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Cancer Cells in Mice May Hitch a Ride with Bone-Healing Stem Cells
Researchers have long observed a connection between bone metastasis and remodeling, which might be due to a close connection between the two cell types. 
Cancer Cells in Mice May Hitch a Ride with Bone-Healing Stem Cells
Cancer Cells in Mice May Hitch a Ride with Bone-Healing Stem Cells

Researchers have long observed a connection between bone metastasis and remodeling, which might be due to a close connection between the two cell types. 

Researchers have long observed a connection between bone metastasis and remodeling, which might be due to a close connection between the two cell types. 

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Missing Y Chromosome in Mouse Blood Causes Heart Dysfunction
Patience Asanga | Jul 16, 2022 | 3 min read
An analysis of human data from the UK biobank also finds an association between Y chromosome loss and heart disease in men.
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Genetically Altered Mice Harness Benefits of Calorie Restriction  
Sophie Fessl, PhD | Feb 11, 2022 | 4 min read
A study identifies a gene that appears to be partially responsible for the health effects of a limited diet.
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Infographic: Bodily Systems Affected by Long COVID
Sruthi S. Balakrishnan | Sep 1, 2021 | 1 min read
Symptoms documented in cases of long COVID are wide ranging and variable.
Illustration of a person sick next to a calendar indicating they've had covid for a long time
Mechanisms of Long COVID Remain Unknown but Data Are Rolling In
Sruthi S. Balakrishnan | Sep 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
A year and a half into the pandemic, the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection are garnering more research attention as millions of long COVID patients emerge.
Opinion: Treating Infertility as a Disease
Kate O'Neill | Aug 1, 2021 | 4 min read
For too long, a physiological inability to conceive or carry a child through to birth has been seen as a minor medical issue.
A New View of My Own Past
Jef Akst | Aug 1, 2021 | 6 min read
Hearing others’ perspectives on infertility and pregnancy has me reconsidering my own reproductive journey.
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Infographic: Pathways from Noise to Cardiovascular Damage
Thomas Münzel and Omar Hahad | Jun 1, 2021 | 2 min read
Research in mice and humans points to oxidative stress and inflammation as likely drivers of noise-induced health effects such as hypertension and heart disease.
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How Environmental Noise Harms the Cardiovascular System
Thomas Münzel and Omar Hahad | Jun 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
Sound from cars, aircraft, trains, and other man-made machines is more than just annoying. It increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Cones Derived from Human Stem Cells Help Mice See: Study
Marcus A. Banks | Apr 23, 2021 | 3 min read
Researchers insert functioning cone photoreceptors into the retinas of mice with advanced eye disease, improving their vision.
a young woman pedals an exercise bike while wearing a mask to monitor oxygen consumption
Extreme Exercise Carries Metabolic Consequences: Study
Shawna Williams | Mar 23, 2021 | 4 min read
Healthy people put through high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, displayed insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction after working out excessively.
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Artificial Heart Valves Grow with Lambs
Emma Yasinski | Mar 19, 2021 | 3 min read
Two of the implanted valves lasted a full year as the animals matured into adult sheep, demonstrating that it might be possible to treat children with valve replacements that grow along with them.
Organoids Repair Bile Ducts
Abby Olena, PhD | Feb 18, 2021 | 4 min read
Researchers determined that when introduced into damaged mouse or donated human livers, these lab-grown tissues could integrate into bile ducts and function normally.
Genetic Reprogramming Restores Vision in Mice: Study
Max Kozlov | Dec 6, 2020 | 5 min read
Researchers repaired what is otherwise irreversible damage in the animals’ ocular neurons, by activating transcription factors ordinarily used to generate induced pluripotent stem cells.
Excess of Immune Cells Found in Brains of People with Autism
Ashley Yeager | Jan 13, 2020 | 5 min read
An accumulation of T cells and astrocytes in postmortem brain tissue hints at possible autoimmune origins for many cases of autism.
Exercising Before Eating Burns More Fat: Study
Emily Makowski | Nov 27, 2019 | 1 min read
Men had better fat-burning results when they had breakfast after cycling instead of beforehand.
Endocrinologist and Reproductive Physiologist Wayne Bardin Dies
Catherine Offord | Nov 18, 2019 | 3 min read
Bardin’s work helped lead to the development of long-acting contraceptive devices for women.
Time Spent in Nature Is Good for You
Jef Akst | Oct 1, 2019 | 4 min read
Research has repeatedly suggested that spending time in natural environments improves mental and physical well-being. Now, scientists are gathering the data needed to incorporate this phenomenon in health-care guidelines.
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Biologists Create New Maps of Caenorhabditis elegans Neurons
Chia-Yi Hou | Jul 8, 2019 | 2 min read
The connectomes trace 385 neurons in the male worm and 302 neurons in the hermaphrodite worm.
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Astronaut Study Shows Some Lasting Changes from Time in Space
Kerry Grens | Apr 11, 2019 | 2 min read
Scott Kelly’s physiology, gene activity, and mental performance changed after time aboard the International Space Station, but mostly returned to normal once back on Earth.
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