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Researchers have identified a specific cellular pathway involving hepatic stellate cells that may explain how statins, commonly used to lower cholesterol, help slow or prevent the development of primary liver cancer associated with fatty liver disease.
#Hepatology #Oncology #CellularBiology #MolecularPharmacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/med09102601.html

Multicellular cyanobacteria possess specialized cell-to-cell communication structures regulated by calcium signals, fundamentally mirroring the intercellular communication systems found in higher eukaryotic organisms.
#EvolutionaryBiology #PhototrophicMicrobiology #MolecularBiology #CellularBiology #StructuralBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/ebio08312601.html

🤒 Why do we actually get a #fever? One reason is that immune cells move faster at higher temperatures. A team led by Stefan Wieser at the Institute of Zoology has now uncovered the molecular mechanism behind this process, with the motor protein myosin II taking center stage.

🆕 https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/heat-acts-as-a-turbo-boost-for-immune-cells/

📖 https://www.cell.com/developmental-cell/fulltext/S1534-5807(25)00636-7

#biology #cellularBiology #quantitativeBiology #molecularBiology #cellBiology #cellularBiology #cells #singleCellBiology