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Role of LADs and Epigenetic Pathways in Nuclear Architecture During Early Mouse Embryo Development

A new study in Cell reveals that lamina-associated domains (LADs) in early mouse embryos are shaped by dynamic epigenetic pathways, highlighting how histone modifications and chromatin structure guide nuclear architecture during development.

6 May 2025

3D Printing Collagen Scaffolds with Perfusable Systems for Tissue Engineering

Scientists have developed high-resolution 3D-printed collagen scaffolds with internal perfusion systems, enabling complex, vascularized tissue models that support cell viability, growth, and insulin secretion

6 May 2025

Shift Work Impairs Muscle Clocks, Potentially Speeding Up Age-Related Decline

Muscle cells possess their circadian clocks, and research indicates that disrupting these clocks through shift work can significantly affect the aging process.

6 May 2025

Key Regulators of Mutant Huntingtin Protein in Neuronal Transport

Ten years ago, researchers from the University at Buffalo provided some insight into a long-standing neuroscience conundrum: How precisely does Huntington's disease result from a mutation in the huntingtin protein (HTT)?

6 May 2025

Study Reveals T Cell Plasticity as a Key Driver of Systemic Autoimmunity

After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice, researchers have shown in a new study how activity of "good" microbes in the gut is linked to rheumatoid arthritis and, potentially, other autoimmune diseases.

5 May 2025

New Gene Editing Tool Alters Mitochondrial Mutation Levels in Stem Cells

Mitochondrial diseases affect approximately 1 in 5,000 people worldwide, causing debilitating symptoms ranging from muscle weakness to stroke-like episodes.

5 May 2025

Lipid Peroxidation in Lysosomes Unleashes Ferroptosis in Tumors

The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death.

2 May 2025

Tracheal Basal Cells Identified as Origin of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma

The 'cell of origin' of the second most common lung cancer and the way that it becomes dominant in the lung have been discovered, in a new study in mice and humans from researchers at UCL, the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge.

2 May 2025

Enhanced Stem Cell Sorting Method Boosts Cultured Meat Potential

By optimizing cell surface marker combinations, the study significantly improves stem cell purity and myogenic potential during passaging, offering a robust source of seed cells essential for advancing cultured meat technologies.

30 Apr 2025

Single DNA Mutation Dysregulates Key Tumor-Suppressing Pathways in Blood Cancer

Australian researchers have discovered that a single mutation in the DNA sequence for a methylation enzyme dysregulates key tumor-suppressing pathways, opening up new avenues for blood cancer treatment.

30 Apr 2025

Phages in the Gut can Exacerbate Collateral Damage from Antibiotics

Your gut microbiome teems with bacteria-eating viruses that have longed baffled scientists. Using a new mouse model that can eliminate and revive these virus communities, Virginia Tech biologists discovered that the viruses can exacerbate collateral damage from antibiotics.

29 Apr 2025

Reciprocal Regulatory Link Between ecDNA Maintenance and DNA Damage Response Revealed

Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) is a unique form of circular DNA that exists outside of normal chromosomes.

29 Apr 2025

New Pangenome Analysis Uncovers Genetic Key to Larger Peanut Yields

Researchers from Australia and China have identified crucial structural variations that determine seed size and weight in peanuts, paving the way for the development of higher-yielding crop varieties.

29 Apr 2025

Johns Hopkins Team Identifies Distinct Subtypes of Senescent Skin Cells

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have existed in the human body as a seeming paradox, causing inflammation and promoting diseases while also helping the immune system to heal wounds.

29 Apr 2025

Chimpanzee Naive Stem Cells Reveal Evolutionary Clues to Human Development

Understanding how cells differentiate during early embryonic development is crucial for advancing regenerative medicine and developmental biology.

29 Apr 2025

New Drug Combo Shows Promise Against Aggressive Leukemia in Landmark Study

A novel drug combination targeting LSD1 and GSK3 shows promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia by promoting cell differentiation and reducing tumor growth.

28 Apr 2025

Super Stem Cells Offer New Hope for IVF and Regenerative Medicine

The ‘super stem cells’ perform better than regular stem cells, being able to develop into many different cell types, researchers from the University of Copenhagen find, with many potential applications, including improved IVF treatment.

25 Apr 2025

Unraveling the Role of Long Noncoding RNAs in the Tumor Microenvironment

The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex and dynamic network consisting of tumor cells, immune cells, stromal cells, extracellular matrix (ECM), cytokines, and growth factors, all interacting to influence tumorigenesis, progression, and metastasis.

25 Apr 2025

Transitioning Pancreatic Cells Retain Cancer Linked Epigenetic Marks

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic "marks" in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, and that the normal cells may keep at least a temporary "memory" of those cancer-linked marks.

25 Apr 2025

The Future of Chicken? Scientists Grow Whole Cuts in a Bioreactor

This research introduces a hollow fiber bioreactor for cultured chicken meat, optimizing tissue engineering with enhanced perfusion and structural integrity.

25 Apr 2025