Medical research
Cells that stand in the way of HIV cure: Discovery expands understanding of marrow's role
Every day, 17 million HIV-infected people around the world swallow pills that keep the virus inside them at bay.
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Neuroscience
Faulty support cells disrupt communication in brains of people with schizophrenia
New research has identified the culprit behind the wiring problems in the brains of people with schizophrenia. When researchers transplanted human brain cells generated from individuals diagnosed with childhood-onset schizophrenia ...
Jul 20, 2017
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Neuroscience
Hidden herpes virus may play key role in multiple sclerosis, other brain disorders
The ubiquitous human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) may play a critical role in impeding the brain's ability to repair itself in diseases like multiple sclerosis. The findings, which appear in the journal Scientific Reports, may help ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Neuroscience
Understanding the architecture of our 'second brain'
Scientists have made an important step in understanding the organisation of nerve cells embedded within the gut that control its function - a discovery that could give insight into the origin of common gastrointestinal diseases, ...
May 19, 2017
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Medical research
Approaching a decades-old goal: Making blood stem cells from patients' own cells
Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have, for the first time, generated blood-forming stem cells in the lab using pluripotent stem cells, which can make virtually every cell type in the body. The advance, published ...
May 17, 2017
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Medical research
Discovery offers new hope to repair spinal cord injuries
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes created a special type of neuron from human stem cells that could potentially repair spinal cord injuries. These cells, called V2a interneurons, transmit signals in the spinal cord to ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Liver progenitor cells are involved in the development of hepatic tumors
The malignant transformation of hepatocytes is the origin of most hepatocellular carcinomas, an aggressive type of liver cancer with high mortality rates. But these cells do not act alone. Research conducted by scientists ...
Apr 18, 2017
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Ophthalmology
Scientists grow eye cells to fix corneas
A Stanford University research team has created a potentially powerful new way to fix damaged corneas—a major source of vision problems and blindness.
Apr 17, 2017
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Cardiology
Turning skin cells into blood vessel cells while keeping them young
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a molecular switch that converts skin cells into cells that make up blood vessels, which could ultimately be used to repair damaged vessels in patients ...
Apr 6, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals detailed composition of two major types of brain tumor
Detailed analysis of two brain tumor subtypes has revealed that they may originate from the same type of neural progenitor cells and be distinguished by gene mutation patterns and by the composition of their microenvironments. ...
Mar 30, 2017
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