Researchers grow first plant-based gel to help organoid development for biomedical applications Kumar Jeetendra | November 26, 2020 Monash University researchers have created the world’s first bioactive plant-based nanocellulose hydrogel to support organoid growth and help significantly reduce the costs of research into cancer and COVID-19. This discovery by researchers in BioPRIA (Bioresource Processing Institute of Australia), Monash University’s Department of Chemical Engineering and the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute will develop organoids cheaper, …
Free radicals might be significant for the brain to stay versatile Kumar Jeetendra | December 6, 2020 Reactive oxygen molecules, also known as”free radicals”, are generally considered dangerous. Researchers from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) at TU Dresden published the findings in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The researchers focused on the”hippocampus”, a brain region that is regarded as the control center …
IGC analysts get three out of six European Research Council grants Kumar Jeetendra | December 11, 2020 Since the establishment of the European Research Council in 2008, the IGC has secured 17 of the competitive grants (7 Beginning, 8 Consolidator and two Advanced). In 2021, with the beginning of the new grants awarded this month, it will have ten active grants. The year of 2020 marks a total of 327 researchers chosen …
Pancreatic β cell-inferred exosomal miR-29s control glucose homeostasis Kumar Jeetendra | January 24, 2021 In a new study published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Chen-Yu Zhang’s team at Nanjing University, School of Life Sciences, and Antonio Vidal-Puig’s group at University of Cambridge report that pancreatic β cells secrete miR-29 family members (miR-29s) via exosomes in reaction to high levels of free fatty acids (FFAs). Formerly, Chen-Yu Zhang’s team identified …
Second-generation double antibody shields from SARS-CoV-2 and its tried variations Kumar Jeetendra | January 25, 2021 Additionally, it prevents the virus from mutating to resist the treatment . Antibody-based immunotherapy was already proven to work against COVID-19 but faces two chief obstacles: it requires to work against the circulating viral variants; it has to avoid formation of new variants, that can rapidly ensue using a mechanism similar to that leading to …
Study shows why children of obese moms have inclination to create metabolic illnesses Kumar Jeetendra | January 27, 2021 A Brazilian study published in the journal Molecular Human Reproduction helps understand why overweight mothers often have children with a propensity to develop metabolic disease during their lifetime, according to previous research. According to the authors,”transgenerational transmission of metabolic disorders” may be associated with Mfn2 deficiency in the mother’s oocytes (immature eggs). Mfn2 refers to …
An upgraded interaction to detach and cleanse magnetic nanoparticles Kumar Jeetendra | February 20, 2021 Magnetic nanoparticles biosynthesized by germs might soon play an significant role in biomedicine and biotechnology. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have developed and optimized a procedure for the purification and isolation of the particles from bacterial cells. In initial tests, magnetosomes showed good biocompatibility when compared with human cell lines. The results presented in …
Researchers describe the systems that manage embryonic stem cells Kumar Jeetendra | March 26, 2021 Scientists at the Proteomics Core Unit of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), headed by Javier Muñoz, have clarified the mechanisms, unknown to date, included in maintaining embryonic stem cells in the best possible condition for their use in regenerative medicine. The results, published in Nature Communications, helps to find novel stem-cell therapies for …
Study recognizes master regulator behind the improvement of antibody delivering cells Kumar Jeetendra | September 24, 2021 The main regulator that controls the production of antibody-producing cells was identified in a research conducted by scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine. These findings offer new insights into the functioning in the immunity system. It also can help to understand how tissues form and how cancers are triggered. The study, which was published on September. …
