Short ultraviolet/ozone (UVO) treatment optimizes cell adhesion on plastic culture substrates by selectively enriching adhesion proteins, as reported by researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo.

Dental enamel is the hardest substance in the human body, protecting teeth from wear, temperature changes, and decay. However, enamel cannot regenerate once damaged. Inherited disorders, such as ...

More than a billion years ago, amoebae split off from their sister eukaryotes, which later gave rise to animals. The talin protein (fluorescing red and white in this microscopic image) is found in ...

Twenty-one retrospective studies met the inclusion criteria. The overall pooled prevalence of L1CAM positivity was 15%. Stratified by molecular subtype, prevalence was the lowest in POLE-mutated ...

Intrauterine adhesions are fibrotic sequelae of endometrial injury that compromise female fertility and reproductive health globally. Surgical separation remains the standard management but is often ...

VAS-101, a curcumin-based gel for SCD, was well tolerated and showed signs of easing sickle cell pain, fatigue, and red blood ...

Graphical illustration depicting the multifaceted role of FAK in cancer. FAK is activated by integrins, RTKs, and GPCRs, driving downstream oncogenic processes including proliferation, EMT/invasion, ...

AMES, Iowa – Sanjeevi Sivasankar knows a lot about how the healthy cells in your body stick together. He and his research team have studied cell adhesion proteins called cadherins. They’ve developed ...

An IBEC-led study has revealed how mesenchymal stem cells respond to the viscosity of their environment, a key aspect in their differentiation process. The findings, published in Nature Communications ...

Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a key mediator of cell adhesion and migration, is frequently upregulated in glioblastoma (GBM), where its activity has been associated with increased tumor invasiveness ...