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Stem cell proteins can regenerate bones

June 25, 2015
By using proteins from stem cells, scientists have developed a method to regrow bone tissue. A research team the Gladstone Institutes used proteins produced by stem cells rather than the...

New polymer key for artificial blood vessels

June 19, 2015
By using a specially created polymer, scientists have developed fully functioning artificial blood vessels. The research team, from the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology,...

Mini-lungs to help the study of cystic fibrosis

April 14, 2015
By using stem cells, scientists have created what they refer to as mini-lungs to aid cystic fibrosis studies. Scientists at the University of Cambridge used stem cells derived from the...

Disease-in-a-dish takes autism research to the next level

April 2, 2015
As a result of the delay in autism treatment, scientists propose ‘disease-in-a-dish’ approach to speed up the progress. A research team at the University of California in San Diego believe...

Stem cells to repair damaged tissue

April 1, 2015
Researchers have developed a method to grow stem cells that can repair damaged connective tissue.Scientists at the University of Manchester used rats with joint defects and grew embryonic stem cells...

Compound in grapes prevents memory loss

March 16, 2015
An antioxidant in grapes and peanuts may help prevent age-related decline in memory. A team at Texas A & M Health Science Center College of Medicine applied spatial learning and...

Funding for top scientists for pancreatic cancer treatment

March 11, 2015
Cancer Research UK, Stand Up To Cancer and The Lustgarten Foundation have collaborated to fund the Cancer Dream Team Translational Research Grant. They are now looking for top scientists to...

‘Call for Targets’ of respiratory diseases

March 2, 2015
MRC Technology has announced a ‘call for targets’ to find new therapeutics for the treatment of respiratory diseases. The MRC is looking for academic researchers worldwide to accelerate the treatment...

Genomic switches hidden in ‘Loop-ome’

January 14, 2015
By developing 3D maps of folded genomes scientists have discovered that a structural basis for gene regulation can produce different cell types. A team of researchers at Harvard University have...

Early detection of liver disease ‘non-existent’

November 28, 2014
Leading medical experts have warned that early detection of liver disease by GPs in the UK is “virtually non-existent”.A group of doctors and researchers have published a report in The...

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