Cells

Discovery of how cells sense oxygen levels earns Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Hypoxia-inducible factor is a protein that increases inside the cell when the oxygen levels fall, helping the cell survive.

Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to three scientists for discovering how cells adapt to low oxygen supply

The three scientists will equally share the Nobel prize award money of nine million Swedish kronor.

Is it really OK to eat food that's fallen on the floor, even if it's in five seconds?

It doesn't matter how long the food was on the floor but how infested with bacteria the floor is.

Zombie cells cause ageing in human beings — killing them can cure its symptoms

Many cells under stress die, but some of them become zombie cells that live in suspended animation.

Mauritian medicinal herbs halt cancer cell growth in promising new research

So, the future of global medicine depends on the saving of the planet's biodiversity too, looks like.

This 3D 'organ on a chip' can monitor cells in real-time to develop new treatments

Researchers plan to use the device to develop a 'gut on a chip' and attach it to a 'brain on a chip.'

Women in Science: At IISER Mohali, Mahak Sharma studies trafficking pathways of cells

Mahak Sharma, a cell biologist and assistant professor at IISER Mohali, studies membrane trafficking pathways in the cell.

Scientists have made a 3D-printed patch that can help heal the damaged heart tissue

Scientists have created a revolutionary 3D-bioprinted patch that can help heal scarred heart tissue after a heart attack.

This cyborg stingray is just the beginning for all your sci-fi dreams

The idea of taking apart a rat's heart and transforming it into a tissue-engineered stingray first came to Kevin Kit Parker during a trip to the New England Aquarium with his daughter.

Proteins that help entry HIV, Ebola viruses also block their release: Study

scientists have discovered that a family of proteins that helps viruses, such as HIV and Ebola, enter a cell can also block the release of these deadly viruses