Researchers have for the first time shown it may be possible to detect early – or pre-fibrotic – stages of myelofibrosis noninvasively with magnetic resonance imaging. The current standard method of diagnosing the rare bone marrow cancer is through tissue analysis of biopsy samples. Myelofibrosis is a rare, slowly evolving cancer where bone marrow becomes...
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Transcriptional and Chromatin Dynamics of Muscle Regeneration after Severe Trauma
Highlights Temporal coding and noncoding transcriptomes during the muscle regenerative process Transcriptomes of satellite cells during activation, proliferation, differentiation Multidimensional chromatin maps of injured and noninjured muscle tissues Impact of epigenetic regulation and gene expression on muscle regeneration Summary Following injury, adult skeletal muscle undergoes a well-coordinated sequence of molecular and physiological events to promote...
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Can deafness be cured using stem cells? Treatment that can allow people to hear again may be ready in 10 years
Stem cell treatment for deafness Researchers have grown healthy human ear hair cells using stem cells These could one day be used to replace faulty ear cells in deaf people Patients born deaf are currently treated with an artificial cochlear implant Scientists believe they are ‘on the brink’ of a cure for hereditary deafness using...