Around the world people have been living longer, with life expectancy pushing past 70 in many countries. However, people aren't simply living longer on average: Inequality among individuals in the length of life has shrunk ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2016
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According to the World Health Organization, one of the main causes of mortality is cardiovascular disease. Early detection of symptoms is critical for medical intervention. However, traditional methods of examination (X-ray, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 15, 2016
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By genetically reprogramming the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have generated master heart cells—primitive progenitors that form the developing ...
Biotechnology
Feb 11, 2016
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered that three transcription factors—proteins that direct gene expression—interact with each other and the genome to influence how a heart forms in an embryo. Without ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 11, 2016
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Takeaway food, cake and even alcohol is helping make British pets dangerously overweight and develop diabetes and heart disease, an animal charity warned on Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2016
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Scientists from around the world are meeting in Washington this week to debate how best to proceed with research into gene-editing technology.
Biotechnology
Dec 3, 2015
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Johns Hopkins researchers report that a new study of mouse cells has revealed reasons why attempts to grow stem cells to maturity in the laboratory often fail, and provided a possible way to overcome such "developmental arrest."
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 12, 2015
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Two wrongs don't make a right, but in the case of genetic mutations, having two mutations in the same gene could be better than having either one individually. Recent research by biologists at San Diego State University found ...
Biotechnology
Oct 26, 2015
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While many people may think of cholesterol only as the culprit in heart disease and other serious conditions, this miraculous molecule is actually essential to our cells—organizing the fatty acids in the membranes that ...
Biochemistry
Sep 22, 2015
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Researchers at Tohoku University have succeeded in developing a sensor for the living body that can detect the bio-magnetic field with high sensitivity and high resolution. This was achieved by using a tunnel magnetoresistance ...
Engineering
Aug 20, 2015
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