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UrduCells constantly navigate a dynamic environment, facing ever-changing conditions and challenges. But how do cells swiftly adapt to these environmental fluctuations? A new Moffitt Cancer Center study, published in iScience, is answering that question by challenging our understanding of how cells function. A team of researchers suggests that cells possess a previously unknown information processing system that allows them to make rapid decisions independent of their genes.
Tag: cell communication
Improving our understanding of cells
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) were once thought to be waste material discarded by cells. But they have been found to play a critical role in communication between cells, carrying “cargos” of proteins, nucleic acids and other materials. Jessica Tannis of the University of Delaware has been awarded a $1.8 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant to research them.