Technologies give high-resolution 'snapshot' of cancer tissues
(Medical Xpress) -- Stanford researchers have melded tools and technologies from engineering, computer science and stem cell biology to analyze hundreds of individual cancer cells and draw the most...
View ArticleFish oil during pregnancy does not protect against excessive adipose tissue...
Is obesity in infants "programmed" in the womb? Previously, researchers assumed that consumption of "bad" fats during pregnancy contribute to excessive infant adipose tissue growth and that "good"...
View ArticleMicroRNAs link the pathways that control growth during animal development and...
Cellular mechanisms that enable healthy growth can spiral out of control and give rise to cancer. For this reason, signal transduction pathways that underlie cell growth are tightly regulated, with...
View ArticleCongenital disease linked to adipocyte development
(HealthDay)—Some patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL), who lack adipocytes and develop severe insulin resistance, have a defect in adipocyte development that can be partially...
View ArticleDesigning interlocking building blocks to create complex tissues: More...
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new "plug-and-play" method to assemble complex cell microenvironments that is a scalable, highly precise way to fabricate tissues...
View ArticleRetinoic acid gradient visualized for the first time in an embryo
In a ground-breaking study, researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan report a new technique that allows them to visualize the distribution of retinoic acid in a live zebrafish...
View ArticleScientists find potential new clues for identifying breast cancer risk
New research provides critical insights into how normal breast precursor cells may be genetically vulnerable to develop into cancer. The research is published June 4th in the inaugural issue of Stem...
View ArticleScientists make major advances important for cancer research
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made a major advancement in understanding tissue development that has important implications for cancer.
View Article3-D tissue engineering: Novel technique brings researchers closer to viable...
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a simple method of organizing cells and their microenvironments in hydrogel fibers. Their unique technology...
View ArticleNew source of fat tissue stem cells discovered
Researchers have found a new source of stem cells that produce fat tissue, findings presented today at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Wrocław, Poland, show. This unique in vitro human stem...
View ArticleGenomic 'dark matter' of embryonic lungs controls proper development of airways
It's a long way from DNA to RNA to protein, and only about two percent of a person's genome is eventually converted into proteins. In contrast, a much higher percentage of the genome is transcribed...
View ArticleResearchers discover how brain circuits can become miswired during development
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have uncovered a mechanism that guides the exquisite wiring of neural circuits in a developing brain—gaining unprecedented insight into the faulty circuits...
View ArticleExposure to BPA in developing prostate increases risk of later cancer
Early exposure to BPA (bisphenol A) – an additive commonly found in plastic water bottles and soup can liners – causes an increased cancer risk in an animal model of human prostate cancer, according to...
View ArticleStudy finds exposure to maternal antibodies affects behavior
Researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute have found that prenatal exposure to specific combinations of antibodies found only in mothers of children with autism leads to changes in the brain that...
View ArticleCells in the early embryo battle each other to death for becoming part of the...
Spanish researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have found that during the early stages of mammalian development, embryonic cells embark on a battle for survival....
View ArticleNerves play key role in triggering prostate cancer and influencing its spread
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that nerves play a critical role in both the development and spread of prostate tumors. Their findings, using both a...
View ArticleCellular 'stress sensor' that also modulates metabolism could offer...
An organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) helps to process newly synthesized proteins destined for delivery to the cell membrane. When the ER becomes overloaded and begins to accumulate poorly...
View ArticleStem cells found in gum tissue can fight inflammatory disease
Stem cells found in mouth tissue can not only become other types of cells but can also relieve inflammatory disease, according to a new Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC study in the Journal of Dental...
View ArticlePrelamin A protein causes accelerated ageing disorders and also prevents the...
Researchers have found that a protein responsible for accelerated aging disorders can dramatically slow down the spread of cancers.
View ArticleFinding cellular causes of lung-hardening disease
(Medical Xpress)—Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, or IPF, is an incurable lung disease that, over time, turns healthy lung tissue into inflexible scar tissue – hardening the lungs and eventually causing...
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