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What if a surface could instantly switch from sticky to slippery at the push of a button? By using electricity to control how ions and water structure at the solid liquid interface of self-assembled ...

Our bodies comprise different tissues and organs, which are composed of many cells that must adhere to form functional higher order structures. This adherence is facilitated by specialized proteins ...

Cells attach to each other through carefully arranged molecules. A Kobe University research team has now found that the way they organize to find their proper places is similar to how grease drops ...

The 130- and 160-kD polypeptide forms of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) were analyzed by electron microscopy after low angle rotary shadowing and freeze replication. Individual NCAM ...

This year’s Lasker Basic Medical Research Award recognizes the contributions of Drs. Richard Hynes, Erkki Ruoslahti, and Timothy Springer for their discovery and characterization of integrins, a major ...

The immune system plays a dual role in inflammation and cancer development. Immune system effector cells quickly identify and destroy malignant cells, but immune system-mediated inflammation regulates ...

During development, cells multiply to grow the animal, and those cells have to organize properly and differentiate into special types to form various structures and tissues. As that happens, cells ...

Identification of chemosensitivity markers for postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy using cellular, molecular, and immunohistochemical profiles of advanced carcinomas from gastrointestinal tract.

The ability of cells to sense and respond to their mechanical environment is critical for many cellular processes but the molecular mechanisms underlying cellular mechanosensitivity are still unclear.