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Heart muscle cells need exercise – even when they grow outside the human body
Heart muscle cells need exercise—even when they grow outside the human body.
A new device designed by U of T Engineering researchers uses a...
Retinoblastoma : Genetically modified virus is able to kill tumor
An international team of researchers reports that modifying an adenovirus a certain way made it an effective tumor killer in mice with retinoblastoma.
In...
Researchers have found protein that promotes small artery growth in damaged heart tissue
A collaboration between basic and clinical scientists at Stanford University has revealed a protein that promotes the growth of small arteries leading into oxygen-starved...
Researchers has found evidence that the birth process itself may play a role in...
A team of researchers at Neurochlore, Ben-Ari Institute of Neuroarcheology has found evidence suggesting that the birth process itself may play a role in...
Researchers have unlocked a key process that contributes to diseases
Monash researchers have unlocked a key process in all human cells that contributes to diseases like cancer and neurodegenerative diseases as well as ageing....
Scientists at deCODE genetics today publish the first genetic map of the human genome
Scientists at deCODE genetics in Iceland, a subsidiary of Amgen, today publish the first genetic map of the human genome developed using whole-genome sequence...
Why some people manage to stay thin while others gain weight easily ?
In the largest study of its kind to date, Cambridge researchers have looked at why some people manage to stay thin while others gain...
Sleep disruptions accelerates Alzheimer’s disease
Poor sleep has long been linked with Alzheimer's disease, but researchers have understood little about how sleep disruptions drive the disease.
Now, studying mice and...
Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in adolescents and young adults
Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in adolescents and young adults with uncontrolled asthma who are overweight or obese, according to...
Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) are implicated in neural tube defects
Mutations in a gene known as interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) that cause cleft lip and palate also are implicated in neural tube defects...
MIT researchers have developed a new cryptocurrency that drastically reduces by up to 99...
MIT researchers have developed a new cryptocurrency that drastically reduces the data users need to join the network and verify transactions—by up to 99...
SC-OCTA : the 3-D-imaging technique that detect subtle changes in capillary organization
More than 40 billion capillaries—tiny, hair-like blood vessels—are tasked with carrying oxygen and nutrients to the far reaches of the human body.
But despite...
Scientists have identified an enzyme that if excessively suppressed, can trigger renal failure
Scientists have identified an enzyme that is a "master regulator" of kidney function that if excessively suppressed, can trigger renal failure.
Their findings have...
Virtual reality : People think and behave differently in real life
Immersive virtual reality (VR) can be remarkably lifelike, but new UBC research has found a yawning gap between how people respond psychologically in VR...
A new drug shows potential to halt cancer cells’ growth by stunting the cells’...
The findings from scientists at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience and Nagoya University's Institute of Transformative BioMolecules (ITbM) advance a burgeoning area...
