A stretch of DNA that hops around the human genome plays a role in premature aging disorders, scientists at the Salk Institute and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have discovered. ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, UT Southwestern researchers corrected mutations responsible for a common inherited heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in human cells and a mouse model of the disease. ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Scientists have uncovered that "gene misbehavior"—where genes are active when they were expected to be switched off—is a surprisingly common phenomenon in the healthy human population.
Jul 24, 2024
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In work published today in Stem Cell Reports, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School discovered two signaling pathways that are downregulated in human hearts after birth. These pathways, mitogen-activated ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Senescent cells—those that have lost the ability to divide—accumulate with age and are key drivers of age-related diseases, such as cancer, dementia and cardiovascular disease. In a new study, a team led by University ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Cholesterol tremendously increases the toxicity of a peptide implicated in Alzheimer's progression, according to research by scientists in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in Texas A&M's College of Agriculture ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Babies born by cesarean section don't have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally, but a Rutgers-led study for the first time finds that these natural bacteria can be restored.
Jun 17, 2021
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The severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been underscored in the last decade as doctors seek to understand its role in neurological diseases like chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive and fatal brain ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Immune cells called group 3 innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) play an essential role in establishing tolerance to symbiotic microbes that dwell in the human gastrointestinal tract, according to a study led by researchers at Weill ...
Sep 7, 2022
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Globally, lung failure is one of the leading causes of death. Many conditions can affect and damage the lungs, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, influenza, pneumonia, and, most recently, COVID-19. To ...
May 3, 2021
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