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Function of liver cancer genes in mini-organs

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190523143002.htm

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CONNECT - Developing nervous system-on-a-chip

https://wwwen.uni.lu/lcsb/news_events/connect_developing_nervous_system_on_a_chip

The Developmental and Cellular Biology group at the LCSB is part of the CONNECT project (Connecting neural networks: Nervous-system-on-Chip Technology) which has just received the support of the EU through a grant of almost €7 million. It brings together expertise from seven partners to develop a new type of organs-on-a-chip. “This project offers a unique opportunity to culture individual nervous system components and connect them in a single smart microfluidic chip,” details Prof. Jens Schwamborn, head of the research group at the LCSB. “It could pave the way for future development of therapeutic strategies.” The project was launched last week with a kick-off meeting in Eindhoven.

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Sounds about right.

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them: coffee isn’t a real meal

me: cOFeE ISnt A reAl MeAL

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Human Retinas Grown in a Dish: Biologists at Johns Hopkins University grew human retinas from scratch to determine how cells that allow people to see in color are made. The work lays the foundation to develop therapies for eye diseases such as color blindness and macular degeneration, and establishes lab-created “organoids” as a model to study human development on a cellular level.

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Cincinnati Children's Grows Human Esophagus In Lab

http://www.wvxu.org/post/cincinnati-childrens-grows-human-esophagus-lab#stream/0

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A puzzle posed by segments of ‘dark matter’ in genomes—long, winding strands of DNA with no obvious functions—has teased scientists for more than a decade. Now, a team has finally solved the riddle.

The conundrum has centred on DNA sequences that do not encode proteins, and yet remain identical across a broad range of animals. By deleting some of these ‘ultraconserved elements’, researchers have found that these sequences guide brain development by fine-tuning the expression of protein-coding genes.

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Japan Approves Revolutionary Stem Cell Technique to Treat Heart Disease

https://interestingengineering.com/japan-approves-revolutionary-stem-cell-technique-to-treat-heart-disease

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Through the looking glass...

This is not an animation, this is the inner ear of a developing zebrafish embryo imaged using a cutting-edge microscope that has been used to record cells in living tissues in astonishing resolution. 

Full article over at Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04760-7

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Brainorganoid research suggests: Schizophrenia originates early in pregnancy

https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2017/11/stachowiak-mini-brain.html

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Stem Cells Market | Trends, Outlook and Opportunity Analysis 2025

https://www.medgadget.com/2017/10/stem-cells-market-trends-outlook-and-opportunity-analysis-2025.html

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Hope for ALS

Stem Cell and Gene Therapy for ALS

https://alsnewstoday.com/stem-cell-gene-therapy-for-als/

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First FDA-approved stem cell trial for shoulder injuries reaches full enrollment

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20170824/First-FDA-approved-stem-cell-trial-for-shoulder-injuries-reaches-full-enrollment.aspx