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By mining a vast trove of genetic data, researchers at the University of Virginia are enhancing doctors’ ability to treat cancer, predict patient outcomes and determine which treatments will work best for individual patients.

Researchers led by biomedical engineers at Tufts University invented a microfluidic chip containing cardiac cells that is capable of mimicking hypoxic conditions following a heart attack - specifically when an artery is blocked in the heart and then unblocked after treatment.

Exercise can only improve strength in muscle-degenerating diseases when a specific type of muscle cell ages, report a Hokkaido University researcher and colleagues with Sapporo Medical University in Japan.

Scientists have identified a new control mechanism that enables stem cells to adapt their activity in emergency situations.

Scientists from the University of Würzburg and the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) with colleagues in Constance, France and Russia have now successfully sequenced the genome of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), a relatively small species of sturgeon.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered in mice what they believe is the first known genetic mutation to improve cognitive flexibility—the ability to adapt to changing situations.

Scientists have mapped the epigenetic controls on T cells, which could aid Type 1 diabetes diagnosis and treatment, as well as cancer immunotherapy.

Researchers report that intravenous transplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells appears to be safe and effective for treatment in seven patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Scientists have developed the first blood test that can accurately detect more than 50 different types of cancer. It can also identify in which tissue the cancer originated, often before any clinical signs or symptoms of the disease present.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and St Erik Eye Hospital in Sweden have discovered a way to refine the production of retinal cells from embryonic stem cells for treating blindness in the elderly.