Simple physics may play a larger role than previously thought in helping control key bodily processes such as how the body fights infection.
General Physics
Feb 8, 2016
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Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed an improved technique for generating large numbers of blood cells from a patient's own cells. The new technique will be immediately useful in further ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 15, 2011
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Researchers from the Morgridge Institute for Research and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia have devised a way to dramatically cut the time involved in reprogramming and genetically correcting ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 12, 2015
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Turbulence is a critical physical factor that promotes the large-scale production of functional platelets from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), researchers in Japan report July 12 in the journal Cell. Exposure ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 12, 2018
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A team of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra, led by Dr. Lino Ferreira, MIT Portugal Program Faculty and researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC) in collaboration ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 9, 2017
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The origins of our blood may not be quite what we thought. Using cellular "barcoding" in mice, a groundbreaking study finds that blood cells originate not from one type of mother cell, but two, with potential implications ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 15, 2022
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A glass plate with a nanoscale roughness could be a simple way for scientists to capture and study the circulating tumor cells that carry cancer around the body through the bloodstream.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 11, 2012
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Using live imaging and cellular barcoding, researchers in the Stem Cell Program at Boston Children's Hospital have glimpsed how new stem cells—in this case, blood stem cells—are vetted for quality soon after they're born. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 28, 2022
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A little-known fruit used to make perfumes and Earl Grey tea is being investigated as a potential anti-cancer and anti-cholesterol treatment.
Biochemistry
May 3, 2018
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Antifreeze proteins from fish living in icy seas have inspired a new way to freeze blood which could one day increase the precious stocks available for medical procedures.
Materials Science
Feb 4, 2014
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