News tagged with organ systems

Stem-cell-based strategy boosts immune system in mice

Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, ...

Immunology May 16, 2013 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0 |

China bird flu devastates Shanghai family

The virus has already killed her mother, and Kelly Gu's father lies critically ill with H7N9 bird flu in a Shanghai hospital bed—the only couple both infected in China's outbreak of the disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes May 16, 2013 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0