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Novel Gene-Repair Technology Under Development (April 27, 2007) -- A new biotechnology company founded by University of Delaware researchers, is developing technologies for repairing genes that cause rare, hereditary diseases such as sickle cell anemia and spinal ... > full story

Cancer Scientists Create 'Human' Leukemia Process To Map How Disease Begins, Progresses (April 27, 2007) -- Cancer researchers have developed a method to convert normal human blood cells into "human" leukemia stem cells. The converted cells, when transplanted into special mice that permit the growth of ... > full story

Minuscule Molecules Pack A Powerful Punch (April 27, 2007) -- A role for a microRNA in the immune system has been shown by a study of one of the world's first microRNA knockout mice in Science. The microRNA acts as a lynchpin to balance the response of immune ... > full story

Cell Biology: Asymmetry Due To Perfect Balance (April 27, 2007) -- Cell membranes are like two-dimensional fluids whose molecules are distributed evenly through lateral diffusion. But many important cellular processes depend on cortical polarity, the locally ... > full story

Study Of Planarians Offers Insight Into Germ Cell Development (April 27, 2007) -- The planarian is not as well known as other, more widely used subjects of scientific study -- model creatures such as the fruit fly, nematode or mouse. But University of Illinois cell and ... > full story

Stem Cell Propagation And Neurogenesis Can Now Be Studied In Cell Culture (April 27, 2007) -- Researchers are now able to study stem cells from the brains of adult mice and their neurogenesis in long-term cell cultures. Scientists have developed a new method which allows them to generate ... > full story

Sea Squirt, Heal Thyself: Scientists Make Major Breakthrough In Regenerative Medicine (April 25, 2007) -- Findings described in a new study by Stanford scientists may be the first step toward a major revolution in human regenerative medicine -- a future where advanced organ damage can be repaired by the ... > full story

Robot, Yeast Combo May Mean More Ethanol (April 24, 2007) -- Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service, are excited about the latest member to join their team: a one-armed robot. They expect it to speed studies aimed at harnessing the power of proteins ... > full story

Certain PCB's Causes Developmental Abnormalities In Rat Pups (April 24, 2007) -- Scientists have determined that a specific class of PCB causes significant developmental abnormalities in rat pups whose mothers were exposed to the toxicant in their food during pregnancy and during ... > full story

Autoantibodies Help T Cells 'See' Their Target (April 23, 2007) -- Autoimmune diseases such as type I diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis are caused by the immune system attacking the body's own tissues. Determining the factors that trigger the immune system to attack ... > full story

Motile Cilia Go With The Flow (April 23, 2007) -- Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that propel mucus out of airways, have to agree on the direction of the fluid flow to get things moving. Scientists have just discovered a novel two-step mechanism ... > full story

Why Don't Mothers' Bodies Reject Their Fetus? (April 23, 2007) -- The immune system is designed to attack anything that is not the body's own tissues, such as pathogens and genetically nonidentical organ transplants, so why does the maternal immune system not ... > full story

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