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Researchers have revealed that the heart is much more than a blood pump. The organ produces hormones that the body requires to lower blood pressure and flush water and salt out of the body. And now Read more...

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich have determined that cancer stem cells govern metastasis in pancreatic cancer as well as making tumors resistant to chemotherapy. Patrick Read more...

Stem Cell Research

Advanced Cell Technology has turned embryonic stem cells into repair cells that can be used to repair tissue damage. Depending on the chemical used to spur change in the cell, the stem cells can be transformed to hemangioblasts that can be used as blood-building cells or cells that form the lining of blood vessels. Report

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Stem Cell Research

Working with mouse cells, researchers led by Boris Reizis of Columbia University Medical Center in New York found that the gene Zfx governed self-renewal in embryonic stem cells and in blood-generating hematopoietic adult stem cells. The discovery could have a profound influence on adult stem cell research, which has been restricted by their limited capacity for self-renewal and pluripotency. …

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Tools & Technology

Using a €1.7 million grant, the U.K.'s Plasticell hopes to automate its technology so that thousands of stem cell experiments can be run in the same time a handful of tests take now. National Institute for Biological Standards and Control and University College London are collaborating on the automation work. Exploration into cell differentiation is critical to speeding up the work in the field. …

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More Research

New research for UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine indicates that breast cancer stem cells are not only resistant to radiation, they may actually thrive when exposed to radiation. New drugs are needed to overcome the stem cells' resistance to radiation. Report

The influence of genes on blood pressure may vary …

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More Research

A panel of experts in the U.K. has concluded that the use of primates is a moral necessity in drug research. While each case requires individual review, primates offer crucial insights into potential cures for diseases that kill millions of people each year. Report

Researchers have been exploring ways to create a biotech mosquito that can …

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Research Notes

PowderMed is pushing ahead with plans to begin human testing of a new H5N1 vaccine, blasting tiny particles of DNA that make up the H5 in the virus. Researchers will use helium to impregnate the skin with the experimental vaccine. The Oxford, UK company believes the new approach to needle-free vaccines can be used in a wide variety of therapies and can also cut the manufacturing time on vaccines to a fraction of what it currently requires using hen's eggs. …

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