Knives were crafted to cut. Yet how many of us use them to slit an envelope. Or prise open a lid. Nature too has its ways of perverting a design so that its initial role is altered to become another. This is exactly what happened.. More.
Life can be hard. There are times when you find yourself in the most unfriendly circumstances and, more often than not, the best way to deal with the situation is to find your own solution and wriggle your own way out... More.
Life depends on chemical signals. Without them our heart wouldn't know how to beat or our thoughts how to form, our eyes would be unable to see, our legs unable to walk and our mouths would be incapable of speech... More.
Life has its shapes, and depends on all kinds of architecture. It needs a skeleton on which to hang. Blood vessels in which to flow. A brain to house its thoughts. A heart to give it a beat. On a far smaller scale, it needs cells.. More.
Cellosaurus release 20 - 2016-12-01
2016-12-04
80,666 cell lines. Introducing information on population doubling time and microsatellite instability (MSI). Is now available for download on Cellosaurus in XML (in addition to structured flat file and OBO formats).
We need to remember. Yet there are things we would like to forget. They just hang on in there regardless of feeling and time. What is it that keeps a memory alive inside us? More.
The smallest of things can cause devastation. A word can hurt deeply. Distraction can create an accident. A spark can set off a fire. In the world of molecular biology, "small" rules. Life itself thrives on a very fragile harmony.. More.
We are highly adaptable. We have been for the past few million years, and continue to be so on a daily basis. Whichever way you look at it, the art of adaptation really is just a way of preserving your integrity ... More.
September 2016 neXtProt release
2016-09-16
We are pleased to announce that new variant phenotype data annotated by the neXtProt team has been integrated. New sequence variations arising either from mutagenesis or variants found in patients have been added. More
We are not alone. From the day we are born, we carry with us hordes of microorganisms which, if all is going well, live off us while giving something in return. This micro-universe which is an integral part of our physiology ... More.
Protein Spotlight: Of plastic and men
2016-07-28
Nature has extraordinary resources. Here we are trashing her land, sea and atmosphere - and have been for over a century now - with all sorts of chemistry she didn't ask for and which, sooner or later, will prove to be harmful .... More.
Like life, cells are subject to continuous change. Nothing in the vicinity of a cell remains still - unless death has interrupted its course. The same goes for the inside of each cell. All sorts of molecules are being shuttled.... More.