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• NIH funds development of tissue chips to help predict drug safety

  Seventeen National Institutes of Health grants are aimed at creating 3-D chips with living cells and tissues that accurately model the structure and function of human organs such as the lung, liver and heart. Once developed, these tissue chips will be tested with compounds known to be safe or toxic [...]

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• UMLSTP now home to first co-working lab space center in the Southeast US

  With shared workspace growing in popularity across the U.S. and around the world, Miami’s newest R&D facility is introducing shared lab and office space intended to foster collaboration and innovation among early-stage research firms, many of which lack the costly facilities and resources required to advance and commercialize their work. [...]

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• Newly-discovered molecular mechanism might explain the link between stem cells and cancer

  Stem cells hold great promise for the medicine of the future, but they can also be a cause of disease. When these self-renewing, unspecialized cells fail to differentiate into diverse cell types, they can start dividing uncontrollably, leading to cancer. Already several decades ago, Weizmann Institute scientists were among the [...]

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• “like turning back the clock so these cells can thrive again.”

  Damaged and aged heart tissue of older heart failure patients was rejuvenated by stem cells modified by scientists, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2012 Scientific Sessions. The research could one day lead to new treatments for heart failure patients, researchers said.

  “Since patients [...]
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