The activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM) is a critical member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that mediates both homotypic and heterotypic cell interactions. It plays a central role in ...

AMES, Iowa – Sanjeevi Sivasankar knows a lot about how the healthy cells in your body stick together. He and his research team have studied cell adhesion proteins called cadherins. They’ve developed ...

Cells aren’t as passive as scientists once thought—they actively create internal currents to move proteins quickly and ...

Researchers have developed a diagnostic chip that analyzes leukocyte adhesion to detect cancer recurrence and evaluate ...

A groundbreaking study may change how doctors treat glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. Researchers Virginia Commonwealth University have developed a powerful new therapy using an ...

Immunotherapy has revolutionized the way physicians treat patients. Previously, chemotherapy was the standard-of-care with the goal to eliminate tumor cells by dysregulating their ability to ...

Wistar scientists have combined a promising cancer therapy with a molecule that targets tumors to treat cancer more effectively. The new approach could be a way to deliver treatment directly to tumors ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare “mirror-image” version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of certain cancers while leaving healthy cells largely untouched. Unlike most ...

Human colon cancer cells; cell nuclei are stained red and the protein E-cadherin — a cell adhesion molecule — is stained green. When E-cadherin decreases, it may signal the start of a process in which ...

A moving cell looks simple from a distance. One edge pushes forward, the rest follows, and the whole thing creeps along as if ...