A team of researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid has identified the molecular mechanisms that control the activity of genes involved in both the correct formation of the heart ...
Dec 11, 2023
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New and unique shear stress patterns can occur in angiogenic capillary (new blood vessel growth) networks, according to a new study titled "Angiogenic microvascular wall shear stress patterns revealed through three-dimensional ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Blood has long been a symbol of life and health, so it may be surprising that some aspects of blood production (hematopoiesis) remain incompletely understood. One such mystery is the role of a protein called SOX17. Blood ...
Sep 13, 2023
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Just like a gecko that regrows a broken tail, our peripheral nervous system knows how to regenerate the branches of its cells after an injury. Unfortunately, the cells in our central nervous system—our brain and spinal ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Even though neurodegenerative diseases often strike in middle age or later, patients could have structural differences in their brains that arise before birth.
Aug 22, 2023
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A deafened adult cannot recover the ability to hear, because the sensory hearing cells of the inner ear don't regenerate after damage. In two new studies, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences ...
Aug 14, 2023
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What determines whether we become overweight? Aside from lifestyle, predisposition plays a role, but genes cannot fully explain the inherited propensity to accumulate excess weight.
Jul 19, 2023
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Scientists hope to learn more about the earliest stages of human development using models of embryos created from stem cells.
Jul 3, 2023
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The use of stem cells now makes it possible for us to cultivate so-called organoids, such as tiny versions of a liver, heart or small intestine, in the lab. These micro-organs can then be connected to a microchip that simulates ...
Jun 29, 2023
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Despite advances in defining the genomic characteristics of head and neck cancers, these malignancies continue to rank among the deadliest cancers with few targeted therapies available. An important challenge in designing ...
Jun 23, 2023
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