FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·March 28, 2021·3 min readEat Me: The Cell Signal of DeathA nuclear fragment protein activates Xkr4 to display an "eat me" signal to phagocytes.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·January 15, 2020·3 min readInflammation a “game changer” as cellular death dance discoveredTNFR1 receptors arrange themselves into clusters, joining together trimers and making oligomers that create a pro-inflammatory response observed in a variety of diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 13, 2019·4 min readDiscovery concerning the nervous system overturns a previous theoryRather than having an equal chance of survival, cell death appears to be controlled by a mechanism that filters our the less fit cells.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 22, 2017·4 min readNew Mechanism of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative DisordersNew finding could lead to novel therapeutic approaches in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·September 17, 2015·4 min readResearchers Identify Protein That Opens the Door to Cell DeathResearchers have identified a protein embedded in the surface of mitochondria that opens the door to cell death.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeatured·February 2, 2013·3 min readCaught in the Act: Researchers Capture Key Moments in Cell DeathResearchers visualize the molecular changes in a critical cell death protein that force cells to die. Defects in cell death have been linked to the development of diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative conditions.Read More