Increased Parkin Gene Levels Can Delay the Aging Process
In a new study, UCLA researchers increased parkin levels in the cells of fruit flies, discovering that this extended their life span by more than…
In a new study, UCLA researchers increased parkin levels in the cells of fruit flies, discovering that this extended their life span by more than…
In a newly published study, researchers detail how they controlled seizures in epileptic mice with the one-time transplantation of medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) cells. Epilepsy…
Scientists from Yale and UCL have identified a new mechanism that regulates VEGFR2 transport in vascular cells, opening new therapeutic opportunities for developing drugs to…
A newly published study from Yale University looks at longhorn beetle Rhagium inquisitor and its ability to supercool to below -25°C, examining the unusual structure…
While looking for lab-grown antibodies that can activate a growth-stimulating receptor on marrow cells, a team of scientists at the Lerner lab discovered a way…
Researchers at CWRU School of Medicine have discovered a new technique that converts fibroblasts into oligodendrocytes, enabling “on demand” production of myelinating cells. Researchers…
In a newly published study, a large team of biologists describe the genome of the western painted turtle, discovering clues how the painted turtle may…
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully put cancer into remission in mice without the…
In a new study, a team of scientists have shown that a single antibody shrinks variety of human tumors transplanted into mice, finding that anti-CD47…
For the first time, researchers have successfully mapped telomerase, finding that differences in the telomeric gene are associated both with the risk of various cancers…
In a new study, researchers transplanted human glial progenitor cells (GPCs) into mice, finding that the transplanted mice were more rapid learners and acquired new…
By using a laboratory technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, scientists have produce cloned embryos of the extinct frog Rheobatrachus silus. The genome of…
In a pre-clinical mouse model, VHIO scientists eliminated lung tumors by inhibiting the protein Myc. Previous studies had already shown that Myc was a key…
Focusing on a protein called von Willebrand factor (VWF), a team of scientists discovered how stresses of blood flow in small blood vessels of the…
Scientists at UC San Francisco discovered that rare somatic cells extracted from human breast tissue are pluripotent cells that could play an important role in…
A newly published study suggests that fat is stored in the body in two distinct ways and may lead to ways to prevent cells from…
Researchers at Rice University believe that combining natural toxins with man-made mirror drugs will create the drug equivalent of a one-two punch, “confusing” bacteria and…
A new study from researchers at Harvard University shows that rates of protein synthesis are affected by environmental perturbations, resulting in certain sequences that manufacture…