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
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.
"Insect destroyer" fungus uses tiny, squishy cannons to fire spores
Read more →Scientists are studying this fungus for use as a more environmentally-friendly insecticide
Scientists built a 4D map of cell division
Read more →Cell division involves around 600 different proteins — it could take five or so years to study a single protein
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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