Apoptosis and autophagy constitute the two self-destructive processes by which supernumerary, damaged or aged cells and organelles are eliminated. Beyond this homeostatic function, autophagy is ...

Apoptosis occurs in a wide range of human diseases. In animal models of virus-induced disease, apoptosis correlates with viral titre and can be found in areas targeted by viral infection, which ...

Laboratory tests demonstrated that beige fat cells successfully eliminated several cancer types, including two forms of breast cancer, as well as colon, pancreatic, and prostate cancer cells.

Scientists transformed energy-storing white fat cells into calorie-burning ‘beige’ fat. Once implanted, they outcompeted tumors for resources, beating back five different types of cancer in ...

But they are the inspiration for a new approach to treating cancer that uses engineered fat cells to deprive tumors of nutrition. Researchers at UC San Francisco used the gene editing technology ...

jpi{at}soton.ac.uk BACKGROUND Activated hepatic stellate cells (HSC) are central to the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis, both as a source of fibrillar collagens that characterise fibrosis and matrix ...

The fat inside the abdomen (visceral fat) is a key predictor of health risks because dysfunction in fat tissue affects metabolism and increases the risk of diseases. Recent advances in single-cell and ...

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A research team has simultaneously engineered both muscle tissue and fat ... supplements as well.” The team’s findings have been published in the online edition of the Swiss scientific journal ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — Viruses, like those that cause COVID-19 or HIV, are formidable opponents once they invade our bodies. Antiviral treatments strive to block a virus or halt its replication ...