Through a complex chemical process, scientists have been able to develop versatile, synthetic ‘cyborg’ cells in the lab. They share many characteristics of living cells while lacking the ability to divide and grow. That...
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World-First Trial Transfusing Lab-Grown Red Blood Cells Begins : ScienceAlert
A trial testing how long a teaspoon-sized transfusion of lab-grown red blood cells lasts in the body could revolutionize clinical care for people with blood disorders who require regular blood top-ups. The world-first trial,...
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Arming The Brain’s ‘Janitorial’ Cells Could Help Stave Off Alzheimer’s Disease : ScienceAlert
Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions that result from the loss of function or death of brain cells, remain largely untreatable. Most available treatments target just one of the multiple processes that can lead to...
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Scientists Record a Virus ‘Prowling’ Cells in Search of a Way Inside : ScienceAlert
For the first time, scientists have been able to make a three-dimensional, real-time recording of the moment a virus hijacks a cell, giving us a deeper level of understanding of how infections take hold...
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Scientists Discover X Chromosomes Being ‘Silenced’ in Male Cancer Cells : ScienceAlert
Scientists from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found some male cancer cells, those with X and Y chromosomes, show signs of having their X chromosome silenced. In normal mammal cells, the X chromosome is...
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Despite Their Scary Name, Some ‘Zombie’ Cells May Not Be All Bad : ScienceAlert
“Zombie cells” that contribute to age-related diseases also help heal damaged tissues, so wiping them out could come with major downsides, a new study suggests. The zombies, scientifically known as “senescent” cells, are cells...
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‘Time Cells’ in The Human Brain Encode The Flow of Time, Scientists Say : ScienceAlert
How does the human brain keep track of the order of events in a sequence? Research suggests that ‘time cells’ – neurons in the hippocampus thought to represent temporal information – could be the...
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