research umetsu kuranaga

Protein Tells Developing Cells to Stick Together

Scientists have noticed first experimental evidence that cell stickiness helps them stay sorted within correct compartments during development. But scientists have long observed that not-yet-specialized cells move in a way that ensures that cell groups…

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Blood Pressure Drug may be Key to Increasing…

A stress response of mitochondria, the part of our cells that produce energy to power bodily functions, is important to a longer life. A team of scientists from Osaka City University, Japan, searched through a…