A team of researchers at Åbo Akademi University in Finland, led by Professor Lea Sistonen (Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology) and Docent Eva ...

What Do Membranes Do? Cell membranes serve as barriers and gatekeepers. They are semi-permeable, which means that some molecules can diffuse across the lipid bilayer but others cannot. Small ...

R esearchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have discovered how a protein called lamin A helps repair the protective barrier around a cell's DNA. The findings ...

Wildfire smoke, long recognized as a health threat to the lungs and heart, may also pose significant risks to brain health, ...

Mohammad Amin Aminzadeh, M.D.; Anthony J White, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.; Satoshi Matsushita, MD, PhD; Raj R. Makkar, M.D., F.A.C.C.; James S. Forrester, M.D., F.A.C.C ...

49 89 7009 6080 Minaris Regenerative Medicine is tackling barriers to the development and commercialization of cell and gene therapies. As a global contract development and manufacturing ...

Living organisms require barriers to control the transport and exchange of matters. In animals, gut epithelial cells are tightly anchored through a series of cell membrane fusion proteins ...

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting ...

Advances in the understanding of the cell biology of the BBB have opened new avenues and possibilities for crossing this barrier. The upper limit of pore size in the BBB that enables passive flow ...