Archive for Genetics
Cell regeneration as an alternative to transplantation
The discovery of stem cells in the heart may be a radical change in infarcted patients chances of avoiding the risks of transplant. The stem cells, stem cells or stem cells are those that can divide indefinitely while retaining the ability to transform into cells of more than 200 different tissues of the body, ie [...]
Regenerative medicine research through animal models
The potential benefits of regenerative medicine is unthinkable, scientists look for genes involved through the zebrafish or axolotl. Nobody would say that this nondescript amphibian could attract attention, and yet the Mexican axolotl, The mythic axolotl protagonist of a story by Cortazar, who was also in the spotlight of U.S. Army is a prime example [...]
Nanotechnology in neurology
Thanks to the nanotube drug carrier an international team was able to release the correct amount of medicine to repair damaged areas of the brain affected by stroke. The Institute of Neurosciences of the National Research Council of Pisa (In-CNR) in collaboration with University College London and University of Florence has conducted research to test [...]
Combats oxidative stress damage to DNA
A U.S. team found that oxidative stress induces increased synthesis of protein SIRT6 able to repair the rupture of double-stranded DNA. Were published in the journal Science the results of a survey dall”Universita of Rochester (USA) and has made the role of oxidative stress in a cell. During normal activities of the cell are made [...]
New approach for prostate cancer
Tested on mice, a new treatment that involves stimulation of the immune system to eliminate cancer without using chemotherapy drugs. In a study conducted by some employees of the United Kingdom and the Mayo Clinic has pioneered a new treatment for prostate cancer. They were taken a few fragments of DNA from prostate tissue from [...]
Every child is born with 60 new mutations in the DNA
By analyzing the components of two families it was discovered that the new offspring of the mutations were absent in the parents is of paternal origin that maternal. Matt Hurles and Philip Awadalla, respectively, of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the 1000 Genomes Project, conducted a study to analyze the number of mutations that [...]
Transdifferentiation cell gene cord
Getting from hair cells can be obtained earlier in myocardial transform pluripotent new goal of the scientific community. Cellular Reprogramming is a technique that allows to create any type of tissue from one cell to another, is to re-educate the cells to respond as the scientists wanted. A step towards achieving create organs and tissues [...]
