Researchers have found that macrophages - white blood cells that play a key role in the immune response - also help to both produce and eliminate the body's red blood cells (RBCs). The researchers are from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. It is hoped that the findings could lead to novel therapies for diseases or conditions in which the red blood cell production is thrown out of balance. ...
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Based on laboratory studies, Johns Hopkins researchers claim to have found that stem cells from a patient's own fat may have the potential to deliver new treatments directly into the brain after the surgical removal of a glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain tumor. The investigators say so-called mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have an unexplained ability to seek out damaged cells, such as those involved in cancer, and may provide clinicians a ...
In a recent research, scientists had grafted glia cells, a type of human brain cells, into the brains of baby mice and found that the implanted human cells developed inside the brains of the mice and made them smarter. The mice with mutated brain cells were found to learn to escape traps at a faster rate when compared with their counterparts with normal brain. Astrocytes, a type of glial cells, were initially thought to be mere support cells without transporting ...
