Autophagy is a natural regeneration process that occurs at a cellular level in the body, reducing the likelihood of contracting some diseases as well as prolonging lifespan. In 2016, Japanese ...

What do cells do when they are “hungry”? Eukaryotic cells cope with starving conditions by eating their own components, a process called autophagy. Aa Aa Aa Normally, when you are hungry you ...

GVA is a high throughput cell viability assay for microbiology. Akin to the classic CFU assay, GVA measures the number of viable microbes in a sample based on counting discrete colonies. The classic ...

Breakthrough polymer-based therapy shows promise in reversing Huntington's disease symptoms by preventing toxic protein ...

Neurons and glia can die and become pathogenic as a result of aberrant regulation of cell death and survival pathways, such as mitochondrial dysfunction, autophagy, and the stimulation of both ...

“In this close collaboration, firefly will allow us to develop new assay solutions, further enhancing our existing safety pharmacology platform and assay development capabilities,” added Li ...

Within this area of research, Dr. Biga has demonstrated that amino acid (ex., methionine) restriction alters muscle cell proliferation and induces autophagy in vitro. In addition, Dr. Biga’s lab has ...

This important work attempts to establish a causal link between neurotrophin signaling and experience-induced structural plasticity in dopaminergic circuits in the adult fly brain, a topic of broad ...

Herpesviruses are common co-pathogens in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Herpes simplex virus ...