Department of cell developmental and integrative biology

UAB and Polish researchers propose that the COVID-19 virus acts as a microRNA “sponge” to deplete miRNA levels in ways that aid viral replication and stymie the host immune response.

Study points to a potential immediate treatment for this devastating disease.

This study included preclinical experiments and use of bronchoalveolar cells from IPF patients.

A new study blunts hopes that metformin might help exercising seniors gain more muscle mass.

You might know that sex sells, but did you know that the sex of cells is important in biomedical research?

Quirky evolution yields clues to a fatal condition.