How actin wavefronts rescue T cell receptors from endocytosis

Every time our body encounters a new disease-causing agent, a crucial defense system called adaptive immunity comes into play ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Progenitor Cells in the Brain Constantly Attempt to Produce New Myelin-Producing Brain Cells

New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...

Exploring mutations that spontaneously switch on a key brain cell receptor

Many people are familiar with histamine, a biological molecule that serves as a key driver of allergic reactions and other ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Greenland Sharks Can Survive for Centuries—and Maintain Long-Lasting Vision, Despite Living in the Dark

The long-living sharks aren't as blind as once thought and have DNA repair mechanisms that may help prevent their vision from ...
eLife

cxcl18b-defined transitional state-specific nitric oxide drives injury-induced Müller glia cell-cycle re-entry in the zebrafish retina

Identification of a nitric oxide-regulated transitional state of Müller glia reveals a key mechanism enabling neuronal regeneration in the injured vertebrate retina.
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Sugar-powered sight? 400-year eye mystery behind birds’ oxygen-free vision solved

Biologists have finally solved a centuries-old mystery regarding how birds maintain sharp eyesight despite ...
eLife

Single-cell profiling of trabecular meshwork identifies mitochondrial dysfunction in a glaucoma model that is protected by vitamin B3 treatment

Single-cell transcriptomics identifies three discrete mouse trabecular meshwork subtypes and demonstrates that an Lmx1b glaucoma mutation drives mitochondrial dysfunction and elevated intraocular ...