Despite its importance, scientists still do not understand all of the different cell types that make up the brain. A group of researchers from Baylor College of Medicine (Drs. Andreas and Kimberley Tolias' laboratories), ...
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Broad core member Aviv Regev thinks about the immune system as if it were an orchestra: "Some instruments need to play strong, others need to pull back or push forward. It all has to form a harmony and this harmony changes ...
Nov 20, 2015
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The ability to grow three-dimensional precursors of an organ from stem cells in a Petri dish has brought about a revolution in the field of biomedicine. But exactly what can be researched on such an organoid in vitro? A team ...
Nov 19, 2015
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A new nanoparticle developed by University of Michigan researchers could be the key to a targeted therapy for cardiac arrhythmia, a condition that causes the heart to beat erratically and can lead to heart attack and stroke.
Oct 29, 2015
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The capacity of cancer cells to spread throughout the body and invade new tissues — to become metastatic — makes them deadly. What makes metastatic cells different?
Oct 2, 2015
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The next frontier in developing therapies for cancer and other diseases could come through studying organ development or tumor growth in living humans. Problem is, there's no ethical way of doing that using current technology.
Sep 23, 2015
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Seemingly similar cells often have significantly different genomes. This is often true of cancer cells, for example, which may differ one from another even within a small tumor sample, as genetic mutations within the cells ...
Sep 7, 2015
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School of Medicine scientists have discovered biological mechanisms that appear to play a role in the regeneration of cells in the inner ear.
Jun 12, 2015
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The lungs of seven percent of all intensive care unit patients will fill up with fluid causing a 30 to 50 percent chance of death from a condition called acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This syndrome has few options ...
Jun 12, 2015
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Why do some cancer cells break away from a tumor and travel to distant parts of the body? A team of oncologists and engineers from the University of Michigan teamed up to help understand this crucial question.
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