Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital have used a novel gene-editing approach to salvage the hearing of
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How human cells react to external signals and further process them
Researchers from Heidelberg University and Sendai University in Japan used new biotechnological methods to study how human cells react to
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Networks of gene activity control organ development: Evolutionary studies on developmental genetic programs across mammals
For the first time, researchers have decoded the genetic programmes that control the development of major organs in humans and
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The bacteria building your baby: Exposure to influential bacteria begins before we are born, new evidence confirms
Australian researchers have laid to rest a longstanding controversy: is the womb sterile? They carefully collected amniotic fluid samples from
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3D printed artificial corneas similar to human ones: Team replicated human corneal structure and fabricated a transparent cornea with the lattice pattern
When a person has a severely damaged cornea, a corneal transplant is required. However, there are 2,000 patients waiting for
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Key step in cell protein production
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered how genes create proteins in research which could aid the development of
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Environmental pollutants could impact cellular signs of aging
Researchers have linked some environmental pollutants with diseases, a decreased life span and signs of premature aging, such as wrinkles
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Taming the genome’s ‘jumping’ sequences
The human genome is fascinating. Once predicted to contain about a hundred thousand protein-coding genes, it now seems that the
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Scientists advance a way to track changes in a person’s cardiovascular system
Every heart beat sends blood flowing throughout the human body. While an electrocardiogram uses a contact approach to measure the
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NASA’s landmark Twins Study reveals resilience of human body in space
Results from NASA’s landmark Twins Study, which took place from 2015-2016, were published Thursday in Science. The integrated paper —
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