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Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant gene enables mice to regenerate ear tissue.
Zebrafish hair cells regrow via cyclin gene activity in specific cells, offering clues to future hearing restoration in ...
Researchers have demonstrated that a genetic switch for organ regeneration exists, after restoring damaged outer ears in mice ...
Changing one gene can restore some tissue regeneration to mice Signaling from retinoic acid appears to be key to getting mice to regrow ear damage.
Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...
A newly-discovered molecular mechanism that allows damaged adult liver cells to regenerate could pave the way for drugs to treat conditions such as cirrhosis or other chronic liver diseases where ...
"The regeneration that we see in our knockout mice is very significant, and these findings support our hypothesis that an energy deficiency is holding back the ability of both central and ...
Knockout mice are guide to new genes for eye and skin disorders Date: August 1, 2019 Source: University of California - Davis Summary: Albinism is the best-known of a group of rare genetic ...
Are Scientists Ignoring Environmental Influence on Genetic Research? A new study suggests that they do, and that they should take it into account in experiments involving knockout mice.
Regeneration mechanism discovered in mice could provide target for drugs to combat chronic liver disease Mechanism provides potential target for drugs to combat chronic liver disease Date ...