The cells in our body are constantly fighting off the threat of cancer by repairing damaged DNA. In a new
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In vitro grafts increase blood flow in infarcted rat hearts: Stem-cell scientists show that petri dish-built matrices of vessels integrate well with existing heart tissue
Advances in stem cell research offer hope for treatments that could help patients regrow heart muscle tissue after heart attacks,
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Skin-like sensor maps blood-oxygen levels anywhere in the body: New device could track oxygenation of healing wounds in real time
Injuries can’t heal without a constant influx of blood’s key ingredient — oxygen. A new flexible sensor developed by engineers
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DNA repair after CRISPR cutting not at all what people thought: Involvement of Fanconi anemia DNA repair pathway provides opportunity to steer repair outcome
Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot to learn about how it
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Blood sample breakthrough good news for pregnant women
A wide range of fetal genetic abnormalities could soon be detected in early pregnancy thanks to a world-first study led
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Biomarker for salt sensitivity of blood pressure discovered: Findings have implications for the treatment of hypertension
For the first time researchers have identified a genetic marker (GNAI2) that is associated with the risk of salt sensitivity
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Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Brain metals that may drive disease progression revealed: In brains affected by Alzheimer’s, researchers identify chemically reduced iron species, with mineral forms including a magnetic iron oxide
Alzheimer’s disease could be better treated, thanks to a breakthrough discovery of the properties of the metals in the brain
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‘BioSimilar’ drug approved to treat certain types of anemia
(HealthDay)—Retacrit (epoetin alfa-epbx) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first “biosimilar” to the anemia
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New insights into blood vessel growth: Scientists have discovered that single cells in the innermost layer of blood vessels proliferate after injury and in so doing make a significant contribution to the formation of new vessels
How new blood vessels form in mammals, for example during development or after injury, was so far not known exactly.
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Molecule that supports blood-cell production under dietary stress is identified
The production of blood cells is regulated by so-called hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which reside in bone marrow. It is
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