Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 31, 2020
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Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2020
Snake stem cells used to create venom-producing organoids
Organoids have become an important tool for studying many disease processes and testing potential drugs. Now, they are being used in a surprising and unexpected way: for the production of snake venom. On January 23 in the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 22, 2020
Multivariate patterning of human pluripotent cells reveals induced paracrine factors in kidney organoid development
Bioengineers have shown great promise in creating complex multicellular kidney organoids (tiny, self-organized tissues) in the lab using pluripotent stem cells . They can further improve the procedure for different outcomes, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2020
Researchers decode the circuitry of neuromuscular organoids
The Gouti lab from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) has developed functional neuromuscular organoids (NMOs) that self-organize into spinal cord neurons and muscle tissue. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 14, 2020
A simple twist of cell fate
How do a couple of universally expressed proteins in stem cells and developing embryos influence an individual cell's ultimate fate—whether it ultimately becomes, for example, a retinal cell, a heart muscle cell, or a stomach ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 8, 2020
Human immune cells produced in a dish in world first
One day the advance could lead to a patient's own skin cells being used to produce new cells for cancer immunotherapy or to test autoimmune disease interventions.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 18, 2019
Researchers create functional mini-liver by 3-D bioprinting
Using human blood cells, Brazilian researchers have obtained hepatic organoids ("mini-livers") that perform all of the liver's typical functions, such as producing vital proteins, storing vitamins and secreting bile, among ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 10, 2019
Gut feeling: A network approach towards understanding IBD
Diseases of the gut are often notoriously difficult to diagnose, nevermind understand, which is where a network-based approach comes in. Rather than trying to understand individual symptoms, or the role of individual genes, ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 4, 2019
Researchers uncover early adherence step in intestinal transit of Shigella
The bacterial pathogen Shigella, often spread through contaminated food or water, is a leading cause of mortality in both children and older adults in the developing world. Although scientists have been studying Shigella ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 5, 2019
Achilles heel of tumor cells: Inhibiting the mutated genes that keep cancer cells alive
In almost all cases of colon cancer, a specific gene is mutated—this offers opportunities to develop broadly effective therapeutic approaches. Research teams in Würzburg have taken this a step further.
