News tagged with cell anemia
Researchers find key to keeping cells in shape
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University researchers have discovered how a protein within most cell membranes helps maintain normal cell size, a breakthrough in basic biology that has implications for a variety of ...
Induced pluripotent stem cells repair heart, study shows
Jul 20, 2009 |
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In a proof-of-concept study, Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be used to treat heart disease. iPS cells are stem cells converted from adult cells. In this study, the ...
Embryo's heartbeat drives blood stem cell formation
May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have long wondered why the embryonic heart begins beating so early, before the tissues actually need to be infused with blood. Two groups of researchers from Children's Hospital ...
Simulated gene therapy
Apr 29, 2009 |
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In a recent issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics, published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a group of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Los Alamos National Laboratory describe the fi ...
Genetic embryo screening: Questions grow along with number of procedures
Apr 05, 2009 |
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Karin Cohn carries a genetic defect that led a half-dozen members of her family to develop early breast or ovarian cancer. She firmly supports allowing families like hers to screen embryos for the defect to ensure no future ...
