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The bald truth: Altered cell divisions cause hair thinning

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism underlying hair thinning and loss during aging. By studying cell division of hair follicle stem cells in young and aged mice, the researchers found that young mice properly balance typical symmetric and a.....»»

Category: biomedSource:  sciencedailyMar 17th, 2021

A Global Initiative to Advance Sickle Cell Research Could Benefit Millions

Increased funding and new public health policies for sickle cell research are needed to ease the burden on low-income nations and improve patient care.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

People Living with Sickle Cell Disease Share Their Experiences

Life expectancy for people with sickle cell in the U.S. has increased to about 50 years, but some people with the disease still face stigma and other barriers in health care.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

New Hope for Treating People with Sickle Cell Disease

Improving sickle cell care by expanding treatment options, advancing new therapies and amplifying the voices of people with the disease.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

New Sickle Cell Treatments Highlight the Power of Patient Perspectives

Illuminating the experience of people living with sickle cell could improve patients’ lives and enhance all of medicine.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

Going Back to the Moon, Researching Chickadee Hybrids and Understanding Addiction

This month’s issue covers the reasons it’s so hard to go back to the moon, the science of empathy and new advances in treating sickle cell disease.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

What Is Sickle Cell Disease?

You have around 35 trillion red blood cells moving around your body at all times. Typically they are rounded and flexible. What happens when they aren’t?.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

Do bacteria age?

Any organism that lives, grows and reproduces must also age. People often think of aging in the physical sense—gray hair, slowed movements and wrinkles—but aging fundamentally occurs on a molecular level, inside of cells......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 17th, 2024

Scientists decipher the energy patterns in our cells

Our cells harness energy for essential functions such as division, wound healing, and our immune response to diseases including cancer. But until now, the mechanics of how that energy affects cell behavior—and how this relates to health outcomes—.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsSep 17th, 2024

Optogenetic control reveals collective cell behavior

New research led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has studied the migratory movement of groups of cells using light control. The results show that there is no leader cell that directs the collective movement, as previously thou.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

Scientists discover how TGF-Beta sends its message even while tethered to the cell membrane

For years, scientists have thought that TGF-Beta, a signaling protein that holds sway over an astonishing array of cellular processes from embryonic development to cancer, could only do its work once it escaped a lasso-like "straitjacket.".....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

Modified nano-sized cell particles found to boost cancer immunotherapy, reduce side effects

Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses the body's own immune system to help fight cancer. This is by stimulating the immune response to recognize and attack cancer cells more effectively. The treatment involves using substances that bo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

Beyond displays: Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems

Liquid crystals are all around us, from cell phone screens and video game consoles to car dashboards and medical devices. Run an electric current through liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and they generate colors, thanks to the unique properties of thes.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 16th, 2024

Tubular scaffolds boost stem cell-driven bone regeneration in skull defects

Scientists from Sun Yat-sen University's School of Biomedical Engineering have developed tubular scaffolds made from electrospun membranes, which significantly enhance bone regeneration in critical skull defects......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

Internal disconnects vs. cybersecurity: How connectivity shapes challenges

Concerns about the trustworthiness of internal data exist in nearly all organizations globally, according to TeamViewer. 99% of business leaders pointed to factors undermining trust in internal data, citing multiple versions of the truth (38%), confl.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsSep 12th, 2024

Battery EVs vs fuel-cell EVs: Could hydrogen power your next car?

While battery EVs have a huge lead, there are still plenty of proponents of hydrogen EVs, or fuel-cell EVs. Could FCEVs actually take over? Well, probably not......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 11th, 2024

Taylor Swift cites AI deepfakes in endorsement for Kamala Harris

Taylor Swift on AI: "The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth." Enlarge / A screenshot of Taylor Swift's Kamala Harris Instagram post, captured on September 11, 2024. (credit: Taylor Swift / Instagram).....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsSep 11th, 2024

Researchers examine protein arrangement in cell membrane that triggers programmed cell death

How can molecular structures be analyzed when the resolution of the techniques available is not sufficient? Researchers from the fields of physics, chemistry and medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have combined and further develo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 9th, 2024

Studying fungi"s "weak link" to fight global rise in deadly fungal infections

A group of scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have conducted neutron scattering research to reveal key information about fungus cell membranes that could aid in developing new antifungal treatments......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 9th, 2024

Research team achieves high-resolution 2D imaging for graphene devices under high pressure

A research team led by Prof Zhang Zengming from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has combined nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond with a diamond anvil cell (DAC) to achieve non-inv.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 9th, 2024

Glitch in protein synthesis could affect tumor growth

During protein synthesis, or translation, genetic information transcribed in the cell's mRNA directs the stringing together of amino acids—the building blocks of proteins. As the translation machinery carouses along the string of nucleotides that m.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 9th, 2024