Science news articles about 'cell movements'

  • Discovery of a mechanism that regulates cell movement

    ... and Marta Llimargas, have studied the mechanisms that control cell movements during trachea development in the fly ... . During the experiments, the researchers induced or blocked cell movement by modifying the elements that control the trafficking ...
  • Landmark discovery of 'engine' that drives cell movement

    ... assembles its internal machinery required for cell movement has been revealed for the first time. The discovery, by scientists ... of muscle. A different form of myosin is involved in cell movement.) This action of the tripartite protein complex ...
  • Cell movements totally modular, Stanford study shows

    ... said. The researchers found they could break down movement into four processes: single cell movements, coordination of neighboring ... more. This discovery, at least in the case of blood vessel cell movement, marks a return to an earlier notion ...
  • Breakthrough uses light to manipulate cell movement

    ... tested this new technology on a protein that initiates cell movement, we can now use light to control where ... move. This is quite valuable in studies where cell movement is the focus of the research, including embryonic ...
  • Control of cell movement with light accomplished in living organisms

    ... , showing that this technique could be used to control cell movement in live zebrafish as well," said Hahn. "We have now shown ... about in animals. This is particularly valuable in studies where cell movement is the focus of the research, including embryonic ...
  • Research of cell movements in developing frogs reveals new twists in human genetic disease

    ... processes in developing embryos—first, the collective movement of cells as they mold the shape of developing embryos ... stages, embryos had problems associated with collective cell movement and growing longer. That resulted in a number ...
  • Study: mechanism that controls cell movement linked to tumors becoming more aggressive

    ... it induces the remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton and increases cell movement. One unique aspect of this discovery is that LRR ... in humans, it degrades a CKI in the cytoplasm to control cell movement," said Starostina. Exactly how the new information ...
  • Cell movement provides clues to aggressive breast cancer

    ... , as well as developing a mathematical model to predict cell movement, researchers found that the p38-gamma molecule ... medicine at the U-M Medical School. "Cell movement is very difficult to observe, which is why ...
  • Cell movement patterns

    ... have developed a very promising method for the study of cell movement. The new method enables the examination of the collective behavior of small groups of cells in an environment that imitates living tissue. Using this new ...
  • Cell movement explained by molecular recycling

    ... will be to investigate how Syndecan-4 can be manipulated to control cell movement with a view to developing novel therapeutic ... is involved in tumour progression and metastasis as disruptions in cell movement are often seen in cancer, as well ...
  • Gene that magnetically labels cells shows potential as imaging tool

    ... MagA could become a valuable tool for tracking cells' movement through the body via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), says Xiaoping Hu, PhD ... . "We have found a very simple way to make mammalian cells have a magnetic signature," says Hu, who is director of Emory ...
  • Stay Or Go? Researchers Discover One Controller of Cell Movement

    A zebra's stripes, a seashell's spirals, a butterfly's wings: these are all examples of patterns in nature. The formation of patterns is a puzzle for mathematicians and biologists alike. How does the ...
  • Colorful spy tactics track live cells supporting cancerous tumors

    ... imaging is allowing scientists to better understand the movement of cells in the area around tumors, also known ... has potential beyond studying cancer, such as watching cell movement in other tissues and organs, both diseased ...
  • Programmed cell death contributes force to the movement of cells

    ... formation, organ development and other processes that require cell movement, according to a Duke University team that melds biology with physics to investigate force at the cellular level ...
  • Scientists identify a molecule that coordinates the movement of cells

    ... 's Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development. "ACF7 facilitates cell movement, so it's possible ... linked f-actin and microtubules but the cells were also sluggish in their movement. In previous work, the Fuchs team ...

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