Scientists grow human-like kidneys in pigs
Chinese scientists have succeeded in growing kidneys containing human cells in pig embryos, a world first that could one day help address organ donation shortages.
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Machine learning model could enable targeted gene therapies for genetic diseases
Though almost every cell in your body contains a copy of each of your genes, only a small fraction of these genes will be expressed, or turned on. These activations are controlled by specialized snippets of DNA called enhancers, ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Eliminating extra chromosomes in cancer cells prevents tumor growth, new study reveals
Cancer cells with extra chromosomes depend on those chromosomes for tumor growth, a new Yale study reveals, and eliminating them prevents the cells from forming tumors. The findings, said the researchers, suggest that selectively ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Researchers link death in gene-editing study to a virus used to deliver the treatment, not CRISPR
The lone volunteer in a gene-editing study targeting a rare form of Duchenne muscular dystrophy likely died after having a reaction to the virus that delivered the therapy in his body, researchers concluded in an early study.
Jun 1, 2023
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Rethinking the protein inhibitor approach to cancer therapy
A new method than enables researchers to dial up or tone down the amount of a certain metastatic protein inhibitor (BACH1) within a cell could provide a new path in cancer research that reassesses the effectiveness of protein ...
May 26, 2023
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Gene-editing technique could speed up study of cancer mutations
Genomic studies of cancer patients have revealed thousands of mutations linked to tumor development. However, for the vast majority of those mutations, researchers are unsure of how they contribute to cancer because there's ...
May 11, 2023
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Long molecule of RNA essential to our GI tract's ability to contract and move food along
A long molecule of RNA found in abundance in the healthy smooth muscle cells that give our blood vessels strength and flexibility is also essential to the continuous contraction that moves food through our gastrointestinal ...
May 9, 2023
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AI helps create better, simpler hepatitis and COVID-19 tests
Going beyond pregnancy and COVID-19, the world could someday soon come to rely on at-home tests for many diseases thanks in part to AI-fueled improvements.
May 8, 2023
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COVID testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: Progress mustn't stop now, says researcher
In March 2020, weeks before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, its director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered a speech in which he emphasized the importance of testing:
Mar 24, 2023
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Researchers develop enhanced genetic animal model of Down syndrome
National Institutes of Health researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced. The new mouse model shows milder cognitive traits compared ...
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