Via a cannula introduced into the infarction area, the cells loaded with magnetic nanoparticles are injected into the damaged heart muscle tissue of the mouse.
Credit: Copyrighted Photo: Dr. Annika Ottersbach/Uni Bonn
How can damaged cardiac tissue following a heart attack...
Male impala fighting.
Credit: Rob Knell
Trophy hunting and other activities involving the targeting of high-quality male animals could lead to the extinction of certain species faced with changing environmental conditions, according to new research from Queen Mary University of London...
A new study reveals that viruses share genes across the three superkingdoms of life, from the single-celled microbes known as bacteria and archaea, to eukarya, a group that includes animals, plants, fungi and all other living things. Most of...
New Caledonian crow.
Credit: James St Clair
Biologists at the University of St Andrews have discovered how New Caledonian crows make one of their most sophisticated tool designs -- sticks with a neatly-shaped hooked tip.
New Caledonian crows are the only species...
Gene editing concept (stock image).
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Much of the enthusiasm around gene-editing techniques, particularly the CRISPR-Cas9 technology, centers on the ability to insert or remove genes or to repair disease-causing mutations. A major concern of the CRISPR-Cas9...
Three-dimensional neural circuit "asteroid" composed of neurons (blue) and astrocytes (red and green) generated from human pluripotent stem cells.
Credit: Robert Krencik and Jessy van Asperen
The Houston Methodist Research Institute is making mini brains from human stem cells that put...
A grandmother's cognitive abilities make a big difference to her grandchildren's future.
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Instead of having more children, a grandmother may pass on her genes more successfully by using her cognitive abilities to directly or indirectly...
These are South African individuals in a household that exemplify the substantial skin pigmentation variability in the Khomani and Nama populations. Picture taken with consent for publication.
Credit: Brenna Henn
Many studies have suggested that the genetics of skin pigmentation are...
Culturing cells in tissue culture plates. (Stock image)
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Amniotic fluid, the protective liquid surrounding an unborn baby, is discarded as medical waste during caesarean section deliveries. However, there is increasing evidence that this fluid is a...
Adenocarcinoma is by far the most common type of pancreas tumor.
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Alterations in four main genes are responsible for how long patients survive with pancreatic cancer, according to a new study in JAMA Oncology.
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Young worm, born in Mars soil simulant.
Credit: Wieger Wamelink, WUR
Two young worms are the first offspring in a Mars soil experiment at Wageningen University & Research. Biologist Wieger Wamelink found them in a Mars soil simulant that he obtained...
