cellular

Strong friendships may literally slow aging at the cellular level

The cumulative effect of social advantages across a lifetime - from parental warmth in childhood to friendship, community engagement and…

5 months ago

How cellular quality control contributes to insulin resistance related to type 2 diabetes

Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have revealed critical insights into how impaired mitochondrial dynamics and quality control mechanisms in…

10 months ago

Disruption of a single amino acid in a cellular protein makes breast cancer cells behave like stem cells

Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumour growth by increasing cancer stemness in an…

1 year ago

The cellular superhero that protects us against RNA viruses

Every second of every day, our body is under attack. The invading agents are viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins -- living…

1 year ago

Cellular activity hints that recycling is in our DNA

Although you may not appreciate them, or have even heard of them, throughout your body, countless microscopic machines called spliceosomes…

2 years ago

Disrupted cellular function behind type 2 diabetes in obesity

Disrupted function of "cleaning cells" in the body may help to explain why some people with obesity develop type 2…

2 years ago