Survival of trophoblast cells in the low oxygen environment of human placentation requires metalloproteinase-mediated shedding of HBEGF and downstream signaling. A matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) ...

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, have documented their use of a new RNA sequencing technology to uncover molecular ...

Which genes need to be controlled to guide a stem cell toward a desired cell type or modulate an immune cell's inflammatory ...

Every time a muscle fiber forms, a single cell must perform one of the most dramatic architectural transformations in biology. A myoblast — a committed muscle precursor cell — has to abandon div ...

Connexin36 (Cx36) is broadly expressed in neurons and serves as the principal protein that forms interneuronal gap junctions (GJs), also known as electrical synapses. Recent high-resolution structures ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This complex process, known as cell differentiation, holds the key to understanding ...

Researchers developed NUDGE, a computational framework that identifies minimal, temporary interventions for guiding cells toward desired states while preserving cellular plasticity.

MIAMI, FLORIDA (AUG. 7, 2025) – Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, have documented their use of a new RNA sequencing ...

Glucose is life's main energy source. But a new study reveals a surprising role as a master manipulator of tissue maturation, hinting at its importance in diabetes and cancer. The sugar glucose, which ...