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Researchers have now identified three health conditions for which people with SCT are at increased risk.
… circumstances," said Gregory Kato, M.D., director of the Adult Sickle Cell Center of Excellence at the University of …
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Mitochondria are membrane-bound cell organelles (mitochondrion, singular) that generate most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell's biochemical reactions.
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A centrosome is a cellular structure involved in the process of cell division.
… help separate the replicated chromosomes into the daughter cells. … A centrosome is a cellular structure involved in the …
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A nuclear membrane is a double membrane that encloses the cell nucleus.
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A nucleus is a membrane-bound organelle that contains the cell's chromosomes.
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Dr. Paul Liu is a senior investigator in NHGRI's Translational and Functional Genomics Branch.
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… during leukemia development by microarray analysis with cells from Cbfb-MYH11 knock-in mice, and identified … made novel findings regarding its role in hematopoietic stem cell production (Bresciani, Blood in press). Overall the … BM, Wen Z, and Liu PP. Development of multi-lineage adult hematopoiesis in the zebrafish with a runx1 truncation …
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A Golgi body, also known as a Golgi apparatus, is a cell organelle that helps process and package proteins and lipid molecules, especially proteins destined to be exported from the cell.
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A fibroblast is the most common type of cell found in connective tissue.
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A knockout mouse is a laboratory mouse in which researchers have inactivated an existing gene by replacing it or disrupting it with an artificial piece of DNA.
… that the genetically altered embryos cannot grow into adult mice. The lack of adult mice limits studies to … disease.  … Researchers begin by harvesting embryonic stem (ES) cells from early-stage mouse embryos four days after …
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Meiosis is the formation of egg and sperm cells. In sexually reproducing organisms, body cells are diploid, meaning they contain two sets of chromosomes (one set from each parent).
… Meiosis … Meiosis is the formation of egg and sperm cells. In sexually reproducing organisms, body cells are diploid, meaning they contain two sets of … that reduces the number of chromosomes in gametes (the sex cells, or egg and sperm). In humans, body (or somatic) cells …