First results positive from rare 'natural statin' fruit
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
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Speeding up gene discovery
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, which identified nearly 20,000 protein-coding genes, scientists have been trying to decipher the roles of those genes. A new approach developed at MIT, the Broad Institute, ...
Biotechnology
Dec 12, 2013
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Fluorescent fish genes light path to neuroblastoma
A new type of zebrafish that produces fluorescent tags in migratory embryonic nerve precursor cells could help a Rice University neurobiologist and cancer researcher find the origins of the third-most common pediatric cancer ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 9, 2018
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New work upends understanding of how blood is formed
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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Providing 'quality assurance' for new stem cells: Macrophages do the vetting
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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Capturing circulating cancer cells could provide insights into how disease spreads
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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Vital step in stem cell growth revealed: Finding could aid regenerative and cancer therapies
Stem cells, which have the potential to turn into any kind of cell, offer the tantalizing possibility of generating new tissues for organ replacements, stroke victims and patients of many other diseases. Now, scientists at ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 30, 2015
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Study demonstrates cells can acquire new functions through transcriptional regulatory network
Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) have successfully developed and demonstrated a new experimental technique for producing cells with specific functions through the artificial reconstruction of transcriptional ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2012
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Hippo dances with hormones: Hints from fly research for study of cancer, stem cells
Although fruit flies don't develop cancer, cancer and stem cell researchers have been learning a great deal from fruit flies - in particular, mutant flies with overgrown organs that resemble hippopotamuses.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 2, 2015
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Scientists synthesize long-sought-after anticancer agent
A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target and destroy cancer stem ...
Biochemistry
Jan 31, 2011
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