Researchers engineer new thyroid cells
Researchers have discovered a new efficient way to generate thyroid cells, known as thyrocytes, using genetically modified embryonic stem cells.
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Gene transcription found to increase after death for some cells
(Phys.org)—An international team of researchers has found that gene transcription in an organism that has died continues for several days. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Biology, the team describes ...
Purest yet liver-like cells generated from induced pluripotent stem cells
A research team including developmental biologist Stephen A. Duncan, D. Phil., SmartState Chair of Regenerative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), has found a better way to purify liver cells made ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 29, 2016
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Study investigates mechanism of nanomaterial clearance by liver
(Phys.org)—One of the biggest challenges to realizing the potential of targeted therapies is keeping nanomaterials from accumulating in the liver or spleen. The liver and spleen are part of the mononuclear phagocyte system. ...
New chemical 'sponges' designed to soak up toxic cancer-fighting drugs after targeting tumors
Doctors have a powerful arsenal of cancer-fighting chemotherapy drugs to choose from, though a key challenge is to better target these drugs to kill tumors while limiting their potentially harmful side effects.
Biochemistry
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How the microenvironment can guide secretory cavities into tubes by mechanical forces
A team of scientists from Singapore and France has revealed the underlying mechanism for the formation and growth of a fundamental type of tissue – epithelial tubes. Defects in the architecture of epithelial tubes lead ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 24, 2016
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Viral gene editing system corrects genetic liver disease in newborn mice
For the first time, researchers have treated an animal model of a genetic disorder using a viral vector to deliver genome-editing components in which the disease- causing mutation has been corrected. Delivery of the vector ...
Biotechnology
Feb 1, 2016
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Beyond average: New platforms genetically barcode tens of thousands of cells at a time
Imagine someone hands you a smoothie and asks you to identify everything that went into it.
Biotechnology
May 21, 2015
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Researchers deliver transcription factors into specific tissue of a living animal for the first time
A team of researchers affiliated with the University of California has for the first time, delivered transcription factors into specific tissue of a living animal. In their paper published in the journal Nature Materials, ...
Small RNA plays big role suppressing cancer
The micro RNA miR-22 has long been known for its ability to suppress cancer. However, questions remain about how it achieves this feat. For example, which molecules are regulating miR-22, and which are miR22 targets?
Biochemistry
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