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Jun. 18, 2019
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A New Force for Optical Tweezers Awakens
When studying biological cells using optical tweezers, one main issue is the damage caused to the cell by the tool. Giovanni Volpe, University of Gothenburg, has discovered a new type of force that will greatly reduce the amount of light ...
Jun. 10, 2019
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Unhealthy Gut Promotes Spread of Breast Cancer
An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of the body, new research from the University of Virginia Cancer Center suggests.
May. 31, 2019
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Improved Diabetes in Spite of Obesity
Eating too much fat and sugar makes you overweight and unhealthy – even young children know that. But why is that, and is there anything we can do about it? In a study published in the journal Cell, Prof.
May. 02, 2019
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Pluripotency or Differentiation
Induced pluripotent stem cells can turn into any type of cell in the body or remain in their original form. In the current edition of Molecular Cell, scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München describe how cells "decide" which ...
May. 02, 2019
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Specialized Plant Cells Regain Stem-cell Features to Heal Wounds
If plants are injured, cells adjacent to the wound fill the gaps with their daughter cells. However, which cells divide to do the healing and how they manage to produce cells that match the cell type of the missing tissue has been unclear. ...
Apr. 24, 2019
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Blocking Endocytosis in Plants
Plant cells absorb many important substances through a process called endocytosis. In plants, endocytosis is essential for nutrient uptake, passing on cellular signals and plant-microbe interactions. However, the vital nature of ...
Apr. 11, 2019
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A New Way of Finding Compounds that Prevent Aging
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new method for identifying compounds that prevent ageing. The method is based on a new way of determining age in cultured human cells and is reported in a study in the journal ...
Apr. 05, 2019
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Mapping RNA on a Single-cell Level
A microfluidic technique developed at RIKEN allows scientists to systematically profile RNA transcripts at the single-cell level. To demonstrate its potential, RIKEN researchers have used the platform to gain insights into how lung cancer ...
Apr. 04, 2019
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Leukocytes Use their Nucleus as a Ruler to Choose Path of Least Resistance
How do mobile cell types like leukocytes or metastatic cancer cells reach their place of action during immune surveillance or cancer dissemination, respectively? The research group around Michael Sixt at IST Austria has now shown that ...
Apr. 03, 2019
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Creating Blood Vessels on Demand
When organs or tissues are damaged, new blood vessels must form as they play a vital role in bringing nutrients and eliminating waste. This is the only way for organs and tissues to resume their normal function. At present, the injection ...

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