Brain organoids, though often referred to as "mini brains," are not truly human brains. But the concerns over these lab-grown brain tissues, especially when they are developed from human fetal tissues, can be very human indeed.
Apr 9, 2024
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A team from the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine has completed a new study that reveals the inner workings of gene mutations that result in an ultra-rare syndrome with fewer than 100 reported cases since its first ...
Mar 18, 2024
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As the cause of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis is not yet known, treatment for sufferers is currently aimed at alleviating the often agonizing symptoms. The discovery ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Why are severe courses of SARS-CoV-2 infection much less common in children and adolescents than in adults? Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now discovered that ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Researchers from Umeå University have unveiled how the most common white blood cells, neutrophils, counter Candida albicanstoxin and stop it in its tracks. Their results have been published in EMBO Reports.
Oct 5, 2023
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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterized by persistent hyperglycemia (high glucose in blood) that leads to hypoxia (low oxygen condition) in pancreatic β-cells.
Sep 20, 2023
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The liver produces bile, which the intestine uses for digestion. For the transport of bile, the liver relies on a network of microscopic tubings, known as bile canaliculi, formed by liver cells called hepatocytes. When the ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of plaques of the amyloid-β protein, chronic inflammation and impaired neuronal function in the brain. The most significant genetic risk factor for the disease is ...
May 24, 2023
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Researchers from the Neurobiology of miRNA team coordinated by Davide De Pietri Tonelli at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) has discovered the correlation between a class of small ...
Dec 14, 2022
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A new approach for assisting reproduction in mice when sperm production is faulty has been demonstrated by researchers at RIKEN. It could eventually help human couples who are struggling to conceive by traditional in vitro ...
Sep 12, 2022
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