurodegenerative…
Researchers identify a fundamental process in lysosomal function and protein degradation
— 16 Jun 2010 14:35 | HealthThe degradation of proteins and other macromolecules in cells is vital to survival. Disruption of this process can result in serious disease. The research group of Professor Thomas…
Hopkins researchers put proteins right where they want them
— 15 Apr 2010 09:20 | HealthUsing a method they developed to watch moment to moment as they move a molecule to precise sites inside live human cells, Johns Hopkins scientists are closer to understanding why and…
'Artificial Golgi' may provide new insight into key cell structure
— 29 Jul 2009 16:48 | ChemistryScientists in New York and North Carolina are reporting assembly of the first functioning prototype of an artificial Golgi organelle. That key structure inside cells helps process and…
Advance in understanding cellulose synthesis
— 15 Jun 2009 19:38 | BiologyCellulose is a fibrous molecule that makes up plant cell walls, gives plants shape and form and is a target of renewable, plant-based biofuels research. But how it forms, and thus how…
Artificial cells, simple model for complex structure
— 15 Feb 2009 11:50 | HealthA simple, chemical materials model may lead to a better understanding of the structure and organisation of the cell according to a Penn State researcher…
Researchers at UGA discover protein is crucial to reproduction of parasites involved in disease
— 13 Feb 2009 08:50 | HealthAs diseases go, toxoplasmosis is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Its effects are usually mild, though infection is for life, and two out of five Americans are chronically infected. Those…
'Birth control' for centrioles
— 26 Jan 2009 16:36 | BiologyLike DNA, centrioles need to duplicate only once per cell cycle. Rogers et al. uncover a long-sought mechanism that limits centriole copying, showing that it depends on the timely demolition…
Rochester biologist modifies theory of cells' engines
— 12 Dec 2008 10:06 | BiologyBiologists have known for decades that cells use tiny molecular motors to move chromosomes, mitochondria, and many other organelles within the cell, but no one has been able to understand…