Skin cells protect their DNA from bumps and bruises with a jello-like response
Read now →Cells' responses to microscopic pushes and pulls prevent cancers from forming
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Rachel Stewart
Developmental Biology
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
I’m a cell biologist-cum-developmental biologist currently living and doing science in Japan! I finished up my PhD in cell biology at Yale University a couple of years ago. Right now I’m studying how early folding events in fly embryos are controlled, which has implications for the formation of tissues and organs.
Scientists built a 4D map of cell division
Read now →Cell division involves around 600 different proteins — it could take five or so years to study a single protein
"Insect destroyer" fungus uses tiny, squishy cannons to fire spores
Read now →Scientists are studying this fungus for use as a more environmentally-friendly insecticide
A chemotherapy missile made of DNA target-locks on to cancer cells
Read now →"Sticky" DNA sequences can guide drugs directly to cancer cells
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The 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak is serious, but we are getting the response to it right
Read now →In 2002, the SARS outbreak surprised the world. The global response to 2019-nCoV has taken that lesson to heart
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