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Surface tension drives segregation within cell mixtures
Oct 06, 2008 |
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What does a mixture of two different kinds of cells have in common with a mixture of oil and water? The same basic force causes both mixtures to separate into two distinct regions.
Scientists obtain clearer view of how eye lens proteins are sorted
Nov 03, 2009 |
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New research reveals how proteins that are critical for the transparency of the eye lens are properly sorted and localized in membrane bilayers. The study, published by Cell Press in the November 3rd issue of Biophysical Jo ...
Plant Scientists Develop New Cell-Sorting Technique
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Jun 04, 2008 |
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A new cell-sorting technique developed by University of Arizona plant scientists has the potential to enhance our understanding of how cells of all types work – or, in the case of diseases such as cancer, how they fail to ...
Researchers define ideal time for stem cell collection for Parkinson's disease therapy
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Researchers have identified a stage during dopamine neuron differentiation that may be an ideal time to collect human embryonic stem cells for transplantation to treat Parkinson's disease, according to data presented at Neuroscience ...
Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest ...
Engineers develop new way to fuse cells
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Jan 04, 2009 |
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MIT engineers have developed a new, highly efficient way to pair up cells so they can be fused together into a hybrid cell. The new technique should make it much easier for scientists to study what happens ...
On a 'roll': Researchers devise new cell-sorting system
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Mar 07, 2008 |
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Capitalizing on a cell’s ability to roll along a surface, MIT researchers have developed a simple, inexpensive system to sort different kinds of cells — a process that could result in low-cost tools to test for diseases such ...
A new method for bone-marrow-derived liver stem cells isolation and proliferation
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Great interest has been aroused in the identification and isolation of liver stem cells from bone marrow cells. Several subsets of bone marrow cells have been found to have the potential to differentiate into hepatocytes, ...
Scientists find new way to sort stem cells
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Dec 20, 2007 |
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UC Irvine scientists have found a new way to sort stem cells that should be quicker, easier and more cost-effective than current methods. The technique could in the future expedite therapies for people with conditions ranging ...
Newly identified cells make fat
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Oct 04, 2008 |
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To understand where fat comes from, you have to start with a skinny mouse. By using such a creature, and observing the growth of fat after injections of different kinds of immature cells, scientists at the ...
Environmental factors instruct lineage choice of blood progenitor cells
Jul 15, 2009 |
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The research team led by Dr. Timm Schroeder, stem cell researcher at Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany, has developed a new bioimaging method for observing the differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) at ...
How protein receptors on cells switch on and off
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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Cornell researchers have provided new insight into the molecular mechanism underlying an essential cellular system. They have discovered how receptors on cell surfaces turn off signals from the cell's environment, ...
Scientists identify human source of stem cells with potential to repair muscle
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Sep 04, 2007 |
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For the first time, scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have discovered a unique population of adult stem cells derived from human muscle that could be used to treat muscle injuries and diseases such as ...
Scientists sort cells with beams of light
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Separating out particular kinds of cells from a sample could become faster, cheaper and easier thanks to a new system developed by MIT researchers that involves levitating the cells with light.
Silencing of jumping genes in pollen
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, are to date the only research group in the world capable of isolating the sperm cells in the pollen grain of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This ...
