When implanted in mice, the engineered fat successfully starved tumors, leading to the elimination of breast, pancreatic, and prostate cancer cells. Ahituv emphasized the advantages of using fat ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental ...

Credit: SciTechDaily.com A revolutionary approach to immune therapy has emerged: engineered immune cells that protect healthy tissue without compromising the body’s defenses. This could transform ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

Membrane biophysics is the study of the physical ... and the effect they have on paracellular transport and phenomena relating to cell shape. MD simulations and experiments in cells reveal core ...

Industry insiders have often debated what motivated Bob Shaw to forego retirement and create Engineered Floors (EF) but hindsight always gives a clearer view of the inspiration. In 2009 ...

Cell membrane Allows gases and water to diffuse freely into and out of the cell. Controls the transport of other molecules. Mitochondrion (plural is mitochondria) Contains enzymes for the ...

Many cells in multicellular organisms are specialised. They have specific roles in the organism of which they are part. Their structure is adapted to their function. They are often grouped ...