The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
Researchers derive trophoblast stem cells from mouse fibroblasts, paving the way for cell therapy for placental dysfunction diseases.
The Scientist
Most Recent
An upcoming clinical trial aims to correct for a disease of fragile bones in affected babies before they are born.
Researchers grow kidney-like structures from human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Researchers identify a handful of genes that help bacteria in the mouse gut adapt to dietary changes.
Four types of gut bacteria found in babies’ stool may help researchers predict the future development of asthma.
Masculinization of the developing rodent brain leads to significant structural differences between the two sexes.
Researchers devise new techniques to facilitate growing bacteria collected from the environment.
Next-generation sequencing has identified scores of new microorganisms, but getting even abundant bacterial species to grow in the lab has proven challenging.
How male and female brains diverge is a hotly debated topic, but the study of model organisms points to differences that cannot be ignored.
Conference elicits buzz about the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s efforts to clean up genome entries.
Popular Now
-
The Nutshell Estonia Offers Free Genetic Testing to Residents -
Daily News Human Brain Organoids Thrive in Mouse Brains After implantation, the tissue developed blood vessels and became integrated into neuronal networks in the animals’ brains.
-
Daily News The Second March for Science a Smaller Affair Many cities around the globe, including Washington, DC, saw shrunken crowd sizes, and numerous events turned into rallies rather than processions.
-
Daily News RNA Injection Restores Hearing in Guinea Pigs Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
Current Issue
© 1986-2018 The Scientist
