New Yale Study Shows Paraoxonase 2 Facilitates Pancreatic Cancer Growth
New research from Yale University reveals that pancreatic cancer cells use glucose to survive and also to spread to other organs. Pancreatic cancer is a…
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Yale Study Shows PUM1 and PUM2 Help Older Brains Gain New Cells
A newly published study from Yale University identified two genes that are crucial to creation of neurons in the brain region responsible for learning and…
Study Shows Increased Functional DNA in Mitochondria Cures Male Infertility
In a mouse model, new research from the Max Planck Institute shows that a higher number of mitochondrial DNA-molecules can compensate for negative effects of…
Study Shows Lysosomes Greatly Accelerate Formation of Amyloid Plaques
New research from Yale University shows that increased lysosomes in neural projections in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s greatly accelerated formation of amyloid plaques. Lysosomes…
“Mini-Brains” Shed Light on How Imbalances Contribute to Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Using human pluripotent stem cells to grow an organoid called the human medial ganglionic eminence, Yale researchers shed light how the human brain evolved and…
New Yale Study Shows Protein Nlrp9b Recognizes Rotavirus and kills Viral Cells
New research from Yale University reveals that the protein Nlrp9b recognizes rotavirus and forms a complex inflammatory response to kill viral cells and prevent further…
A Possible New Treatment for Baldness, Regulatory T Cells Facilitate Hair Growth
Researchers reveal that regulatory T cells, a type of immune cell generally associated with controlling inflammation, directly trigger stem cells in the skin to promote…
Researchers Generate Blood-Forming Stem Cells in the Lab Using Pluripotent Stem Cells
For the first time, researchers have generated blood-forming stem cells in the lab using pluripotent stem cells, which can make virtually every cell type in…
Researchers Use Human Stem Cells to Create Model of the Human Kidney Glomerulus
A team of researchers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed an in vitro model of the human kidney glomerulus, which could…
Scientists Reveal Four Genes Linked to Cystic Diseases of the Kidney and Liver
New research from Yale University reveals four genes linked to cystic diseases of the liver and kidney. These findings provide a more complete definition of…
Yale Research Provides New Clues to How Cancer Cells Spread
New research from Yale University shows how a melanoma cell and a white blood cell can fuse to form a hybrid with the ability to…
Yale Scientists Track the Development of the Embryo
Scientists at Yale University have discovered a way to track the precise bits of RNA that control the development of the embryo into trillions of…
Inhibiting the AIM2 Pathway Could Potentially Limit Radiation Damage to Cells
New research from Yale University shows that a drug that blocks or inhibits the AIM2 pathway could potentially limit the deleterious side effect of chemotherapy…
Researchers Identify a New Way to Suppress Lung Tumors
A team of researchers has identified a new blocking mechanism that acts more like a dimmer switch and potently inhibits lung tumor cell growth. Lung…
New Yale Studies Explore the Science of Cardiovascular Diseases
Yale University scientists detail how basic science research insights are key to future breakthroughs in cardiovascular disease. Professor of cardiology Martin A. Schwartz led two…
Genomic Regions That Set Humans Apart From Other Primates Carry Many Autism-Linked Mutations
New research from Harvard Medical School suggests that mutations in genetic regulatory elements may be important in both autism spectrum disorder and human evolution. Small…
MIT Biologists Reveal How lncRNA Helps to Control Cell Fate
New research details how biologists from MIT deciphered the structure of one type of long noncoding RNA and used that information to figure out how…
UCSD Researchers Use Adenosine to Command Stem Cells to Build New Bone
A team of scientists from UC San Diego have discovered an easy and efficient way to coax human pluripotent stem cells to regenerate bone tissue…