Australian researchers believe they are close to being able to use stem cells to regrow human bone and tissue damaged by injury, illness or old age.
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Triggering the protein that programs cancer cells to kill themselves
WEHI | Apoptosis
Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Australia have discovered a new way to trigger cell death that could lead to drugs to treat cancer and autoimmune disease.
Programmed cell death (a.k.a. apoptosis) is a natural process that removes unwanted cells from the body. Failure of apoptosis can allow cancer cells to grow unchecked or immune cells to inappropriately attack the body.
Bollywood dancing in Harefield Hospital
Indian dance is being used to help patients with heart and respiratory problems at Harefield Hospital in West London. Here’s what it looks like!
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Investigating how ‘chemo brain’ develops in cancer patients
Interesting read on Chemo’s impact on the brain and brain functioning known as Chemo Brain.
During and after chemotherapy, many cancer patients describe feeling a mental fog, a condition that has been dubbed “chemo brain.” Why this happens is unclear, but researchers have found a new clue to understanding this syndrome. A study in the journal ACS Chemical Neuroscience reports that chemotherapy in rats affects their chemical messengers dopamine and serotonin, which are associated with cognition.
Bangladesh baby’s skull is the size of a football because of excess fluid
Purely tragic. Hopefully, doctors without borders or experts can assist this child.
A baby boy’s head has swollen to more than three times its normal size due to a medical condition.
Two-year-old Emon, from southern Bangladesh, has a head that weighs 20 lbs (9kg) — the same weight as an average one-year-old boy.
CRISPR Crossing New Barriers
Nice.
Emma Yasinski is a scientific writer at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience. Correspondence should be directed to Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D. ([email protected]), scientific director, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience.
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Israeli firms develop high-speed 3D printer for stem cells
3D Stem Cells — definitely makes sense given the organ, skin graffe, etc. produce on 3D printers in today’s labs.
JERUSALEM – Israeli 3D printer firm Nano Dimension has successfully lab-tested a 3D bioprinter for stem cells, paving the way for the potential printing of large tissues and organs, the company said on Wednesday.
While 3D printers are used already to create stem cells for research, Nano Dimension said the trial, conducted with Israeli biotech firm Accellta Ltd, showed its adapted printer could make large volumes of high resolution cells quickly.
“3D bioprinting enabled by the two companies’ technologies, means that Nano Dimension and Accellta have the potential to accelerate high fidelity and high viability manufacturing of living cellular products,” the companies said.
Tratamento com hormônios sexuais recupera células de doenças genéticas graves
Treatment with sex hormones recovers serious genetic diseases cells, this is the first demonstration that the lengthening of telomeres is possible in humans with the use of a medication,” says the researcher.
Estudo demostrou que há como estimular a enzima telomerase por meio de hormônios sexuais, tanto masculinos quanto femininos.
Por Redação — Editorias: Ciências, Ciências Biológicas, Ciências da Saúde.
