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Inflammation and cancer
A new study from MIT reveals one reason why people who suffer from chronic inflammatory diseases such as colitis have...
Researchers enlarges brain samples
Beginning with the invention of the first microscope in the late 1500s, scientists have been trying to peer into preserved...
Stem cells derived from amniotic tissues have immunosuppressive properties
Stem cells derived from human amnion have for some time been considered promising for cell therapies because of their ease...
Century-Old Drug Reverses Autism-like Symptoms
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affect 1 to 2 percent of children in the United States. Hundreds of genetic and environmental...
Imaging captures how blood stem cells take root
A see-through zebrafish and enhanced imaging provide the first direct glimpse of how blood stem cells take root in the...
Plants respond to disease and damage
When plants come under attack internal alarm bells ring and their defence mechanisms swing into action – and it happens...
How 100 billion nerve cells produce a clear thought or an action
We have approximately 100 billion nerve cells in our brains, all of which communicate with one another. Why do they...
Damaged DNA amplified
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in amplifying genes altered by activities such as smoking – with changes that...
Bone stem cells shown to regenerate bones
A stem cell capable of regenerating both bone and cartilage has been identified in bone marrow of mice. The discovery...
Human Immune Variation
Improving gene-sequencing technologies have focused immunologists’ attention on the role of genes in diseases. But it appears the environment is...
Drug effectively prevents HIV-like infection in monkeys
A regime of anti-HIV drugs — components of regimens to treat established HIV infection — has the potential to protect...
How cells communicate
During embryonal development of vertebrates, signaling molecules inform each cell at which position it is located. In this way, the...
Simple Method to Sense DNA
A simple method to sense DNA, as well as potential biomarker proteins of cancer or other diseases such as Alzheimer’s,...
Understanding the personalities of bacteria
Bacteria are as individual as people, according to new research by Professor Peter Young and his team in the Department...