Cell Signaling – News and Features

Researchers describes a hitherto unknown protein with anti-oxidizing properties secreted by Coxiella burnetii, a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium, pointing to possible treatments for auto-immune diseases and even cancer.

Johns Hopkins researchers found that high levels of THC in adolescent mice caused brain immune cell changes linked to increased risk of psychiatric disorders and learning problems.

This article focuses on the use of high-throughput screening approaches in drug discovery and discusses the latest developments in this area.

Sunflowers famously turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky. But how do sunflowers “see” the sun to follow it? New work shows that they use a different, novel mechanism from that previously thought.

A recent study from Monash University has revealed that bacteriophages may also provide a symbiotic benefit to mammalian cells, promoting cellular growth and survival.

Scientists have long known that chloroplasts help plants turn the sun’s energy into food, but a new study shows that they are also essential for plant immunity to viral and bacterial pathogens.

Scientists succeeded for the first time in identifying and characterizing a new small molecule called "Feeblin", which can inhibit the interaction of the transporter protein SLC15A4 with the adapter protein TASL.

To understand the link between fat accumulation and poor health outcomes for obese individuals, researchers are exploring how adipose tissue is structured and the mechanisms behind the inflammatory response.

A preclinical study shows that a new drug that can be applied to the skin prevents the development of the second most common type of skin cancer.

To study muscle diseases, scientists rely on mice as a model organism. Researchers have now developed a new method that is not only faster and more efficient than conventional ones but also greatly reduces the number of experimental animals needed.