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New Protocol Managed to Create Kidney Cells in The Laboratory
Podocytes are the cells of the kidney which are highly specialized terminally differentiated and are present in the Bowman’s capsule of the kidney. A new study led by the team of researchers from Wyss Harward university led to new protocol with the help of which a large number of mature human podocytes can be produced which in turn can lead…
Read More » - Cell Biology
New Study Challenges Assumed Cell Division Process
A new study led by the researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has challenged the assumed aspects of cell division i.e. how this process has been thought to work. Cell division, essential process of life in which chromosome duplicates into sister chromatid, aligned in an equatorial plane and then segregates into two daughter cells. This process…
Read More » - Microbiology
Melting Bacteria to Break Down Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance is the reason due to which bacteria are spreading worldwide without any control which lead to a strong need for creating new technologies which can help to study bacteria. A new research done by EMBL researchers studied the melting protein behavior in the bacteria using existing techniques which is thermal proteome profiling. Thermal protein profiling (TPP) is used to compare…
Read More » - Cancer Biology
New Tools to Find Genes Causing Rhabdomyosarcoma-Childhood Cancer
Rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive childhood cancer is a rare type of disorder highly malignant in nature. It is also described as small, round blue cell tumor of childhood. It occurs when sarcoma i.e. soft skeletal muscle tissue fails to differentiate completely. A new study by UT South Western Medical Centre led to the finding of 29 genetic changes which contributes to…
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Bacteria Killing Their Competitors by Following ‘Divide and Conquer’
In a new study led by the research group from Imperial College London, researchers have experimented to see the result of bacteria provoking their competitors. Some bacterial strain releases a toxin agent which evoke other bacteria in their surroundings to attack. Scientist hopes that this tactic can be used against the infectious disease. The conflict for the food resources between…
Read More » - Immunology
Scientist Discovered New Gene Affecting Immune Response
A new study led by the team of researchers from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO have found a new gene which controls the immune response of the body against infection and diseases. During their study, researchers found that there is a gene called C6 which regulates the production of proteins which leads to infectious disease, cancer, and diabetes. This gene…
Read More » - Molecular Biology
Fast DNA Replication Can Destroy the Cancer Cell
A new study led to the finding that if DNA replicates very fast it can destroy the cancer cell. For DNA replication, the two DNA strands unwind and form a fork-like structure called replication fork. The speed of replication is determined by the molecular network involved in the regulation of replication-fork speed at which the replication fork progresses along DNA …
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Destroy The Tumor By Starving the Tumor
A new study led by the research group of Kivanç Birsoy, head of the Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics at The Rockefeller University found a new way to stop tumor growth. When tumor cells start growing, they multiply infinitely and rapidly due to which the need of oxygen increases and oxygen supply gets scarce due to which cells start suffocating. Moreover, these…
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Improved Approach Towards Wilson’s Disease Drug
A latest study done by researcher of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with the collaboration of DepYmed Inc., a CSHL spinout company reported that they have performed the propitious preclinical trials on a component which can be used to treat Wilson’s disease and other types of disorders in which level of copper increased in the body, like some types of cancer.…
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Cells Trapping Viruses in Their Protein Cage
A recent report by the researcher of The Francis Crick Institute in London unearth that proliferation of the virus from cell to cell can be stopped by trapping the viruses in a protein cage by the cell. Journal of cell biology has published the article recently which unveils that the additional protein of vaccinia virus can escape the trap by…
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