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Scientists develop functional eggs out of human skin cells

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells ...
An international team of researchers has created the most detailed model yet of how cells regulate traffic through the ...
Researchers have succeeded in making human skin cells behave like egg cells, though the resulting fertilized embryos run them ...
A class of antivirals called Pin1 inhibitors could reduce or stop outbreaks of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), the common ...
The cell nucleus goes a long way during an immune response, both literally and figuratively. The white blood cells in question are cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), also known as killer T cells. These ...
Researchers say findings help to bridge the structure of the genome to its function in managing how genes are turned on and off.
Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have accomplished a unique proof of concept to treat infertility by turning ...
Researchers at OHSU have demonstrated a new technique to treat infertility by turning skin cells into oocytes, or eggs. Shown here, an image of an oocyte with a bright image of a skin cell nucleus ...
When cancer cells are physically squeezed, they mount an instant, high-energy defense by rushing mitochondria to the cell ...
Every time a eukaryotic cell divides, it faces a monumental challenge: It must carefully duplicate and divide its genetic material (chromosomes) equally, and then rebuild the nuclear envelope around ...