Since the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States in early 2020, scientists have struggled to find laboratory models of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the respiratory virus that causes COVID-19. Animal models fell short; attempts ...
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When it comes to building a kidney, only nature possesses the complete set of blueprints. But a USC-led team of scientists has managed to borrow some of nature's pages through a comprehensive analysis of how kidneys form ...
Aug 23, 2021
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Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be used to generate brain organoids containing an eye structure called the optic cup, according to a study published August 17 in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The organoids ...
Aug 17, 2021
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A new study led by University of California, Irvine (UCI) researchers identifies two ways in which APOBEC3A— a vital enzyme that is responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers while protecting our ...
Aug 13, 2021
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Mount Sinai researchers have found an important clue to a rare but serious aftereffect of COVID-19 in children, known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children or MIS-C.
Aug 11, 2021
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A research team from the Department of Physiology of the University of Valencia, the FISABIO foundation and University Hospital Dr. Peset have proven that the mitochondrial dysfunction that occurs in type-2 diabetes can be ...
Aug 9, 2021
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Scientists have long known that living cells are master recyclers, constantly breaking down old parts and building them back up into new molecular machines. Now, researchers at Gladstone Institutes have taken a closer look ...
Aug 6, 2021
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre researchers have made new findings which provide a broader understanding of how dormant hematopoietic stem cells are activated and could pave the way towards therapeutic treatments for a number ...
Aug 2, 2021
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A Yale-led research team has identified the immune cells that drive the inflammation observed in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a severe gastrointestinal complication that often affects infants born prematurely.
Jul 21, 2021
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Scientists have identified a drug that can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from binding to human cells, potentially preventing damage to the lung, clot formation and the development of sepsis.
Jul 13, 2021
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