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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Study the effect of long-term oxygen deficiency
Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have developed a method to study how muscle cells in the blood vessels of the lung permanently contract because of long-term oxygen deficiency. This phenomenon leads to increased ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2020
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Study shows potential of differentiated iPS cells in cell therapy without immune rejection
A new study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that tissues derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in an experimental model were not rejected when transplanted back into genetically identical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 25, 2013
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Nanoparticles train immune cells to fight cancer
Scientists in the department of Advanced Organ Bioengineering and Therapeutics (Faculty of S&T, TechMed Centre) recently published a novel cancer immune therapy in the scientific journal Nature Communications. In their research, ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 11, 2022
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Scientists focus on quorum sensing to better understand bacteria
The relatively new field in microbiology that focuses on quorum sensing has been making strides in understanding how bacteria communicate and cooperate. Quorum sensing describes the bacterial communication between cells that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 11, 2012
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Discovering new cancer treatments in the 'dark matter' of the human genome
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Switzerland. Among the different types of cancers, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) kills the most patients and remains largely incurable. Unfortunately, even newly approved ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 6, 2022
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Does selenium prevent cancer? It may depend on which form people take
Scientists are reporting that the controversy surrounding whether selenium can fight cancer in humans might come down to which form of the essential micronutrient people take. It turns out that not all "seleniums" are the ...
Biochemistry
Mar 16, 2011
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Nanosensors target enzymes to monitor and study cancer
Cancer is characterized by a number of key biological processes known as the "hallmarks of cancer," which remodel cells and their immediate environment so that tumors can form, grow, and thrive. Many of these changes are ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 2, 2022
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Smart fungus disarms plant, animal and human immunity
Fungal and bacterial pathogens are well capable of infecting plants, animals and humans despite their immune systems. Fungi penetrate leafs, stalks and roots, or skin, intestines and lungs, to infect their hosts.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 20, 2010
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Bioengineered tool unmasks cancer cells
Cancer cells can evade the body's immune defenses by exploiting a normally helpful and ubiquitous group of molecules known as mucins. Now, Stanford researchers have engineered a biomolecule that removes mucins specifically ...
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2023
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