Researchers utilize human stem cells and bioengineered platform to construct entire working thymus Kumar Jeetendra | December 11, 2020 Their work is an important step towards having the ability to build artificial thymi that could be utilised as transplants. The thymus is an organ in the chest where T lymphocytes, which play a vital role in the immune system, mature. If the thymus doesn’t work properly or doesn’t form during foetal development in the …
Researchers find out how shattered chromosomes make most cancers cells greater aggressive Kumar Jeetendra | December 27, 2020 Cancer is one of the world’s biggest health afflictions because, unlike some diseases, it’s a moving target, constantly evolving to evade and resist treatment. In a paper published in the December 23, 2020 online dilemma of Nature, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the UC San Diego branch of the …
Individuals with vision impedance have higher risk of all-cause mortality Kumar Jeetendra | March 6, 2021 The global population is aging, and so are their eyes. In fact, the number of individuals with vision impairment and blindness is expected to more than double over the next 30 years. A meta-analysis in The Lancet Global Health, comprising 48,000 individuals from 17 studies, found that those with more severe vision impairment had a …
