Organoids are fast becoming cutting-edge tools of modern life sciences. The idea is to use stem cells to build miniature tissues and organs that accurately resemble and behave like their real counterparts.
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Emphysema is a progressive, debilitating lung disease in which the lung's breathing sacs, or alveoli, enlarge, get thinner, and eventually are destroyed as the cells die off. It can be fatal, and there is currently no cure. ...
Aug 4, 2020
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The differing immune system responses of patients with COVID-19 can help predict who will experience moderate and severe consequences of disease, according to a new study by Yale researchers published July 27 in the journal ...
Jul 27, 2020
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Gravity can be a real downer when you are trying to grow organs.
Jul 8, 2020
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Blood and other biological specimens from COVID-19 patients treated in Seattle area hospitals are helping scientists build a massive "biobank" to examine the virus's long-term impacts on the human body and why it affects ...
May 28, 2020
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Tissue engineering has a unique set of tools and technologies for developing preventive strategies, diagnostics, and treatments that can play an important role during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Three key areas pioneered ...
May 8, 2020
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Overuse injuries—think muscle strains, tennis elbow, and rotator cuff tears—are a considerable problem in the United States, especially among young athletes. But while commonly associated with sports, overuse injuries—particularly ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and other institutions in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Singapore, have identified 1,178 biomarkers in men's genomes—the complete set of genetic material ...
Oct 8, 2019
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A new study, published in Aging Cell, has found that human ageing processes may hinder cancer development.
Sep 27, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center have made a breakthrough discovery that solves a mystery long forgotten by science and have identified a potentially novel avenue in pre-clinical models to treat ...
Sep 12, 2019
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