Image of the Month: A closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma
The image captures metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) intertwined with blood vessels (magenta) in the leptomeninges of a mouse model of the human condition.
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Endothelial cells play important role in blood clotting
The finding that endothelial cells contribute to blood clotting shifts the curent thinking about clot development, treatment and prevention.
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Eliminating p63 gene could convert scar tissue into heart muscle
After a heart attack, the parts of the heart muscle that die do not regenerate into new heart tissue; instead, they are replaced by scar
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How Gata4 helps mend a broken heart
During a heart attack, blood stops flowing into the heart; starved for oxygen, part of the heart muscle dies. The heart muscle does not regenerate;
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