Autophagy — the process of recycling cellular material in the body — can help combat Salmonella and other pathogens, according
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Killer blows? Knockout study of pair of mouse MicroRNA provides cancer insight
A team at Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) has revealed the molecule to cancer development, showing that the absence of
Continue reading »Sea invertebrate sheds light on evolution of human blood, immune systems
Botryllus schlosseri, a marine invertebrate that lives in underwater colonies resembling fuzzy pinheads clinging to rocks, has a blood-forming system
Continue reading »Researchers design ‘smart’ surfaces to repel everything but targeted beneficial exceptions: New surfaces create promise of safer implants, more accurate diagnostic tests
Researchers at McMaster University have solved a vexing problem by engineering surface coatings that can repel everything, such as bacteria,
Continue reading »Mouse pups with same-sex parents born in China using stem cells and gene editing
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences were able to produce healthy mice with two mothers that went on to
Continue reading »3-D bioprinting of living structures with built-in chemical sensors
An international team of researchers led by Professor Michael Kühl at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen has just
Continue reading »Body temperature regulation: How fever comes
The appearance of fever is associated with the release in the hypothalamus of a lipid compound called prostaglandin E2 (PGE2),
Continue reading »Stem cells restore function in primate heart-failure study: Results suggest an approach that could be tested for treating people with heart failure
Researchers at UW Medicine in Seattle have successfully used human stem cells to restore heart function in monkeys with heart
Continue reading »Killing bacteria by silencing genes may be alternative to antibiotics
A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria may provide a new
Continue reading »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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