A team of Japanese researchers have created the first functioning liver-like organ using human stem cells.
Read More »Hepatitis A virus fashions cloak-like envelope from infected cell’s membrane
The Hepatitis A virus may hijack an infected cell’s shipping machinery to fashion a cloak-like envelope. The finding shatters decades old dogma about viruses and may explain how HAV evades our immune system’s first responders
Read More »Anonymous DNA donors identified by researchers
Using a program called lobSTR, researchers extracted individual, genetic fingerprints from an online database and compared them to gene-based genealogy sites, social media and other online tools, to find their match.
Read More »Ebola virus successfully transmitted from pigs to monkeys
After infecting a group of pigs with a deadly form of Ebola virus, a team of Canadian researchers found they passed it to monkeys housed in cages alongside them – the first experimental evidence of Ebola infection spreading between two different animal species.
Read More »Cholesterol regulating protein essential for hepatitis C infection
The same protein responsible for the absorption and regulation of dietary cholesterol in the gut and liver is also essential for HCV – hepatitis C virus – infection, researchers from the United States and Japan say.
Read More »Researchers find link between iron levels and brain structure
A team of researchers from the United States and Australia have found a link between the genes that regulate iron in the body and brain structure. More importantly, they found the link to be genetic – using twins.
Read More »Telomere length in early life could predict lifespan
Researchers in the United Kingdom have found a possible relationship between early-life telomere length and lifespan in Zebra Finches – a finding that could have implications for humans.
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