News articles tagged with 'adhesion'
Repulsion more important than cohesion in embryonic tissue separation
— 6 Apr 2011 15:55 | HealthAs our bodies form, cells within the embryo divide and separate. Certain cells come together to form the outer layer, or ectoderm, of the early embryo, and give rise to tissue such…
Berkeley Lab study shows how breast cell communities organise into breast tissue
— 12 Mar 2011 14:32 | HealthIn biology, the key to a healthy life is organisation. Cells that properly organise themselves into communities live long and prosper, whereas disorganised cells can become cancerous.…
Scientists reveal new insights into tendon injury
— 1 Mar 2011 17:57 | HealthScientists have discovered how tendons - the fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone - become damaged through injury or the ageing process in what could lead to new treatments for…
Enzyme helps prepare lung tissue for metastatic development
— 17 Feb 2011 18:48 | HealthA Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study has identified a new role for an important enzyme in preparing lung tissue for the development of metastases. Published in the early edition…
Study maps process used by T cells to discriminate pathogens from the body's own cells
— 21 Jan 2011 19:35 | HealthResearchers have for the first time mapped the complex choreography used by the immune system's T cells to recognise pathogens while avoiding attacks on the body's own cells…
CSHL scientists show in unprecedented detail how cortical nerve cells form synapses with neighbours
— 3 Jan 2011 16:14 | HealthNewly published research led by Professor Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds important new light on how neurones in the developing brain make connections…
Researchers identify a molecular switch that controls neuronal migration in the developing brain
— 26 Nov 2010 19:37 | HealthSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have identified key components of a signalling pathway that controls the departure of neurones from the brain niche where they form…
Stanford study links cancer to loss of protein that hooks skin cells together
— 23 Oct 2010 16:54 | HealthIn a study to be published online Oct. 21 in PLoS Genetics, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have implicated the lack of a protein important in hooking our…
Protein highways keep tissues organised
— 19 Oct 2010 13:24 | BiologyPrecise regulation of tissue architecture is critical for organ function. Single cells build up a tissue by communicating with their environment and with other cells, thereby receiving…
Humidity makes gecko feet stickier
— 15 Oct 2010 12:38 | BiologyHuman adhesives are famed for their fallibility. Gooey glues soon lose their grip, are easily contaminated and leave residues behind. But not gecko feet. Geckos can cling on repeatedly…