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Genomic map reveals differences underlying harmful and non-harmful fat

It's not just about how much - the location of where fat is stored in the body can have significant implications for human health.

9 Jul 2019

Zebrafish offers new clues to regenerating damaged cardiac tissue

Research into the hearts of zebrafish, a pet shop staple marked by their eponymous stripes, has shed light on ways the human heart muscle could be healed following damage.

26 Jun 2019

New study could change our understanding of how stem cells differentiate

A pioneering new study led by Florida State University biologists could fundamentally change our understanding of how embryonic stem cells differentiate into specific cell types.

24 Jun 2019

Researchers develop new technology for extracting cell development branching time

One of the greatest achievements of science in recent years is the technology for obtaining information about thousands of individual cells extracted from an organism.

30 May 2019

Johns Hopkins researchers develop method to map retinal cell development

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report they have created a method of mapping how the central nervous system develops by tracking the genes expressed in cells.

24 May 2019

Zebrafish may help researchers to use blood stem cells instead of bone marrow transplants

Blood diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma are currently treated with bone marrow transplants -- a transfer of blood stem cells from a healthy person to a patient in need.

21 May 2019

Study: All immature cells have potential to develop into stem cells

New sensational study conducted at the University of Copenhagen disproves traditional knowledge of stem cell development.

17 May 2019

Researchers identify gut protein essential for neonatal mice to fight infections

Scientists have identified a protein critical to the immune system development and antibody production in mice, which could contribute to understanding the gut defense mechanism in infants.

8 Apr 2019

Household dust may be contributing to childhood obesity epidemic

New research has found that chemicals found in household dust may promote fat cell development and contribute to increased weight gain in children.

1 Apr 2019

Cellular mechanism that connects smoking during pregnancy and baby’s obesity risk identified

Using foreskin tissue from newborn circumcisions, a group of researchers have identified a potential cellular mechanism that connects a mother's smoking while pregnant with an increased risk of offspring obesity later in life.

30 Mar 2019

Chemicals in household dust promote development of fat cells in cell model

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals present in household dust promote the development of fat cells in a cell model and could contribute to increased growth in children relative to their age, according to research to be presented Monday, March 25 at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in New Orleans, La.

25 Mar 2019

Scientists find highly promising therapeutic target for leukemia

Cancer cells consume sugar at a higher rate than healthy cells, but they're also hungry for amino acids, the building blocks of proteins and other biomolecules.

13 Mar 2019

Scientists shed light on key mechanism linked to development of healthy cells

Scientists have shed light on how healthy cells develop by identifying the role of key molecules involved.

8 Mar 2019

Researchers engineer stem cell with ‘suicide genes’ to induce cell death in all but beta cells

Researchers have been advancing methods to generate insulin-producing beta cells from pluripotent stem cells for the clinical treatment of type 1 diabetes.

20 Feb 2019

Study shows how 3D organization of genetic material helps perpetuate the species

From fathers to children, the delivery of hereditary information requires the careful packing of DNA in sperm. But just how nature packages this DNA to prepare offspring isn't clear.

19 Feb 2019

Researchers generate transplantable, functional B-1 cells from mice

Functional B-1 cells derived from mouse embryonic stem cells are capable of long-term engraftment and secrete natural antibodies after transplantation in mice, researchers report February 7 in the journal Stem Cell Reports.

8 Feb 2019

Bifacial stem cells appear to be responsible for the formation of wood

So-called bifacial stem cells are responsible for one of the most critical growth processes on Earth - the formation of wood.

23 Jan 2019

New evidence shows how fever alters immune cells

Fever is known to help power up our immune cells, and scientists in Shanghai have new evidence explaining how.

16 Jan 2019

Mechanisms behind neonatal diabetes uncovered

Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have described mechanisms linking chronic cellular stress to the poor development of the insulin-producing cells.

17 Dec 2018