Cell biology

Parkinson’s patients can be trained to respond to placebo

Placebo administration induced clinical and neuronal responses in Parkinson’s patients taking apomorphine.…

Researchers unravel function of HIV defence protein

Researchers investigate why TRIM5α protein lost ability to degrade HIV in rhesus monkey study.…

Protein findings hint towards cancer metastasis mechanism

Researchers have discovered that an important component of the actin cytoskeleton, which plays a key role in cancer metastasis, has more than one isoform.…

Chemical reverses effects of ageing disease progeria in human skin cells

Study finds methylene blue can rescue mitochondrial defects in both progeria and normal skin cells.…

Cancer metastasis could be prevented with immune-blocking strategy

Researchers find immune system involved in metastasis-boosting microenvironment in mice.…

Gene discovered in China that is making bacteria resistant to ‘last resort’ antibiotics

A gene found in pathogenic bacteria that controls resistance against an essential group of antibiotics called polymyxins has been found in hospital patients, pigs and chickens, researchers have reported. …

New method to test drug-membrane interactions

The development of new small molecule drugs could be accelerated using a new technique that examines how they interact on the surface of a cell.…

Topical JAK inhibitors trigger hair growth

Hair follicles in mice and human tissues were able to re-enter the growth phase when JAK inibitors were applied topically.…

Synthetic biology: microbes made to manufacture drugs

From flu vaccines to a mission to Mars, scientists are engineering biological systems to meet the medical needs of the 21st century.…

FAK inhibitors could allow immune system to attack cancer

An experimental inhibitor of the cellular protein focal adhesion kinase helped the immune system to recognise and attack tumours in mice.…