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Researchers develop organoid that functions as real salivary gland

Researchers have successfully used induced pluripotent stem cells to grow a 3D salivary gland tissue that produces saliva when implanted in mice.

11 Oct 2018

Scientists succeed in growing functional salivary gland

A research group led by scientists from Showa University and the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan have, for the first time, succeeded in growing three-dimensional salivary gland tissue that, when implanted into mice, produced saliva like normal glands.

11 Oct 2018

A new way to create customized mouse models for studying brain development

Scientists studying how genetics impact brain disease have long sought a better experimental model. Cultures of genetically-modified cell lines can reveal some clues to how certain genes influence the development of psychiatric disorders and brain cancers.

11 Oct 2018

Common gene variants linked to migraine risk in African-American children

Pediatric researchers have discovered common gene variants associated with migraines in African-American children.

11 Oct 2018

Researchers design modeling system to infer relationships between genes, drugs, and their environment

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Washington has designed a modeling system that integrates genomic and temporal information to infer causal relationships between genes, drugs, and their environment, allowing for a more accurate prediction of their interactions over time.

11 Oct 2018

Research team awarded $3.6 million to assess safety of genome editing

As genome editing technologies quickly advance toward clinical therapies, they are raising hopes of a completely new way to treat disease. They are also bringing to light a number of challenges that need to be addressed before potential treatments can be widely used in patients.

11 Oct 2018

Inflammatory proteins in the colon increase in parallel with increasing weight, study shows

Studies in mice have demonstrated that obesity-induced inflammation contributes to the risk of colorectal cancer, but evidence in humans has been scarce.

11 Oct 2018

UK Biobank provides wealth of information for further genetic studies

There are 3.2 billion positions on the human genome and it requires a study of huge number of genetic variations in the populations to estimate the associations between genetic disorders and mutations. Two new studies have been published in the journal Nature.

11 Oct 2018

Prevalence of virulent K. pneumoniae strains among neonates is higher than was previously thought

The research was conducted by Kazan Federal University, Kazan State Medical University, City Clinical Children's Hospital N 1, and Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital.

10 Oct 2018

Molecular pathways underlying myopia open new ways for drug development

Myopia (nearsightedness) and hyperopia (farsightedness) develop through different molecular pathways, according to a new study publishing October 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Andrei Tkatchenko of Columbia University and colleagues.

10 Oct 2018

Gene types that drive racial disparities in myeloma identified

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified three specific gene types that account for a known two-to-three-fold increase in myeloma diagnoses among African-Americans.

10 Oct 2018

Discovery of gene mutation could offer benefit for people suffering from diabetes, heart disease, obesity

Researchers say they have discovered a gene mutation that slows the metabolism of sugar in the gut, giving people who have the mutation a distinct advantage over those who do not.

10 Oct 2018

Researchers aim to create more authentic organoids for drug testing, transplantation

Human embryos start as a tiny mass of cells that are all the same. The first step in growing from a homogenous ball of cells into a complex individual with distinct organs and tissues is for the cells to divide into distinct populations.

10 Oct 2018

Drug treatment at a young age could help reverse autism-like behavior in tuberous sclerosis

New research on autism has found, in a mouse model, that drug treatment at a young age can reverse social impairments. But the same intervention was not effective at an older age.

10 Oct 2018

Brown researchers uncover new clues about ALS progression

Brown University researchers have uncovered new clues about the progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a surprisingly common disease that causes the death of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles such as those involved in walking, talking, chewing or breathing.

10 Oct 2018

Micropeptide molecule could be promising gene therapy target to treat heart failure

Researchers have discovered a micropeptide molecule that can restore normal heart function in mice, according to a study in eLife.

10 Oct 2018

Healthy gut microbiome shown to be important for recovery after heart attack

The community of microorganisms that live in the human gut has been shown to confer all kinds of health benefits. Now, an international team of researchers has shown in mice that a healthy gut microbiome is important for recovery after a heart attack.

10 Oct 2018

New research projects aim to stop spread of African swine fever and prevent outbreak in the U.S.

African swine fever virus threatens to devastate the swine industry and is positioned to spread throughout Asia. The virus has spread throughout the Caucuses region of Eastern Europe and was reported in China in August. It recently was detected in wild boar in Belgium.

10 Oct 2018

Scientists identify new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease of sporadic origin

The objective of the research, undertaken in the laboratories of the IBPM, is to develop a model for studying Alzheimer's disease of sporadic origin, in other words, not due to a hereditary genetic mutation.

10 Oct 2018

Scientists discover pheromone-sensing gene that predates land-dwelling vertebrates

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have discovered a gene that appears to play a vital role in pheromone sensing. The gene is conserved across fish and mammals and over 400 million years of vertebrate evolution, indicating that the pheromone sensing system is much more ancient than previously believed.

10 Oct 2018

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Researchers develop organoid that functions as real salivary gland

Scientists succeed in growing functional salivary gland

A new way to create customized mouse models for studying brain development

Common gene variants linked to migraine risk in African-American children

Researchers design modeling system to infer relationships between genes, drugs, and their environment

Research team awarded $3.6 million to assess safety of genome editing

Inflammatory proteins in the colon increase in parallel with increasing weight, study shows

UK Biobank provides wealth of information for further genetic studies

Prevalence of virulent K. pneumoniae strains among neonates is higher than was previously thought

Molecular pathways underlying myopia open new ways for drug development

Gene types that drive racial disparities in myeloma identified

Discovery of gene mutation could offer benefit for people suffering from diabetes, heart disease, obesity

Researchers aim to create more authentic organoids for drug testing, transplantation

Drug treatment at a young age could help reverse autism-like behavior in tuberous sclerosis

Brown researchers uncover new clues about ALS progression

Micropeptide molecule could be promising gene therapy target to treat heart failure

Healthy gut microbiome shown to be important for recovery after heart attack

New research projects aim to stop spread of African swine fever and prevent outbreak in the U.S.

Scientists identify new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease of sporadic origin

Scientists discover pheromone-sensing gene that predates land-dwelling vertebrates

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