apoptosis

Transcriptomic studies of the shrew’s remarkably plastic brain could provide new insights into neurodegenerative diseases.

A state-of-the-art automated microscope streamlines data acquisition and analysis for multiplex assays.

Multicellular organisms can self-destruct their cells through a variety of mechanisms.

p53 is possibly the most important protein for maintaining cellular function. Losing it is synonymous with cancer.

During development, neurons trim hundreds of excess axons in an intricately coordinated destructive process.

Discover how the latest cell counting technology is reshaping a mundane task for the future.

Cells use a variety of programmed cell death mechanisms to maintain homeostasis through cellular self-destruction, including apoptosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis.

The new, implantable device converts ultrasound waves into electrical energy inside the brain, interfering with tumor cell division.

A wireless brain implant inhibits tumor growth in rats, overcoming many design flaws of current devices used to treat glioblastoma.

Scientists combine microplate readers and cell-based assays for high throughput and reduced variability across a variety of applications.

An unexpected find shows that sweet-sensing receptors also help epithelial cells in Drosophila larvae stay alive amid proteotoxic stress.

Scientists found that combining the notoriously flimsy anticancer protein p53 with a domain from a spider silk protein resulted in a more stable hybrid that’s more potent and easier for cells to synthesize.

Though scientists don’t yet know much about it, a newly described process called erebosis might have profound implications for how the gut maintains itself.

Self-inflicted DNA breaks let the cells hit pause on repair of radiation-induced DNA damage, giving them time to recover, an in vitro study shows.

In vitro and mouse experiments show how cancer cells forced through tiny pores—mimicking the physical experience of metastasis—resisted programmed cell death and avoided detection by the immune cells that would normally kill them.

A new study reports that human colon cancer cells at imminent risk of death can instead develop characteristics needed to colonize new parts of the body.

Using a transgenic fruit fly model, researchers demonstrate how epithelial barriers are maintained in living organisms despite high levels of cell turnover and death.

New technologies allow researchers to scale up assays for cellular functions.

A quantitative immunofluorescence assay combines the best aspects of traditional Western blots and ELISAs.