Like a zipper — how cells form new blood vessels
Blood vessel formation relies on the ability of vascular cells to move while remaining firmly connected to each other. This
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Blood vessels instruct brain development: Neurovascular communication in the brain
Function and homeostasis of the brain relies on communication between the complex network of cells, which compose this organ. Consequently,
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Cells agree: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
We’ve all heard the expression: “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Now, research led by a Salk Institute scientist
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This matrix delivers healing stem cells to injured elderly muscles: Muscular dystrophy patients could someday also benefit from this hydrogel successfully tested in mice
A car accident leaves an aging patient with severe muscle injuries that won’t heal. Treatment with muscle stem cells from
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New CRISPR technique skips over portions of genes that can cause disease
In a new study in cells, University of Illinois researchers have adapted CRISPR gene-editing technology to cause the cell’s internal
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New details in how sense of smell develops: Findings could help determine how dogs evolved such good noses
Dogs, known for their extraordinarily keen senses of smell, can be trained to use their sensitive sniffers to find drugs,
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Tbx6 revealed as crucial to heart and skeleton formation from stem cells
Many studies have attempted to identify a single transcription factor that can induce formation of mesoderm, an early layer in
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How chronic infections can outsmart the immune system
Like many chronic infections, visceral leishmaniasis thwarts the immune system’s defenses so it can settle comfortably into its host. Responsible
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World-First Clinical Trial For Parkinson’s Disease To Inject Special Stem Cells Directly Into Patients’ Brains
A unique treatment for Parkinson’s disease is about to be tested in Japan, with the first clinical trial scheduled to
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A new milestone in laboratory grown human brain tissue: Researchers generate missing cell type in brain ‘organoids’
A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than
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