Genetics & Stem Cells News  

In a breakthrough study, scientists from Free University of Brussels, Belgium have successfully created lung tissue with human embryonic stem cells.

The new discovery would provi... Read more

An inherited, fatal, immune disorder characterized by uncontrolled activation of immune cells known as lymphocytes and macrophages is called Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL)... Read more

A report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals says that individuals who experience both childhood adversity and traumatic events ... Read more

Gene therapy that is capable of stalling the progression of Huntington's disease, scientists from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have suggested.

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A highly specific intrabody (an antibody fragment that works against a target inside a cell) is capable of stalling the development of Huntington's disease in a variety of mouse models, rese... Read more

A new study has said that bad driving is - literally - the fault of bad genes.

The study found that people with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on ... Read more

Genetic mutations that may put individuals at increased risk of fungal infections has been identified by scientists from University College London and Radboud University.

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Adult stem cells from bone marrow can help treat acute lung injury, a new mice study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has shown.

Acute ... Read more

New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has revealed that human embryonic stem cells derived from excess IVF embryos may help scientists unlock the mysteries of infertil... Read more

For the first time, a team of scientists in Canada have successfully used gene therapy to repair injured human donor lungs, making them potentially suitable for transplantation into patients... Read more