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Using Animal Embryos Containing Human Cells
With recent advances in stem cell and gene editing technologies, an increasing number of researchers are interested in growing human tissues and organs in animals by introducing pluripotent human cells into early animal embryos.
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Keeping Cells in Shape to Fight Sepsis
Boosting levels of a protein that controls the shape and activity of a crucial group of white blood cells improves survival and recovery chances during sepsis.
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Inspired by evolution: A simple treatment for a common breathing problem among premature infants
Device tricks newborns' brains into thinking that they're running.
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Why you're stiff in the morning: Your body suppresses inflammation when you sleep at night
Research suggests that the CRYPTOCHROME protein represses inflammatory pathways during nighttime sleep, making inflammation symptoms, such as stiffness, seem worse when this effect wears off as you wake up.
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Drink-seeking rats provide sobering look into genetics of alcoholism
Alcohol-craving rats have provided researchers with a detailed look into the complicated genetic underpinnings of alcoholism.
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Microcephaly discoveries made in non-Zika cases help explain abnormal brain growth
Protein that helps newly born brain cells divide plays key role.
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New Rare Congenital Heart Disease Disorders Found in Children
Largest genomic study of heart disease in children reveals inherited genetic roots.
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Myriad to Acquire Assurex
Allows entry into attractive high-growth neuroscience market.
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JAX Recieves $28.3M of NIH Funding for Knockout Mouse Project
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award a total of $28,305,235 to The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) over five years to fund phase 2 of the Knockout Mouse Production and Phenotyping Project (KOMP2).
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Mitochondrial Maps Reveal New Connections to Poorly Understood Diseases
Mitochondria are the engines that drive cellular life, but these complex machines are vulnerable to a wide range of breakdowns, and hundreds of their component parts remain a functional mystery.
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