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New TSRI study may bring doctors closer to using gene therapies to grow, repair tendons

With the Rio Olympics just weeks away, many are wondering how Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt will perform.

19 Jul 2016

Salk scientists propose new molecular criteria for generating naïve stem cells

Salk scientists and colleagues have proposed new molecular criteria for judging just how close any line of laboratory-generated stem cells comes to mimicking embryonic cells seen in the very earliest stages of human development, known as naïve stem cells.

17 Jul 2016

Scientists use machine learning to interpret mosquito genome

Scientists are using machine learning to identify important sequences of DNA within the mosquito genome that regulate how the insect's cells develop and behave.

12 Jul 2016

European Commission approves extended indication for Amgen's Kyprolis (carfilzomib) for the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma patients

Amgen has announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved a variation to the marketing authorization for Kyprolis® (carfilzomib) to include use in combination with dexamethasone alone for adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy. The extended indication marks the second approval for Kyprolis by the EC in less than a year.

6 Jul 2016

Endometrial scratching in women appears to increase chance of clinical pregnancy, live birth

There is a much disputed claim that "injury" to the lining of the uterus - whether inadvertent or deliberate - increases the chance of embryo implantation and thus the chance of pregnancy in certain groups of women having IVF.

4 Jul 2016

Mitochondrial DNA levels may represent accurate, predictive measure of embryo viability in IVF

Despite the claims and counter-claims for new embryo assessment techniques introduced over the past two decades, the search for the holy grail of assisted reproduction - the key to the embryo destined to implant - continues.

4 Jul 2016

Adjunct therapy with human growth hormone in IVF shows no apparent benefit in women

Despite its occasional use as an adjunct in IVF, human growth hormone appears of little benefit to women having difficulty conceiving.

4 Jul 2016

Study could offer new ways to enhance cancer immunotherapy

When an immune T cell divides into two daughter cells, the activity of an enzyme called mTORC1, which controls protein production, splits unevenly between the progeny, producing two cells with different properties.

4 Jul 2016

Biologists elucidate function of Pentagone protein in fruit fly

How do the cells in a human embryo know where they are located in the body and how they should develop? Why do certain cells form a finger while others do not? Freiburg biologists have explained the mechanisms that control these steps by showing why veins form at particular points in the wing of a fruit fly.

29 Jun 2016

Researchers identify set of genes that play vital role in early human development

Oxford University researchers are closer to solving a decade-old mystery after discovering that a set of genes they are studying play a key role in early human development.

29 Jun 2016

Compounds extracted from parsley and dill seeds may help fight cancer

A team of Russian scientists from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, the Institute of Developmental Biology, and the Institute of Cell Biophysics proposed an efficient approach to a novel agents with anticancer activity.

29 Jun 2016

Disrupted fetal immune system increases later risk of neurodevelopmental diseases

Disrupted fetal immune system development, such as that caused by viral infection in the mother, may be a key factor in the later appearance of certain neurodevelopmental disorders.

28 Jun 2016

Researchers uncover new clues about role of glucosamine in early embryonic development

Most pregnant women with well-controlled diabetes give birth to healthy children. But their babies run much higher risks of birth defects than babies born to women without diabetes, because very early in embryonic development, the babies are exposed to higher levels of glucose in maternal blood.

23 Jun 2016

Investigators find ways to improve patient-practitioner communication in fertility clinics

One in every eight couples struggles to conceive or maintain a pregnancy. In Charlotte, at least 4,000 people seek infertility treatment every year. As such, the city has become a hub of knowledge and resources for patients diagnosed with infertility.

17 Jun 2016

Researchers highlight gene loss as potential process of genetic change, evolutionary adaption

"Loss is nothing else but change and change is nature's delight" says the quote by the philosopher and emperor Marcus Aurelius, which opens the scientific article that analyses the gene loss phenomenon and its impact on the evolution of living beings.

16 Jun 2016

Prkci gene plays role in organizing cells during early embryo, organ formation

$Sostdc1 gene may play vital role in fracture healing process$

Sostdc1 gene may play vital role in fracture healing process

New identification of a gene involved in the fracture healing process could lead to the development of new therapeutic treatments for difficult-to-heal injuries.

2 Jun 2016

Embryo News and Research

New TSRI study may bring doctors closer to using gene therapies to grow, repair tendons

Salk scientists propose new molecular criteria for generating naïve stem cells

Scientists use machine learning to interpret mosquito genome

European Commission approves extended indication for Amgen's Kyprolis (carfilzomib) for the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma patients

Endometrial scratching in women appears to increase chance of clinical pregnancy, live birth

Mitochondrial DNA levels may represent accurate, predictive measure of embryo viability in IVF

Adjunct therapy with human growth hormone in IVF shows no apparent benefit in women

Study could offer new ways to enhance cancer immunotherapy

Biologists elucidate function of Pentagone protein in fruit fly

Researchers identify set of genes that play vital role in early human development

Compounds extracted from parsley and dill seeds may help fight cancer

Disrupted fetal immune system increases later risk of neurodevelopmental diseases

Researchers uncover new clues about role of glucosamine in early embryonic development

Investigators find ways to improve patient-practitioner communication in fertility clinics

Researchers highlight gene loss as potential process of genetic change, evolutionary adaption

Prkci gene plays role in organizing cells during early embryo, organ formation

Study shows similarity between embryonic and reprogrammed stem cells

Lack of signaling protein CXCR4 may halt cancer development

New IVF-based technique can reduce risk of mothers passing on mitochondrial disease to infants

Sostdc1 gene may play vital role in fracture healing process

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