News tagged with mouse embryo
Discovery of genetic toggle switch inches closer to possible diabetes cure
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Scientists have identified a master regulator gene for early embryonic development of the pancreas and other organs, putting researchers closer to coaxing stem cells into pancreatic cells as a possible cure ...
Some neural tube defects in mice linked to enzyme deficiency
May 25, 2009 |
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Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However, folate prevents only about 70 percent of these defects.
Investigating the development of mechanosensitivity
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 22, 2009 |
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Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, have gained crucial insight into how mechanosensitivity arises. By measuring electrical impulses in the sensory neurons of mice, the ...
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Reprogrammed mouse fibroblasts can make a whole mouse
Jul 23, 2009 |
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In a paper publishing online July 23 in Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press journal, Dr. Shaorong Gao and colleagues from the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing, China, report an important advance in the charac ...
Scientists discover stage at which an embryonic cell is fated to become a stem cell
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Cambridge scientists have discovered the stage at which some of the cells of a fertilised mammalian egg are fated to develop into stem cells and why this occurs. The findings of the study, which overturn the long-held belief ...
A 'lab on a chip' to improve success of in vitro fertilization
Sep 01, 2008 |
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In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny "lab on a chip" to evaluate the fitness of embryos harvested for transfer. A report ...
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis may pose neurological risks
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has helped many couples conceive healthy children and is generally considered a safe practice. However, a new long-term analysis of PGD in mice suggests that this procedure may increase ...
Stem cell discovery sheds light on placenta development
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Researchers studying embryonic stem cells have explored the first fork in the developmental road, getting a new look at what happens when fertilized eggs differentiate to build either an embryo or a placenta.
The skeleton: Size matters
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Vertebrates have in common a skeleton made of segments, the vertebrae. During development of the embryo, each segment is added in a time dependent manner, from the head-end to the tail-end: the first segments to be added ...
Cloning the male genome may help infertile men
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Artificially replicating the male genome could help men with very low sperm counts become fathers, a scientist told the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (Tuesday 3 July).
Human stem cells can contribute to a developing mouse embryo, despite evolutionary differences
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Jul 17, 2006 |
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Using a newly derived line of human embryonic stem cells, Rockefeller University researchers have coaxed human cells to grow in mouse tissue.
Researchers Unlock Molecular Origin of Blood Stem Cells
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team led by Nancy Speck, PhD, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has identified the location and developmental timeline ...
Jumping genes discovery 'challenges current assumptions'
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Jumping genes do most of their jumping, not during the development of sperm and egg cells, but during the development of the embryo itself. The research, published this month in Genes and Development, "challenges standard assump ...
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