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New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

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The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

Research from Umeå University paves the way for a quantitative data analysis method to study the cell division process in ...

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Something was clearly in the water – or rather the blood, as Shimizu’s story focuses on the exploits of anthropomorphised blood cells inside the body of a young girl.

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

A University of Ottawa neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation ...

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