Science news articles about 'cell disruption'

  • Research reveals lipids' unexpected role in triggering death of brain cells

    ... accumulation inside certain structures in brain cells disrupts their internal calcium balance. This imbalance ... .D., of St. Jude Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology. She is the senior author of the report ...
  • Lab in a drop

    ... through movement of the magnet. Another droplet then delivers the enzymes and reagents necessary for cell disruption. The last station is the PCR station. After combination with a reagent droplet, ...
  • Making Gene Therapy Safer Using Self-inactivating LTRs

    ... used to carry the therapeutic gene into cells (gamma-RVs) integrate into the genome of the cells disrupting the natural control of cancer-associated genes (a process known as insertional mutagenesis).
  • New insights into progressive hearing loss

    ... activity of many genes. MicroRNAs can bind to the messengers involved in protein production in cells, disrupting this process. "No one has seen a disease-causing mutation in the mature sequence of ...
  • Salmonella's sweet tooth predicts its downfall

    ... Salmonella. Glycolysis occurs in most organisms including other bacteria that occupy host cells. Disrupting how the bacteria metabolise glucose could therefore be used to create vaccine strains for ...
  • 'Green' energy from algae

    ... production from microalgae, KIT scientists are developing closed photo-bioreactors and novel cell disruption methods. Microalgae are monocellular, plant-like organisms engaged in photosynthesis and ...
  • 'Green' Energy From Algae

    ... of microalgae may contribute decisively to tomorrow's energy supply. For energy production from microalgae, KIT scientists are developing closed photo-bioreactors and novel cell disruption methods.

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