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National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… Ph.D., NHGRI. … Confocal image of adult zebrafish hair cells (green) in the auditory organ of the inner ear. Credit: … come from the loss of hearing receptors known as “hair cells” in the inner ear. Bristles that stick out of these … cells start replicating. These support cells are like stem cells because of their ability to become other cell …
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Dr. Settara Chandrasekharappa is an associate investigator in NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… in 2009 with a report that menin is required for in vitro hematopoietic differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells and this role of menin is mediated by its ability to …
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A lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system.
… immune system. There are two main types of lymphocytes: B cells and T cells. The B cells produce antibodies that are used to attack invading …
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Dr. Sharon Milgram is an adjunct investigator in the Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… cell signaling and protein trafficking in polarized cells, including kidney and airway epithelial cells. Epithelial cells form a lining at the surface of the skin and along …
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Prostate cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive system.
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A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) is an engineered DNA molecule used to clone DNA sequences in bacterial cells (for example, E. coli).
… DNA molecule used to clone DNA sequences in bacterial cells (for example, E. coli). … Cloning, Bacteria, … DNA molecule used to clone DNA sequences in bacterial cells (for example, E. coli). BACs are often used in … with their inserted DNA, are then taken up by bacterial cells. As the bacterial cells grow and divide, they amplify …
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NIH researchers researchers and collaborators have gained some key insights into the biological inner-workings of regrowing a body, the evolution of aging and a unique method to dispose of aging cells, by studying the genomes of a hermit crab (Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus).
… and corals regrows its entire body with help from “aging” cells. … Insights into healing and aging were discovered by … researchers found that Hydractinia has a special group of stem cells for regeneration. Stem cells can transform into other types of cells, and are …
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Aneuploidy is an abnormality in the number of chromosomes in a cell due to loss or duplication. In humans, aneuploidy would be any number of chromosomes other than the usual 46.
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Dr. Edward Giniger is an adjunct investigator in NHGRI's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch.
… to find just the right partners from among all the myriad cells of the nervous system. His laboratory also seeks to … shown how a particular protein on the surface of fly nerve cells, called Notch, engages signaling proteins inside the … information processing, neural circuits, neurons, nerve cells … Edward Giniger, information processing, neural …
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NIH is launching a program, Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC), to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene.
… The Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells program will first look at protein-coding genes … The … each gene. The Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC) program, managed by the National Human Genome … or off depending on the cell’s relationship to surrounding cells, environment and age. Research funded by the MorPhiC …