Medical research
Spare parts from small parts: Novel scaffolds to grow muscle
Australian biomedical engineers have successfully produced a 3D material that mimics nature to transform cells into muscle.
Feb 20, 2018
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Cardiology
First of our three billion heartbeats is sooner than we thought
When does our heart first start to beat? Until now, researchers thought that the first time our heart muscle contracted to beat was at eight days after conception in mice, which equates to around day 21 of a human pregnancy.
Oct 11, 2016
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New hope for rare 'stone man' disease, where flesh turns to bone
Researchers working with mice believe there's hope for patients with a rare genetic disorder that turns their muscle into bone, in essence immobilizing them in an extra skeleton.
Sep 2, 2015
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Cardiology
Researchers create model of early human heart development from stem cells
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, in collaboration with scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, have developed a template for growing beating cardiac tissue from stem cells, creating a system that could ...
Jul 14, 2015
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Human stem cell model reveals molecular cues critical to neurovascular unit formation
Crucial bodily functions we depend on but don't consciously think about—things like heart rate, blood flow, breathing and digestion—are regulated by the neurovascular unit. The neurovascular unit is made up of blood vessels ...
May 22, 2015
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Tension triggers muscle building
Skeletal muscles are built from small contractile units, the sarcomeres. Many of these sarcomeres are connected in a well-ordered series to form myofibrils that span from one muscle end to the other. Contractions of these ...
Mar 14, 2014
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Researchers build muscle in diseased mice, create human muscle cells in a dish
Skeletal muscle has proved to be very difficult to grow in patients with muscular dystrophy and other disorders that degrade and weaken muscle. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital's Stem Cell Program now report boosting ...
Nov 7, 2013
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Decellularized mouse heart beats again after regenerating with human heart precursor cells
For the first time, a mouse heart was able to contract and beat again after its own cells were stripped and replaced with human heart precursor cells, said scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. ...
Aug 13, 2013
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Common stem cell in heart and lung development explains adaption for life on land
The evolution of adaptations for life on land have long puzzled biologists – are feathers descendents of dinosaur scales, how did arms and legs evolve from fins, and from what ancient fish organ did the lung evolve?
Jul 21, 2013
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Neuroscience
Developing our sense of smell: Biologists pinpoint the origin of olfactory nerve cells
When our noses pick up a scent, whether the aroma of a sweet rose or the sweat of a stranger at the gym, two types of sensory neurons are at work in sensing that odor or pheromone. These sensory neurons are particularly interesting ...
Mar 25, 2013
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