Gene-silencing nanocapsules could treat asthma
A new treatment that uses nanocapsules to silence a gene responsible for allergic asthmatic reactions has been developed by scientists...
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Transcription factor
A transcription factor is a protein that binds to a particular DNA sequence in order to control the rate at which a nearby gene is transcribed and expressed.
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Self-organising heart organoids beat like a 25-day-old human embryo's heart
Self-organising heart organoids using human pluripotent stem cells have been developed by researchers from the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (I
Pregnancy protects against breast cancer by changing the epigenome
Pregnancy reduces the risk of breast cancer by reprogramming genes found in breast cells...
Gene therapy kickstarts stem cells to help blind mice see
Scientists have partially restored sight in mice with congenital blindness by using gene therapy to activate retinal stem cells...
Human sperm maturation study may hold insights
Researchers hope that a study detailing the four stages of human sperm stem cell development may shed light on infertility and certain cancers...
Blood stem cells produced in the lab for the first time
In two different studies, US scientists have succeeded in creating the stem cells which produce blood...