by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Credit: Developmental Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.01.024Researchers at Peter Mac have made a key discovery in liver regeneration that may have important implications for liver cancer. Joint research by Associate Professor Andrew Cox and Professor Mark Dawson, published Feb. 15 in Developmental Cell, has identified how the liver is triggered to regrow...
by NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs the body ages, it is normal for changes in cells to occur. “Cells divide every day and mutations happen,” said Emma M. Groarke, M.D., an attending hematologist and researcher in NHLBI’s Hematopoiesis and Bone Marrow Failure Laboratory. “Most of the time they don’t have any...
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE’S IRINA M. BOCHKIS, PHD, IS ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE. CREDIT: DAN ADDISON | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA COMMUNICATIONS University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a key trigger for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a mysterious condition that causes fat...
Bret Stetka, MD January 31, 2022 It all started with genetic data. A gene here, a gene there. Eventually the story became clearer: If scientists are to one day find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, they should look to the immune system. Over the past couple decades, researchers have identified numerous genes involved in various immune...
Study suggests this process for eliminating unneeded cells may also protect against cancer. For all animals, eliminating some cells is a necessary part of embryonic development. Living cells are also naturally sloughed off in mature tissues; for example, the lining of the intestine turns over every few days. One way that organisms get rid of...
