Lund University, Sweden - How nanostraws can increase number of blood stem cells

Title:

How nanostraws can increase number of blood stem cells

 

Published:

Lund University, 8 February 2022

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells

 

From the article:

Jonas Larsson, professor of molecular medicine, and his research colleague Ludwig Schmiderer, together with Martin Hjort, researcher at Lund University, have developed a method using nanotechnology to multiply blood stem cells before a stem cell transplant.

 

Universities of Portsmouth and Southampton - Strange new genetic disease discovered that causes children's brains to develop abnormally

Title:

Strange new genetic disease discovered that causes children's brains to develop abnormally

 

By:

University of Portsmouth

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 20 April 2021

https://scitechdaily.com/strange-new-genetic-disease-discovered-that-causes-childrens-brains-to-develop-abnormally/

 

From the article:

Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts.  

 

The majority of patients with the condition, which is so new it doesn’t have a name yet, were also microcephalic, a birth defect where a baby’s head is smaller than expected when compared to babies of the same sex and age.  

 

Researchers from the universities of Portsmouth and Southampton found that changes in a gene called coat protein complex 1 (COPB1) caused this rare genetic disease.