One of the main ways cells "talk" to each other to coordinate essential biological activities such as muscle contraction, hormone release, neuronal firing, digestion and immune activation is through calcium signaling.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 10, 2023
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Regenerative medicine uses cells harvested from the patient's own body to heal damaged tissue. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a cell-free substrate containing proteins to which autologous cells bind and grow only after ...
Materials Science
Apr 1, 2015
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and other industrialized nations, and many patients face limited treatment options. Fortunately, stem cell biology has enabled researchers to produce large ...
General Physics
May 19, 2020
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The fruit fly, long the organism of choice for scientists studying genetics and basic biological processes, still harbors some secrets of its own.
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2021
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers are collaborating with NASA to send human heart "tissue-on-a-chip" specimens into space as early as March. The project is designed to monitor the tissue for changes in heart muscle cells' ...
Space Exploration
Mar 7, 2023
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A heart muscle protein can replace its missing skeletal muscle counterpart to give mice with myopathy a long and active life, show Nowak et al. The findings will be published online on Monday, May 25, 2009 and will appear ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 25, 2009
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Stem cells play a role in heart muscle rejuvenation by attracting cells from the body that develop into heart muscle cells. They have been successfully used to halt or reverse cardiac injury following heart attack, but not ...
Biotechnology
May 14, 2009
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A synthetic DNA-targeting molecule could pave the way for tissue regeneration.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 25, 2017
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Researchers at A*STAR have designed a highly sensitive, animal-free method to test the toxicity of drugs on developing embryos. The technique can identify compounds that disrupt the differentiation and, for the first time, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 23, 2016
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Materials scientist Ljubomira Schmitt and biologist Tobias Meckel are developing a device that can be used to culture cells under induced movements whilst simultaneously allowing them to be observed through a microscope. ...
Biochemistry
Dec 16, 2015
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