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Study reveals genetic change in esophageal mucous membrane lead to esophag
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Barrett oesophagus is a genetic mutation in the esophageal mucous membrane that can lead to esophageal cancer. If certain biomarkers, known as miDNA, which are extremely short DNA strands, are found in these tissue alterations, it could be an indication that this preliminary stage of esophag
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Scientists come up with new method to locate gene activity and proteins ac
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A new method can illuminate the identities and activities of cells throughout an organ or a tumour at unprecedented resolution, according to a study co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and the New York Genome Center.
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Research reveals new method for tracking gene activity across tissues
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The method, described in the study published journal 'Nature Biotechnology,' records gene activity patterns and the presence of key proteins in cells across tissue samples while retaining information about the cells' precise location. This allows for the creation of complex, data-rich "maps"
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Study finds how high-energy X-rays trace destruction in bone samples
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
X-rays cause damage to living tissue, there are clear medical reasons to limit your exposure to radiation. Researchers use increasingly powerful X-ray sources in basic research on the properties and characteristics of mineralised tissue samples such as bone.
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Study shows microglia cells colonize the human brain in waves
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research published today by the University of Southampton shows new insight into how our brain develops, which can pave the way for treating neurological disorders.
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Researchers reveal how cells sense their mechanical environment
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A research team at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life of TU Dresden and the University of California, Santa Barbara, reveals how cells sense their mechanical environment as they build tissues during embryogenesis.
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Tissue-specific immunity may be the future: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Recent pressure to maximize vaccine efficacy has stirred up many new discoveries within immunology, revealing numerous paradigms with untapped therapeutic potential.
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Researchers use technology to show organoids respond to external sensory s
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team of engineers and neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that human brain organoids implanted in mice have established functional connectivity to the animals' cortex and responded to external sensory stimuli. The implanted organoids reacted to visual stimuli in the same wa
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Study reveals how alveolar macrophages protect against viral infection
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The human immune system is a very intricate network of cells, signals, and reactions that is strictly regulated in order to ensure that the body can fight off infection without injuring its own tissues
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Researchers use 3D bioprinting to create eye tissue
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists used patient stem cells and 3D bioprinting to produce eye tissue that will advance understanding of the mechanisms of blinding diseases. The research team from the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, printed a combination of cells that form the
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Fatty liver disease adversely affects brain health: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists at the Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology, affiliated with King's College London and the University of Lausanne, discovered in a study examining the link between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and brain dysfunction that an accumulation of fat in the liver causes a d
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Concentration of surgery has improved operations for childhood cancer: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The sympathetic nervous system tumour known as neuroblastoma mainly affects young children. In the Netherlands, 25 kids are given this diagnosis per year. An essential component of the therapy strategy is surgery to remove the tumour tissue. Since November 2014, the Princess Maxima Center fo
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