Researchers have produced the world's first chimeric monkeys. The bodies of these monkeys, which are normal and healthy, are composed of a mixture of cells representing as many as six distinct genomes. The advance holds great ...
Biotechnology
Jan 5, 2012
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Blue light is illuminating new understanding of a key signaling pathway in embryo development, tissue maintenance and cancer genesis.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 17, 2021
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Magnets could be a tool for directing stem cells' healing powers to treat conditions such as heart disease or vascular disease.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 16, 2013
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Like fine chefs, scientists are seemingly approaching a day when they will be able to make nearly any type of tissue from human embryonic stem cells. You need nerves or pancreas, bone or skin? With the right combination of ...
Biotechnology
Aug 14, 2011
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Japan has given the green light to the world's first clinical trial using stem cells harvested from a patient's own body, officials said Thursday, testing a treatment that may offer hope to millions of people robbed of their ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 27, 2013
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Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult tissues, cells use biochemical and mechanical cues from their environment to make important decisions, such as becoming a neuron, a skin cell or a heart cell. Scientists ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2016
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Stem cell technology has long offered the hope of regenerating tissue to repair broken or damaged neural tissue. Findings from a team of UC Davis investigators have brought this dream a step closer by developing a method ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 28, 2013
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EPFL researchers have discovered that symmetry in the human body is influenced by surface tension, the same mechanical phenomenon that allows lightweight insects to walk on water. A paper discussing this surprising finding, ...
Biotechnology
May 6, 2022
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A team of Caltech scientists has uncovered a molecular code that cells use to communicate with each other. This "language" is thought to be common to many types of cellular communication and has implications for designing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 18, 2017
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Cancer, diabetes, and excess body weight have one thing in common: they alter cellular metabolism. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and the Medical University of Vienna ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2012
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