New Mechanism Discovered for Robust Tunneling Nanotube Formation in Cells Scientists have identified a protein responsible for enhancing the formation of tunneling nanotubes in cells, revealing insights into cellular communication mechanisms.

New Mechanism Discovered for Robust Tunneling Nanotube Formation in Cells #Japan #Tokyo #tunneling_nanotube #CCT4_protein #cellular_communication

Left: Field emission scanning electron microscopy image of a nanotube connecting a bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC) with a T cell. Right: Confocal microscopy image of mitochondria (red fluorescence dye) traveling from a BMSC to a T cell through a nanotube. - Copyright Cell 2024, 10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.029

Mitochondria on the move: Leveraging intercellular mitochondria transfer to boost cancer immunotherapies
An international team of researchers, led by Professor Luca Gattinoni at the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT), has developed an inn...
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Microtubules (orange; α-tubulin) and nuclei (blue; DAPI) are shown in two adipocytes, imaged by confocal microscopy.

For #FluorescenceFriday, microtubule networks are shown in two adipocytes 🔬 #CellBiology #Microscopy

Nerve-to-cancer transfer of mitochondria during cancer metastasis - Nature A study reports the development of a method to trace intercellular transfer of mitochondria, and demonstrates that cancer cells that receive mitochondria from neurons have enhanced metastatic capabilities.

Nature research paper: Nerve-to-cancer transfer of mitochondria during cancer metastasis

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Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

A mapping of how Bluesky is becoming the new Scientific Twitter

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