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London, Sep 14 (ANI): British scientists have identified the master gene, called E4bp4, that causes blood stem cells to turn into disease-fighting ‘Natural Killer’ (NK) immune cells.

The discovery, by researchers at Imperial College London, UCL and the Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research, could one day help scientists boost the body’s production of [...]

London, August 19 (ANI): Experiments conducted by Israeli scientists have shown that it is possible to obliterate all traces of DNA from a blood sample and add someone else’s genetic material in its place, raising fears that people may “engineer crime scenes”.

Dr. Dan Frumkin, who led the research, revealed that the experiments were so successful [...]

Washington, July 28 (ANI): A new study led by an Indian origin scientist has unravelled the mystery behind why some children are more susceptible to malaria infection and anaemia.

Lead researcher Indu Malhotra from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine suggests that children who are exposed to Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria before birth become [...]

Washington, July 15 (ANI): Researchers at New Jersey’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center have taken a step towards unlocking the mysteries of why some women develop breast cancer at an earlier age than others.

The researchers have expanded a study to identify genetic markers in women with the disease, and their trial will now include more [...]

London, July 13 (ANI): Imperial College London scientists say that slow blood flow in arteries may hinder the protective effect of statins.

The researchers ay that slow blood flow tends to reduce statins’ ability to trigger production of beneficial antioxidant molecules.

Moreover, the body’s own protective mechanisms also tend to fail in the same areas [...]

Washington, July 7 (ANI): Australian and Canadian researchers have developed a new therapy that specifically targets cancer stem cells in acute myeloid leukaemia.

The new treatment targets a protein, CD123, on the surface of cancer stem cells that drive acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which [...]

Washington, July 4 (ANI): Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine say that the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident, may be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world.

The researchers have found that not only are these ruminants low-maintenance and parasite-resistant, they’re also perfect blood donors for the [...]

Washington, June 30 (ANI): Scripps Research Institute researchers have identified three new proteins that play a role in the development of lupus erythematosus (or lupus), a chronic inflammatory disease that can affect different body [...]

Washington, May 30 (ANI): American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology says its scientists may have found a biological basis for why the risk of inflammation associated with autoimmunity and allergy has increased due to changes in the Western diet, which have altered the consumption of omega-6 fatty acids (w6) compared with omega-3 fatty acids [...]

Washington, May 14 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers have found that heartbeat and blood circulation play key role in the formation of blood cells in embryos.

The finding might provide an answer to why embryonic heart begins beating so early even before the tissues actually need to be infused with blood.

Researchers hope that clues about [...]

Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): Scientists from Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) have identified what they called a ‘Pied Piper’ molecule that can offer a key in treating prostate, breast and colon cancers as well as leukemia.

The molecule within blood cells, called Liar, leads other molecules into the nucleus of the cell.

Associate Professor Ingley [...]

Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): Embryonic stem cells have long been coveted for their potential to treat a multitude of diseases. Now, researchers have successfully reprogrammed cells found in circulating blood into cells that are molecularly and functionally indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.

The new study may provide a readily accessible source of stem cells and an [...]

A group of patients with type 1 diabetes were able to live without insulin injection for months after getting treatment involving their stem cells. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells within the pancreas.
The new treatment is known as autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell [...]

Washington, April 17 (ANI): Researchers at Universiti de Montrial have successfully produced a large quantity of laboratory stem cells from a small number of blood stem cells obtained from bone marrow.

The [...]

London, Mar 26 (ANI): Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) researchers have identified a mechanism that helps regulate the movement of blood-forming stem cells in the body.

The finding could lead to improvements in the efficiency of bone marrow transplants.

“By identifying [...]

London, Mar 16 (ANI): New images providing fundamental insights into how cancer cells die have revealed that there is a dramatic increase in the viscosity, or ‘gloopiness’, of different parts of cancer cells, when they are blasted with light-activated cancer drugs.

The images reveal the physical changes that occur inside cancer cells at the time when [...]

Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): A research team led by an Indian origin scientist has shed light on how stem cells turn into blood cells.

Stem cells are the building blocks of every organ and tissue in the body. They have a unique ability to become any type of cell in the body [...]

Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): As part of a major achievement in tumour research, scientists at Uppsala University have developed a new tool that can study signals in body that control the generation of blood vessels.

The findings of the study can help in learning which signals in the body attract or repel blood vessels that can [...]

London, Jan 10 (ANI): Researchers at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found the molecular origin of blood stem cells, paving way for the development of new blood disorder therapies.
Led by Nancy Speck, PhD, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the researchers have identified the location [...]