Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can regenerate…
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Scientists construct energy production unit for a synthetic cell
Scientists at the University of Groningen have constructed synthetic vesicles in which ATP, the main…
View More Scientists construct energy production unit for a synthetic cellDiscovery concerning the nervous system overturns a previous theory
It appears that when our nervous system is developing, only the most viable neurons survive,…
View More Discovery concerning the nervous system overturns a previous theoryPancreas on a chip: Organ-on-a-chip and stem-cell tech combined: Organ-on-a-chip and stem-cell tech
By combining two powerful technologies, scientists are taking diabetes research to a whole new level.…
View More Pancreas on a chip: Organ-on-a-chip and stem-cell tech combined: Organ-on-a-chip and stem-cell techTargeting a blood stem cell subset shows lasting, therapeutically relevant gene editing
In a paper published in the July 31 issue of Science Translational Medicine, researchers at…
View More Targeting a blood stem cell subset shows lasting, therapeutically relevant gene editingSignals from skin cells control fat cell specialization
When cells change to a more specialized type, we call this process cellular differentiation. Scientists…
View More Signals from skin cells control fat cell specializationSperm may offer the uterus a ‘secret handshake’: Researchers discover endometrial receptor that can recognize sperm molecule
Why does it take 200 million sperm to fertilize a single egg? One reason is…
View More Sperm may offer the uterus a ‘secret handshake’: Researchers discover endometrial receptor that can recognize sperm moleculeNew cell discovered that can heal hearts: Fundamental scientific discovery could lead to new ways to repair damaged hearts
University of Calgary researchers are the first to discover a previously unidentified cell population in…
View More New cell discovered that can heal hearts: Fundamental scientific discovery could lead to new ways to repair damaged heartsRepair of aged tissue can be enhanced by inhibiting signals from neighboring cells
Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered how regenerative capacity of intestinal epithelium declines…
View More Repair of aged tissue can be enhanced by inhibiting signals from neighboring cellsMolecular switch for ‘exhaustion mode’ of immune cells discovered
Tumors and certain viral infections pose a challenge to the human body which the immune…
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