In a preliminary “proof of concept” study in rabbits, Johns Hopkins scientists safely and successfully delivered therapeutic stem cells via intramuscular…
Current preimplantation genetic diagnosis techniques can detect mutations in very small bits of genes or DNA, but, until now, it wasn't easy to detect…
Comparing 500,000 snippets of human DNA put scientists from the University of Bonn on the right track. A genetic variant on chromosome 8 occurs with…
Huntington's is one of 10 diseases in which a certain protein, different for each disease, contains polyglutamine, a stretch of repeating blocks of the amino…
Colorful poison frogs in the Amazon owe their great diversity to ancestors that leapt into the region from the Andes Mountains several times during the last 10…
Incipient sex chromosomes have been found in New Zealand's eponymous export, the kiwifruit. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have…
Buchnera are vital to the aphids well being as they provide essential amino acids that are scarce in its diet. Now research published in the open access…
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center are the first to identify the receptor, known as QseE, which resides in a diarrhea-causing strain of E coli. The…
The scientists discovered this new kind of electrical signal transmission system by applying a novel method: Filamentary electrodes were inserted through open…
As the first plant life to emerge from the water and develop on dry earth, bryophytes offer a unique opportunity for researchers to understand the development…
Understanding the function of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that provide life-long all components of our immune system requires research under physiological…
Engineers at Duke University have found that buckyballs hinder the ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to accumulate on the membranes used to filter…
RELEVANCE: This marks first time researchers have generated human iPS cells, successfully removed the potentially problematic reprogramming genes, and seen the…
Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered four rare mutations of a gene associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) that reduce the risk of developing the…
A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has identified a type of skeletal muscle stem cell that contributes to the repair of damaged muscles in mice,…
University of Washington (UW) researchers are helping to write the operating manual for the nano-scale machine that separates chromosomes before cell division….
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