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image: Enlarged view of the co-culture system view more  Credit: Advanced Science Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a systematic multi-organ metabolic disease, which is characterized by dynamic interplay among different organs. Pancreatic islet-liver axis is closely associated with normal glucose regulation and homeostasis maintenance. The dysfunction of the interplay between these…

Regulatory RNAs involved in nerve cell signaling and structure were altered in cell and mouse models of Rett syndrome, with these changes also evident in tissue from deceased patients, a study reported. These findings aid in understanding the biological processes impaired in Rett and may reveal potential biomarkers to help…

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24 January 2022 A hidden component of the CRISPR/Cas3 genome editing system, which is essential for it to work, has been discovered by scientists. The CRISPR/Cas3 family of genome editing systems is similar to other CRISPR families but can uniquely make larger and more accurate changes to DNA (see BioNews…

Reliable production of high-quality iPS cells enables their increasingly efficient utilization in biomedical applications. Credit: Ras Trokovic, University of Helsinki Researchers at the University of Helsinki have developed a new, faster and more reliable technique for reverting human cells to the stem cell state. Pluripotent stem cells are a key…

Schematic of hiPSCs derived multi-organoid-on-chip system to model human liver-pancreatic islet axis in vitro. Credit: Tao Tingting Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a systematic multi-organ metabolic disease, which is characterized by dynamic interplay among different organs. Pancreatic islet-liver axis is closely associated with normal glucose regulation and homeostasis maintenance. The…

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River BioMedics Raises Seed Investment to Progress its Cardiovascular Disease Programs • Eur 1.8 million seed funding to progress its pipeline of cardiovascular disease targets • Company appoints Nicky Cooper as its Chief Executive Officer • Financing round co-led by FIRST Fund, KIKK Capital and Oost NL Enschede, The Netherlands,…

Hi everyone, Wondering if someone can provide me with some guidance. I have previously sequenced 4 skin cancers using 10X chemistries and I would like to combine them into one dataset. My research question is to look at cancer stem cell populations, so I will need sensitivity. I have done…

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pluristyx, Inc., an advanced therapy tools and services biotechnology company, panCELLa, a privately held biotechnology company, and Implant Therapeutics, a developer of genetically engineered stem cells, today announced they have entered into a manufacturing and distribution strategic alliance that offers cell therapy companies streamlined access to the next generation…

1.Fintech With sustained growth, driven by a digital finance and payment market in the midst of a revolution, fintech companies are showing their full potential for development, driving more and more employment in the professional segment. In this context, fintech companies continue to open more and more searches since many…

Figure 1. Urea metabolism is impaired in patient-derived human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) differentiated into hepatocytes (hiPSC-Heps). (A) Scheme showing the urea cycle detoxifying ammonia (NH4+) into nontoxic urea in five consecutive urea cycle enzyme (UCE)–mediated reactions in mitochondria in hepatocytes. (B) Urea secretion in four control hiPSC-Hep lines (Ctrl_1-4)…

Chapter contents Book contents Volume 16 in Advances in Stem Cell Biology 2022, Pages 197-224 doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85767-3.00001-3Get rights and content Abstract In this chapter, an overview of various applications of induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) is given. This chapter focuses on the uses of iPSCs in inherited diseases and, particularly, in the…

Conflicting results suggest a missing variant In order to narrow down candidates for the causal genetic variant, we performed genome-wide association mapping separately in individual lake populations (previously, association mapping was only performed across the whole species flock5). Interestingly, despite clear association peaks in the crater lakes (Fig. 1a, b), the…

doi.org/10.1016/j.scr.2021.102634Get rights and content Abstract The features of 16p11.2 deletion phenotype is developmental delay, intellectual disability, and autism spectrum disorder. Seizures are observed in approximately 20% of individuals with the microdeletion. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were generated from erythroblasts obtained from a child diagnosed with benign familial infantile epilepsy,…

Out laboratory has derived mEPSCs from mESCs, which represents a breakthrough in stem cell research. Unlike the standard pluripotent stem cells, mEPSCs can contribute to both embryonic and extra-embryonic lineages in the chimera assay (Yang et al., 2017a). In the development of EPSC culture conditions, many small molecules are tested…

EXAM 21.In the Stringent Response, bacterial rRNA, tRNA, and protein synthesis temporarilycease in response to depleted nutrients in the cell. The stringent response is initiated inthe cell due to:a.an excess of aminoacyl-tRNA that accumulates due to a block in translationb.accumulation of cyclic-AMP in the cellc.metabolite inhibition of isoenzyme function in…

News Release Tuesday, January 11, 2022 Use of patient-derived stem cells will enable high-throughput drug screening for potential therapeutics. Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed the first patient-derived stem cell model for studying eye conditions related to oculocutaneous albinism (OCA). The model’s development is described in…

Fig. 1: Ladder-seq uses mRNA length information to aid transcriptome reconstruction. Credit: DOI: 10.1038/s41587-021-01136-7 LMU researchers have developed a method to extract more information from sequencing data. This will afford deeper insights into biology. Higher organisms store their genetic material in the nuclei of cells as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In…

The development of physiologically relevant human models for neurological diseases remains a challenge for pre-clinical drug discovery. With the emergence of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) technology, it is now possible to design and manufacture cell types that are critical players in neural disease pathogenesis, such as neurons, astrocytes…

The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine’s (YJBM’s) December 2021 issue on rare disease has been published on PubMed Central. This focus issue features articles on just a few of the estimated 7,000 rare diseases people in the world experience. As we get closer to Rare Disease Day on February…

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H.C. Wainwright BioConnect 2022 Conference January 10-13, 2022 Biotech Showcase Virtual Conference January 17-19, 2022 CRANFORD, N.J., Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Citius” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CTXR), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of first-in-class critical care products with a focus on…

Abstract Nuclear noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are key regulators of gene expression and chromatin organization. The progress in studying nuclear ncRNAs depends on the ability to identify the genome-wide spectrum of contacts of ncRNAs with chromatin. To address this question, a panel of RNA–DNA proximity ligation techniques has been developed. However,…

p57 suppressed the proliferation of mESCs. (a) The growth curve of control () and p57 knockdown (shp57, ) mESCs. (b, c) EdU staining results of control () and p57 knockdown (shp57, ) mESCs cultured for 48 h. (d) Real-time PCR analyses of pcna, Cyclin A, and Cyclin E expression levels of…

1. Singh, A. et al. Phytochemical profile of sugarcane and its potential health aspects. Pharmacogn. Rev. 9, 45–54 (2015). CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  2. Eggleston, G. Positive aspects of cane sugar and sugar cane derived products in food and nutrition. J. Agric. Food Chem. 66, 4007–4012 (2018). CAS …

DepartmentDepartment of Histology and Embryology  – Faculty of MedicineDeadline 28 Feb 2022Start date Jully 2022Job type full-timeJob field Science and research Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, invites excellent scientists to apply for Postdoc position in Bioinformatics in Stem Cell Neurobiology   Description: The Department of Histology and Embryology is…

During a Targeted OncologyTM Case-Based Roundtable event, Elizabeth A. Brem, MD, an assistant professor in Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine at UC Irvine Health in Los Angeles, CA, moderated a discussion about a 43-year-old woman with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Targeted Oncology™: What therapeutic options would you consider at…

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells that have indefinite self-renewal capacities under appropriate culture conditions in vitro. The pluripotency maintenance and proliferation of these cells are delicately governed by the concert effect of a complex transcriptional regulatory network. Herein, we discovered that p57Kip2 (p57), a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor…

Department Department of Histology and Embryology – Faculty of Medicine Deadline 28 Feb 2022 Start date Jully 2022 Job type full-time Job field Science and research Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, invites excellent scientists to apply for Postdoc position in Bioinformatics in Stem Cell Neurobiology   Description: The Department of…

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EDIT-301 is in development as a transformative, one-time treatment for people living with transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia Editas Medicine will initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in 2022 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a leading genome editing company, today announced that the U.S….

1. Yin H, Price F, Rudnicki MA. Satellite cells and the muscle stem cell niche. Physiol Rev. 2013;93(1):23–67. CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  2. Hoppeler H, Fluck M. Plasticity of skeletal muscle mitochondria: structure and function. Med Sci Sport Exer. 2003;35(1):95–104. CAS  Google Scholar  3. Astruc T: Carcass Composition,…

Clemson researcher Chris Saski admits sending the University’s iconic Tiger Paw to space aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is, quite literally, “an out-of-this-world experience.”  But it’s the potential for the experiments in the flight hardware to which the Paw is attached that truly excites him. Saski’s cotton regeneration research, adorned…

Unformatted text preview: SWI-Prolog as a Semantic Web Tool for semantic querying in Bioclipse: Integration and performance benchmarking Samuel Lampa June 2, 2010 Abstract The huge amounts of data produced in new high-throughput techniques in the life sciences, and the need for integration of heterogeneous data from disparate sources in…

Do you hold a PhD in Data Science or a relevant field? Are you someone with good interpersonal and communication skills? Do you have expertise in teaching and spent some years as a Postdoc/Research Fellow? Mō Te Herenga Waka – About our University Te Herenga Waka…

Two research projects focused on developing gene-editing therapies for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2) — both launched with seed monies from the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association-Strategy to Accelerate Research (CMTA-STAR) program — have now been awarded additional funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). According to a CMTA press release, these NIH…

Abstract Background: Astrocytes play important roles in the function and survival of neuronal cells. Dysfunctions of astrocytes are associated with numerous disorders and diseases of the nervous system, including motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based approaches are becoming increasingly important for…

13 December 2021 Gene expression during early development of primordial germ cells (PGCs) is sex-specific. Research led by Professor Petra Hajkova from the Reprogramming and Chromatin research group at the Medical Research Council London Institute of Medical Sciences has shown for the first time that germ cells, which give rise…

Dataset The dataset we used for training, validation and testing is the DeepHF dataset [17]. We extracted 55604, 58617, 56888 sgRNAs with activity (represented by insertion/deletion (indel)) for WT-SpCas9, eSpCas9(1.1) and SpCas9-HF1, respectively, from its source data, and use the same partition method to divide train set and test set….

6 of 10 Patients Naïve to Treatment with Autologous CAR T-cell Therapy Continue in Ongoing Response at Median Follow-up of 9.1 Months, including 4 Patients with >6 Months Follow-up, at ≥90 Million FT516 Cells per Dose 3 of 8 Patients Previously Treated with Autologous CAR T-cell Therapy Achieve Complete Response…

Real-world data on tisagenlecleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma was consistent with the phase 2 JULIET trial, demonstrating favorable efficacy and safety. Real-world data on the use of tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) showed greater efficacy and a favorable safety profile, according to updated findings from a study of the Center for…

Cell therapy, a relatively new and expensive treatment for certain blood cancers, might soon dislodge a decades-old standard of care for people with a common type of lymphoma that’s returned after initial drugs fail. Results from two late-stage studies, presented over the weekend at the American Society of Hematology’s annual…

Treatment with tafasitamab (Monjuvi) and lenalidomide (Revlimid) provided an overall survival (OS) benefit vs standard options in a population of patients with autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT)–ineligible relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), according to findings from an expanded analysis of RE-MIND2 study (NCT04697160) that was presented at the 2021…

doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab1221. Online ahead of print. Yang Yang  1   2 , Liwei Zhang  3 , Chaoyang Xiong  2 , Jun Chen  2   4   5 , Li Wang  6 , Zengqi Wen  2   5 , Juan Yu  2 , Ping Chen  4 , Yanhui Xu  6 , Jingji Jin  1   7   8 , Yong Cai …

​​​​​​​MorphoSys and Incyte Announce Additional Real-World Evidence Results from RE-MIND2 Study of Tafasitamab (Monjuvi(R)) in Combination with Lenalidomide for the Treatment of r/r DLBCL 11.12.2021 / 18:00 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. MorphoSys and Incyte Announce Additional Real-World Evidence Results from RE-MIND2 Study of…

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have huge potential in regenerative medicine research and industrial applications. However, building automatic method without using cell staining technique for iPSCs identification is an important challenge. To improve the efficiency of producing iPSCs, we build an accurate and noninvasive iPSCs colonies detection method via ensemble…

PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced the first disclosure of results from a prespecified interim analysis of the pivotal TRANSFORM study, a global, randomized, multicenter, Phase 3 study evaluating Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel; liso-cel), a CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, as a second-line treatment in…

The phase 3 TRANSFORM study (NCT03575351) showed that patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) had a clinically meaningful improvement in event-free survival (EFS) compared with the standard of care (SOC) when treated with liscocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel), according to prespecified interim results that were presented at the 2021…

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. December 11, 2021 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) — – RE-MIND2 compared patient outcomes from pivotal L-MIND study with matched patient populations treated with NCCN/ESMO recommended therapies – Results from the retrospective cohort analysis indicate significant overall survival improvement…

December 11, 2021 2 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Source: Kamdar M, et al. Abstract 91. Presented at: ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition; Dec. 11-14, 2021. Disclosures: Kamdar reports consultant/advisory or speakers bureau roles with AbbVie, Adaptive Biotechnologies, ADC Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, Genentech, Karyopharm…

December 11, 2021 3 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Source: Locke FL, et al. Abstract 2. Presented at: ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition; Dec. 11-14, 2021. Disclosures: Kite Pharma sponsored this study. Leslie reports advisory board, consultant or speakers bureau roles with AbbVie, AstraZeneca, BeiGene, Celgene/Bristol Myers…

The combination of tafasitamab (Monjuvi) and lenalidomide (Revlimid) prolonged median overall survival (OS) compared with other standard options for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT)-ineligible patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), according to a closely matched expanded analysis of the observational, retrospective RE-MIND2 (NCT04697160) study presented at the…

A group of scientists at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has used separate lines of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to create stomach organoids with a three-layered structure and gastric function such as smooth muscle contraction and glandular secretion. The team reported its results in the December 2021, issue of…

In 2006, Kazutoshi Takahashi and Shinya Yamanaka made a revolutionary breakthrough when they reprogrammed terminally differentiated, lineage-restricted adult somatic cells into a pluripotent state via the expression of transcription factors Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc.1 Now, researchers can differentiate reprogrammed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into any cell type and…

Bioinformatics Librarian University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that…

Organ-on-a-chip technology has provided a push to discover new drugs for a variety of rare and ignored diseases for which current models either don’t exist or lack precision. In particular, these platforms can include the cells of a patient, thus resulting in patient-specific discovery. As an example, even though sickle…

The combination of obinutuzumab (Gazyva) with polatuzumab vedotin (Polivy) or lenalidomide (Revlimid; Pola-G-Len) achieved high responses in patients with heavily pretreated refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) in a phase 1b/2 clinical trial. “Our findings demonstrated that the regimen of Pola-G-Len was safe and had a high level of activity in relapsed…

Introduction According to the cancer statistics reported in 2020, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the main type of Primary Carcinoma of the Liver and the second leading causes of cancer-related death globally, with a five-year survival rate < 20%.1 Currently, surgical resection, a standard therapy for HCC, contributes to the prognosis…

This article was originally published here CRISPR J. 2021 Dec 8. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2021.0075. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the Arylsulfatase-A (ARSA) gene. The enzyme plays a key role in sulfatide metabolism in brain cells, and its deficiency leads…

Introduction Invaded by exogenous or endogenous pathogens, the host immune system will be activated accordingly to resist harm and maintain homeostasis, which includes innate immunity and adaptive immunity. As the first line of host immune defense, innate immunity plays a critical role in recognizing extracellular and intracellular pathogens (1, 2)….

  Scientists have obtained stem cells from pigs, sheep, and cattle without the need for serum, feeder cells, or antibiotics to pave the way for “manufacturing cell-cultured meat and breeding enhanced livestock”. The researchers for the study were mainly from the University of Nottingham’s School of Biosciences in the UK,…

A team of scientists at Koc University in Turkey has created three new cell models of Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) derived from patients with repeat expansions in their FXN gene. The models “will facilitate studies to understand molecular mechanisms related to FRDA [Friedreich’s ataxia] pathology [disease processes] as well as therapeutic investigations…

Category Research / Academic Location Amsterdam We are looking for a motivated PhD student with strong background in human cell culture systems and omics data handling for toxicity testing to develop research within the NWA-ORC project Virtual Human Platform for Safety assessment (VHP4Safety.nl). Your duties Optimize and characterize human induced…

Whether smoked, eaten, or merely smelled wafting in through an open window, cannabis enjoys a special kind of fame — it is used all over the world, it is instantly recognizable, and it provokes as much controversy as it does enthusiasm. This distinct spot in the human psyche is to do…

Genome organization and structure of O. laetus The MiSeq data of BTI and CBE samples of O. laetus was submitted to the NCBI SRA database under the accession numbers SRR11024516 and SRR11024517, respectively. The study was done to understand whether there exists a different species of the genus Oxycarenus similar…

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ATLANTA ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center‘s Research Highlights provides a glimpse into basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts. This special edition features presentations at the 2021 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting on innovative targeted therapies, new combination approaches, and novel…

Job Details Lee Placito Fellowship in Bioinformatics Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington, Oxford Grade 7: £33,309 – £40,927 per annum Contract type: Fixed term for 3 years Hours: Full-time About the role We are looking for an enthusiastic bioinformatician who has an interest in…

Abstract With the wide adoption of genomic sequencing in children having seizures, an increasing number of SCN2A genetic variants have been revealed as genetic causes of epilepsy. Voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2, encoded by gene SCN2A, is predominantly expressed in the pyramidal excitatory neurons and supports action potential (AP) firing. One…

DUBLIN, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “CRISPR Market – Forecasts from 2021 to 2026” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com‘s offering. The global CRISPR market is evaluated at US$0.979 billion for the year 2019 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 35.96% to reach a market size…

News and research before you hear about it on CNBC and others. Claim your 1-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. Boca Raton, Florida and Jerusalem, Israel–(Newsfile Corp. – September 20, 2021) – NovelStem International Corp. (OTC Pink: NSTM), a biotechnology company focused on the stem cell-based technology platform developed…

Introduction Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common genitourinary system malignant tumor in men worldwide. In Asian countries, many patients with PCa are often diagnosed at an advanced stage maybe mostly because of a large population base with relatively backward economic development and imperfect cancer screening system of…

Solanum havanense Jacq. is a rare find, but worth the discovery. Solanum havanense Jacq.SOLANACEAE DescriptionNot to be mistaken for the spineless Solanum nitidum with long narrow leaves that can be found between Central Ecuador to Chili, our compact woody shrub is also a spineless Solanum and is considered rare in…

Job Code and Payroll Title009403 BIOINFORMATICS PROGR 1 Job SummaryA smart hardworking individual with very strong communication and organizational skills is sought by the UCSF MS EPIC Study to serve as a Junior Biostatistics Analyst. Under direct supervision, individual will apply professional bioinformatics concepts and computational procedures to complete projects related…

Students Aarthi Vijayakumar, Rebecca Li, Michelle Sung and David Li won the competition in 2018, and their project became the Genes in Space-6 experiment. The student team’s investigation made history. For the first time in space, NASA astronauts successfully edited DNA using CRISPR/Cas9 technology while working on the Genes in…

Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is a global issue associated with an increased and often unrestricted antibiotic use in clinical settings, which leads to the dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) in healthcare facilities (World Health Organization, 2017).1 CRE constitutes a large group of bacteria with different mechanisms for drug resistance. Among them,…

Connor Dalby is in many ways your typical 12-year-old boy. He loves dipping his feet in the cool of the ocean and cruising on his bike through his Oceanside neighborhood. He’s mischievous, and he’s got a way of sticking out his chin and grinning madly when goofing off, blue eyes…

CRISPR illustration. Credit: National Institutes of Health A compact and efficient CRISPR-Cas system, named CasMINI, could be broadly useful for cell-engineering and gene-therapy applications because it is easier to deliver into cells. The findings appear in a study that was published on September 3, 2021, in the journal Molecular Cell….

University of Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, located in Norman, Oklahoma. Source: Pure Seed Mowing down the competition takes effort, but breeding turfgrass for athletic fields brings a new, creative challenge to the industry. Attitudes about the appropriate playing surface for athletic fields have evolved in recent years, resulting…

Humidity – high, Air Plants, Bromeliads, Flowering Plants, Foliage Plants, Garden Plants, Indoor Plants Keep geraniums in winter. For medium sized aquariums it is much better placed as a midground plant only use as a background plant in smaller aquariums. Another nice aspect of . In their natural habitat, most…

Significance A great challenge for humanity is feeding its growing population while minimizing ecosystem damage and climate change. Here, we uncover the global benefits arising from the introduction of one wild species accession to peanut-breeding programs decades ago. This work emphasizes the importance of biodiversity to crop improvement: peanut cultivars…

The park’s vision of bringing back ancient grasslands is “an exciting hypothesis,” says University of Maine palaeoecologist Jacquelyn Gill, based on the effects that today’s elephants have on their habitats. However, she cautions that researchers still don’t know the full details of how woolly mammoths’ ecosystems functioned, which complicates efforts…

Students at the historically Black Hampton University in Virginia cheer their graduation after an address by former US president Barack Obama.Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post/Getty More than 100 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) operate across the United States, most dating to the late 1800s, when they were founded in…

Harvard scientist George Church, a pioneer of both DNA sequencing and gene editing, has been talking in the press for more than a decade about the possibility of bringing the extinct woolly mammoth back to life. It’s been the subject of magazine articles, books, and, of course, a TEDx talk….

Thinking of doing your PhD in the Life Sciences? The International PhD Programme (IPP) on Gene Regulation, Epigenetics & Genome Stability is offering talented students the chance to work at the cutting edge of research. As an IPP PhD student, you will join a community of exceptional scientists working on…

Kayla Bertholf Science and Environment Editor   Sobika Thapa ‘23, Computer Science What was your summer experience/internship called? I interned as an user interface design (UI/UX) intern for a software company in Nepal. Give a summary of your experience. During my internship, I participated in user research and interaction studies,…

Sequencing the human genome -; a feat accomplished in 2003 -; provided the list of ingredients that make up a human being, but not the instructions that explain how those ingredients are used by each cell type to create complex “meals.” In other words, just because we know the sequence…

Sequencing the human genome — a feat accomplished in 2003 — provided the list of ingredients that make up a human being, but not the instructions that explain how those ingredients are used by each cell type to create complex “meals.” In other words, just because we know the sequence…

Stem cell therapy comes with its own set of challenges despite being a revolutionary discovery in modern healthcare. As we know, AI has several applications in the deep and diverse field of healthcare. So, stem cell AI’s incredible capabilities can overcome those challenges and truly improve stem cell therapy in…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Genetic muscle diseases lead to progressive muscle wasting and often early death, with few treatment options and no cure. Some gene therapies that use a harmless virus to deliver a functioning copy of a disease-causing gene to cells have shown promise in clinical trials for a…

An examination of how aspects of the sequencing and analysis process can influence efforts to detect cancer mutations in clinical samples is reported in Nature Biotechnology this week, highlighting the need for reproducibility and accuracy in precision oncology. While the falling costs of next-generation sequencing have led to a rise…

Researchers identified three subtypes of lung cancer among never smokers with the disease, who comprise about 10-20% of the lung cancer patient population, according to the National Institutes of Health. Nonsmokers’ tumors were found to stem from mutations driven by natural bodily processes, the agency announced. Lung cancer is blamed…

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images In the US, September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. This feature highlights why catching prostate cancer early can be critical, and what researchers are doing to improve the odds of controlling the disease once it’s found. Prostate cancer is a paradox. It has one…

Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer and approximately 5,000 Finnish men are diagnosed with it each year. While most prostate cancers are not aggressive, some tumors develop into a deadly castration-resistant form of the disease. One of the most significant clinical challenges today is deciding which type of…

Cre cargo: Similar to viral vectors (middle), protein capsules deliver mRNA encoding the protein Cre to cells, making them glow green (left), unless the mRNA lacks flanking sequences the protein recognizes (right). A new gene delivery system taps a protein found in people to encapsulate messenger RNA (mRNA), the…

2.6 Mitochondrial Damage-Induced Mitochondrial DNA Release is Central to Chronic Kidney Disease-Induced Type-I-Interferon Response in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells DNA released from nuclear or mitochondria is the main source of endogenous DNA that activates cGAS-STING pathway. This is thought to be mediated by the presence 75 of leaked mitochondrial DNA…

Andrew SINGLETON, Director,Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias (CARD). While some of you may already know me as a long-time investigator in NIA’s intramural research program, I’m excited to further connect with the extramural research community in my new role as director of the Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias…

Immature blood cells in leukemia [Source: toeytoey2530/Getty Images] New evidence suggests ganciclovir may alter stem cell transplant patients’ DNA, but that transplanted stem cells do not. That’s according to a study by Researchers in the Van Boxtel group at the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology. The researchers analyzed the…

The advent of large-throughput data is transforming life sciences into an increasingly quantitative discipline. The University of Lausanne (Switzerland) is at the forefront of this revolution, with quantitative research ramping up throughout the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, a dedicated department of Computational Biology, and interdisciplinary units such as the…