Induced pluripotent stem cells offer great therapeutic potential and are a valuable tool for understanding how different diseases develop. New research shows that such stem cell lines should be regularly screened for genetic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 24, 2023
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Researchers have begun to explore the underlying neural activity of eating behaviors in fruit flies to better understand the motives that drive feeding.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2023
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A new study from researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in Science Advances show that inactivation of a protein complex that controls gene repression leads to loss of neuronal identity of dopamine-producing cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 29, 2022
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International researchers led by China's BGI-Research used single cell technology to study the brains of ants, explaining for the first time how the social division of labor within ant colonies reflects in the functional ...
Ecology
Jun 16, 2022
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For a nematode worm, a big lawn of the bacteria that it eats is a great place for it to disperse its eggs so that each hatchling can emerge into a nutritive environment. That's why when a worm speedily roams about a food ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 11, 2020
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Everyone knows it: An entire box of Girl Scout cookies counts as one serving, right?
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 9, 2020
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Have you ever wondered how tirelessly the tiny fruit fly buzzes around your fruit bowl? This behavior not only demands tremendous energy but also requires highly coordinated neuronal signaling that enables continuous flight. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2018
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Thanks to a newly developed computational method, Luxembourg researchers can accurately predict how one subpopulation of cells can be converted into another. "The method has great potential for regenerative medicine when ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2018
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Researchers have demonstrated the ability to generate dopaminergic neurons in the laboratory from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from fibroblast cells of adult marmoset monkeys. This new study, documenting ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 8, 2017
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Neir Eshel, an MD-PhD graduate from Harvard Medical School and a former member of the Uchida Lab, was named the grand prize winner of an essay contest sponsored by the journal Science, the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), ...
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Dec 2, 2016
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