Astronauts aboard the International Space Station farewelled over 2000 kg of scientific experiments and hardware on Sunday 23 January as a cargo Dragon spacecraft began its return to Earth.
Space Exploration
Jan 27, 2022
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Scientists have shown for the first time that fat inside adult muscle stem cells regulates their fate.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2022
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It may seem hard to believe, but each one of us began as a single cell that proliferated into the trillions of cells that make up our bodies. Though each of our cells has the exact same genetic information, each also performs ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2022
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One day Prof. Eldad Tzahor peered into a microscope in his lab and saw steak. As part of Tzahor's research into repairing muscle tissue, Dr. Tamar Eigler, a postdoctoral fellow in his lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 20, 2021
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Tiny human muscle cells will be blasted into space in an experiment that could help people live longer, healthier lives.
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2021
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When a muscle becomes injured, it repairs itself using a flurry of cellular activity, with stem cells splitting and differentiating into many types of specialized cells, each playing an important role in the healing process.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 19, 2021
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The SpaceX carrier rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S. early on Thursday morning, Central European Time. The 'Cosmic Kiss' mission's four crew members will travel to the International Space ...
Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2021
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Cut off the head of a three-banded panther worm and another will take its place—mouth, brain, and all. Cut off its tail and it will grow another. Cut the worm in three separate pieces and within eight weeks there'll be ...
Biotechnology
Nov 8, 2021
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Scientists from Osaka University used stem cells isolated from Wagyu cows to 3D-print a meat alternative containing muscle, fat, and blood vessels arranged to closely resemble conventional steaks. This work may help usher ...
Biotechnology
Aug 24, 2021
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For the first time, researchers have shown how cancer cells reprogram themselves to produce lactic acid and to tolerate the acidic environment that exists around tumors. The finding could lead to a whole new direction for ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 12, 2021
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