First ever clinical trial underway of laboratory grown red blood cells being transfused into another person

Cambridge researchers are taking part in the world’s first clinical trial of red blood cells that have been grown in a laboratory for transfusion into another

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 7, 2022 ~6 min

Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds

Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 3, 2022 ~7 min


Excerpt from Siddhartha Mukherjee’s ‘The Song of the Cell’

Cells are the building blocks of life, Siddhartha Mukherjee says in his new book, but their vulnerabilities are also our vulnerabilities.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Nov. 2, 2022 ~13 min

Nanosensors target enzymes to monitor and study cancer

By analyzing enzyme activity at the organism, tissue, and cellular scales, new sensors could provide new tools to clinicians and cancer researchers.

Bendta Schroeder | Erika Reinfeld | Koch Institute • mit
Nov. 2, 2022 ~8 min

Lab-grown brain cells can play Pong – so should they have legal rights?

A lump of cells could be given the legal status of a person, or remain a property.

Joshua Jowitt, Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University • conversation
Nov. 2, 2022 ~7 min

Too much communication hampers cells working together

"You would think that the better they can communicate with each other, the more they'd become more synchronized. But that's not quite true."

U. Pittsburgh • futurity
Nov. 1, 2022 ~6 min

Beyond passenger cars and pickups: 5 questions answered about electrifying trucks

As California goes on regulating air pollution, other states often follow – including the Golden State’s ambitious goals for cleaning up emissions from trucking.

Miguel Jaller, Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis • conversation
Nov. 1, 2022 ~11 min

The unusual ways viruses and parasites use their cell membranes to spread – and how scientists are fighting back

Cell membranes are a basic structure common to most living organisms – but they can be hijacked.

John Kusel, Emeritus professor of cellular biochemistry, University of Glasgow • conversation
Oct. 27, 2022 ~6 min


A “door” into the mitochondrial membrane

Study finds the protein MTCH2 is responsible for shuttling various other proteins into the membrane of mitochondria. The finding could have implications for cancer treatments and MTCH2-linked conditions.

Eva Frederick | Whitehead Institute • mit
Oct. 25, 2022 ~7 min

BefA protein triggers insulin-producing cells to reproduce

New research shows how a protein called BefA functions. The findings could hold clues to type 1 diabetes.

U. Oregon • futurity
Oct. 21, 2022 ~6 min

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