Stem-cell niche articles from across Nature Portfolio A stem-cell niche is an area of a tissue that provides a specific microenvironment, in which stem cells are present in an undifferentiated and ...

In C-cell disease, which includes both C-cell hyperplasia (CCH) and MTC, serum calcitonin levels start to rise early in the disease course and increase further as disease progresses. 6 Elevation ...

Th2-mediated pathways and inflammation, such as CD4 + lymphocytes, mast cells, eosinophils, neutrophils, epithelial cell remodeling with goblet cell hyperplasia, IgE, IL-13 and IL-5 in asthma; ...

Three other types of cells interspersed among the enterocytes are: first, enteroendocrine cells that secrete peptides or hormones such as GLP-2 (which is involved in epithelial regeneration and repair ...

Gabriella Ngang, of Farmington Hills, is one of three in Michigan to take part in a clinical trial of a new sickle cell ...

The cure for diabetes is a life free from daily insulin injections. Based on that criterion, ten out of 12 people (83%) in a ...

That extra step, however, might hold a key for better understanding certain genetic conditions, many of which stem from ...

Microglia replacement therapy helps treat people with a rare genetic condition called ALSP, suggesting the approach could ...

A collaborative research team has successfully developed a novel fluorescent probe, SLY (Sialyl Lewis Yellow), capable of ...

A breakthrough in the understanding of how mammals create red blood cells could lead to opportunities for artificial blood to ...

A team of researchers from the San Raffaele-Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET, Milan), led by Nadia Coltella and ...