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Accelerating cardiac regenerative therapy with HiPSC spheroids

Accelerating cardiac regenerative therapy with HiPSC spheroids

By Drug Target Review - Injections of cardiac spheroids into primate ventricles improved left ventricular ejection after four weeks. Researchers from Shinshu University and Keio University School of Medicine have tested a novel strategy for regenerative heart therapy....

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Uncovering the secret of long-lived stem cells

Uncovering the secret of long-lived stem cells

By Baylor College of Medicine - The levels of cyclophilin A, shown here in red, decline as hematopoietic stem cells age. Image courtesy of the authors/Nature Cell Biology, 2024. Nothing lives forever, but compared to other cells in the body, hematopoietic stem cells...

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Common HIV treatments may aid Alzheimer’s disease patients

Common HIV treatments may aid Alzheimer’s disease patients

By Sanford Burnham Prebys - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys uncover beneficial links between certain HIV drugs and Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) currently afflicts nearly seven million people in the U.S. With this number expected to grow to nearly...

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How Brain Stem Cells Avoid Identity Conflicts

How Brain Stem Cells Avoid Identity Conflicts

by Elena Garrido - Neuroscience News - Researchers uncovered a crucial mechanism in brain stem cells that prevents identity conflicts during gene expression, enabling these cells to maintain stemness while being primed for neuronal differentiation. The team found that...

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‘ChatGPT for CRISPR’ creates new gene-editing tools

ChatGPT for CRISPR creates new gene-editing tools

By Ewen Callaway - Nature - Some of the AI-designed gene editors could be more versatile than those found in nature. In the never-ending quest to discover previously unknown CRISPR gene-editing systems, researchers have scoured microbes in everything from hot springs...

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