New research at Rockefeller University, published March 18 in Nature, reveals
how cells sort out the loops meant to encode small RNAs, known as microRNAs, by tagging them with a chemical group.
Not exact matches
At the University of Cologne, biophysicists in the lab of Professor Berenike Maier were now able to show
how differential mechanical forces can lead to
cell sorting in biofilms, thereby determining their architecture.
In the future, the question will be in
how far this
cell sorting strengthens the biofilm's resilience towards external stress.
He points out that all
sorts of electronic models could have simulated genetic memory but wouldn't have helped to understand
how cells achieve that particular trick.
In the last few years, researchers have learned
how to turn embryonic stem
cells into all
sorts of different
cell types, such as skin
cells, heart
Such measurements could be used to
sort different types of
cells — to distinguish cancerous
cells from healthy ones, for example — or to measure
how cells change when exposed to drugs.
Three men will share the honor for their work describing
how small membrane bubbles loaded with molecules get
sorted to the correct part of the
cell.
«Is she remembering
how many eggs she has laid, can she sense
how much sperm she has used, or is there some
sort of chemosensory cue telling her
how many drone larvae are in the
cells?»
The Mayo Clinic has received $ 3 million from the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research to study
how the presence of a specific
sort of human
cell affects aging.
Our SpatialDE method filters and
sorts all the genes according to
how certain we are that
cell location matters for the expression levels.
Dr. Zhu said loss of the gene and the protein it expresses may accelerate regeneration by reorganizing
how genes are packaged in the genome so that the
cells can more easily switch back and forth toward a more regenerative state,
sort of like a toggle switch.
We delve into very fundamental problems such as «
how does a malaria red blood
cell attach itself to a blood vessel» or «
how does binding of a ligand to a
cell surface receptor or contact of a crystalline surface with the plasma membrane drive lipid
sorting and
how will this lead to signalling» but then immediately apply it to a practical problem such as «
how does contact of uric acid crystals with dendritic
cells cause gout in affected joints and
how can we prevent this occurrence?»
Stem
cell methodologies like culture conditions,
sorting, and
how to grow and transfect
cells are all tools we can apply now to human brain cancers.
From other papers I would like to highlight the one by M. Mehrshad and enigmatic SAR202 cluster, the one by A. C. Lehours and biogeographic patterns of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and the one by E. M. Llufrio and
how fluorescence activated
cell sorting introduces oxidative stress and alters the metabolic state of
cells.
More than this, though, when you actually consider
how it was made — by individually positioning each minute blob, dab and lozenge of grey paint within every minuscule
cell of a vast grid — it seems like the
sort of repetitive, even absurd, endeavour that would appeal only to someone in a distinctly unsettled frame of mind.
Someday we'll probably have wireless earbuds that are so inconspicuous they'll make the Dash look laughably big and obtrusive,
sort of
how we snicker when we look back at old
cell phones.