Developmental Cell

Growing new arteries, bypassing blocked ones

Scientific collaborators from Yale School of Medicine and University College London (UCL) have uncovered the molecular pathway by which new arteries may form after heart attacks, strokes and other acute illnesses bypassing ...

Medical research created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study uncovers molecular role of gene linked to blood vessel formation

University of North Carolina researchers have discovered that disrupting a gene that acts as a regulatory switch to turn on other genes can keep blood vessels from forming and developing properly.

Medical research created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Double drug combo could shut down abnormal blood vessel growth that feeds disease

A new study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College shows combining two already-FDA approved drugs may offer a new and potent punch against diseases in which blood vessel growth is abnormal—such as cancer, diabetic ...

Medical research created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find possible genetic clues to organ development, birth defects (w/ Video)

(Medical Xpress)—Using cutting-edge time-lapse photography, University of Southern California (USC) researchers have discovered clues to the development of the head at the cellular level, which could point scientists to ...

Medical research created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wnt signaling pathway plays key role in adult nerve cell generation: study

Researchers from the University of Utah have gained new insight into the regulation of adult nerve cell generation in the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that regulates many aspects of behavior, mood, and metabolism. ...

Medical research created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cilia guide neuronal migration in developing brain

A new study demonstrates the dynamic role cilia play in guiding the migration of neurons in the embryonic brain. Cilia are tiny hair-like structures on the surfaces of cells, but here they are acting more ...

Medical research created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover key pathway for development of insulin-producing cells

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecular signaling pathway that drives the growth and maturation of young human beta cells — the insulin-producing cell ...

Medical research created Jul 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Using planarian flatworms to understand organ regeneration

Researchers report in the journal Developmental Cell that they have identified genes that control growth and regeneration of the intestine in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea.

Medical research created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clues found to way embryonic kidney maintains its fleeting stem cells

Studying mice and humans, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and their collaborators in Paris have identified two proteins that are required to maintain a supply of stem cells ...

Medical research created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel microscale epigenomics technology: Possible to study the epigenome of rare cell populations and biopsy samples

Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have successfully developed a method to map the epigenome using 100 times fewer cells than was previously possible. The discovery, published in the journal Developmental Ce ...

Genetics created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Not all fat is packaged the same way, researchers find

Fat is stored in the body in two distinct ways, Yale researchers have discovered. While the finding may not help people shed excess pounds, it may shed light on how to prevent health problems associated with ...

Overweight and Obesity created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study uncovers mechanism by which tumor suppressor MIG6 triggers cell suicide

Death plays a big role in keeping things alive. Consider the tightly orchestrated suicide of cells—a phenomenon essential to everything from shaping an embryo to keeping it free of cancer later in life. ...

Cancer created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tweaking gene expression to repair lungs

A healthy lung has some capacity to regenerate itself like the liver. In COPD, these reparative mechanisms fail. HDAC therapies may be useful for COPD, as well as other airway diseases. The levels of HDAC2 ...

Medical research created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene 'switch' may explain DiGeorge syndrome severity

The discovery of a 'switch' that modifies a gene known to be essential for normal heart development could explain variations in the severity of birth defects in children with DiGeorge syndrome.

Genetics created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study adds to efforts to find more effective anti-inflammatory drugs

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown function for a protein that could add to the expanding arsenal of potential new drugs for battling inflammation and tissue fibrosis in a number of disease processes.

Inflammatory disorders created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast