Oct. 3, 2024 — Human stem cell transplants successfully repaired macular holes in a monkey model, researchers report. After transplantation, the macular holes were closed by continuous filling ...

Oct. 8, 2024 — A research team describes how they engineered an efficient new enzyme that can produce a synthetic genetic material called threose nucleic acid. The ability to synthesize ...

Aging is associated with biological processes (such as the accumulation of senescent cells) that are relevant to the development of cancer. Using genetically modified mouse models, we discovered ...

Endothelial cells are major participants in and regulators of inflammatory reactions. Resting endothelial cells prevent coagulation, control blood flow and passage of proteins from blood into ...

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Here’s how it works. It feels like the Splinter Cell remake has been on its way for a decent while now, which isn't helped by the fact it's been over two years since we heard anything official ...

Microglia are the brain's resident immune cells. Their job is to patrol the brain's blood vessels looking for invading pathogens to gobble up. But what happens when they go rogue? Historically ...

In a mature flowering plant or tree, most of the cells that make up the xylem are specialised cells called vessels.