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Regrowing Teeth: Yes In Fish So Why Not In Humans?

... - studied how teeth and taste buds grow from the same epithelial tissues in embryonic fish. Unlike humans, fish have no tongues, so ... switches that will shift the fate of the common epithelial cells to either dental or sensory structures," Streelman said. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2015 - 7:00am - 0 attachments

Scientists Develop Genetic Blueprint Of Inner Ear Cell Development

... mouse inner ear. The findings provide new insight into how epithelial cells in the inner ear develop and differentiate into specialized ... critical public health issue." Specialized sensory epithelial cells in the inner ear include hair cells and supporting cells, ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2015 - 7:31am - 0 attachments

Pinpointing Gene That Regulates Repair And Regeneration In Adult Lungs

... First, they deleted the gene sonic hedgehog in airway epithelial cells of the adult lung. The protein made from sonic hedgehog is secreted from airway epithelial cells and acts on the adjoining cells surrounding the airways called ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 5 2015 - 12:39pm - 0 attachments

Fetal Attraction: How Baby Cells Impact Maternal Health During Pregnancy

... "Fetal cells can act as stem cells and develop into epithelial cells, specialized heart cells, liver cells and so forth. This shows ... immune cells targeting fetal cell interlopers or normal epithelial cells, existing in harmony. "If future research bears out the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2015 - 11:25am - 0 attachments

Developing A Better Flu Vaccine

... during Infection of Primary Differentiated Human Nasal Epithelial Cells" was written by William A. Fischer II, Landon S. King, Andrew ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2015 - 7:30am - 0 attachments

Spaceflight May Increase Susceptibility To Inflammatory Bowel Disease

... on the cross-regulation of the mucosal immune system, epithelial barrier and commensal bacteria not only in humans in spaceflight or ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2015 - 9:00am - 0 attachments

Rare Autoimmune Syndrome May Have A Common Form

... AIRE operates in unusual cells called medullary thymic epithelial cells, or mTECs, that act as “examiners,” checking T cells to ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2015 - 3:54pm - 0 attachments

Mini-breast Grown In Petri Dishes

... group has developed an assay whereby cultured human breast epithelial cells rebuild the three-dimensional tissue architecture of the ... a new experimental tool. Detail of breast epithelial cells in culture undergoing ductal elongation and side-branching. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2015 - 6:23pm - 0 attachments

E-Cigarette Flavorings Alter Lung Function At Cellular Level

... effects in users. In the study, cultured human airway epithelial cells were exposed to various doses of the 13 e-cigarette liquid ... Carolina at Chapel Hill. "In our study using human lung epithelial cells, a number of cell viability and toxicity parameters pointed to ...

Article - News Staff - May 18 2015 - 11:30am - 0 attachments

Single Blood Markers For Disease Will Be A Thing Of The Past

... in diagnosing ovarian cancer in 86% of women with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer and was hailed as the most effective diagnostic tool ...

Article - The Conversation - May 14 2015 - 8:00am - 0 attachments