Researchers Reprogram Brain Cells to Become Heart Cells
For the past decade, researchers have tried to reprogram the identity of all kinds of cell types. Heart cells are one of the most sought-after cells in regenerative medicine because researchers...
View ArticleGene Study Offers Clues On Memory Puzzle
Scientists have shed light on why it is easier to learn about things related to what we already know than it is to learn about unfamiliar things, according to a new study. The team says this is a...
View ArticleArthirits causing genes isolated
In a breakthrough that could pave the way for better treatment of patients suffering from a painful form of arthritis, which fuses bones in the spine and pelvis, scientists have isolated a group of...
View Articlemultiple sclerosis treatment identified
Scientists have identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the biology of a very debilitating neurological disease. This is the largest MS genetics...
View ArticleSchizophrenia Genetics Linked to Disruption in How Brain Processes Sound
Recent studies have identified many genes that may put people with schizophrenia at risk for the disease. But, what links genetic differences to changes in altered brain activity in schizophrenia is...
View ArticleThird Genetic Link to Osteoarthritis Discovered
Researchers have just revealed a new gene associated with osteoarthritis. This is only the third gene to be identified for this painful and debilitating disease that affects more than 40 per cent of...
View ArticleHidden Genetic Influence On Cancer Discovered
In findings with major implications for the genetics of cancer and human health, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and two other science teams in New York City and Rome have...
View ArticleNew Immune Defense Enzyme Discovered
A previously unknown serine protease forms part of the antibacterial defence arsenal of neutrophil granulocytes. Neutrophil granulocytes comprise important defences for the immune system. When...
View ArticleFluorescent Neural Cells from Monkey Skin Mature Into Several Types of Brain...
For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey’s skin into its brain and watched the cells develop into several types of mature brain cells, according to the...
View ArticleOne Gene, Many Mutations: Key That Controls Coat Color in Mice Evolved Nine...
For deer mice living in the Nebraska Sandhills, color can be the difference between life and death.When the dark-coated mice first colonized the region, they stood out starkly against the...
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