More articles about: Basic Science and Laboratory Research
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News Release

Six U-M medical research teams picked for virtual science tournament

The March Madness of science, called STAT Madness, brings attention to scientific research at U-M and around the nation; six U-M-led teams have made it to this year's tournament run by a health news organization.
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Health Lab

Researchers uncover why a rare disease resulting in abnormal fat loss can also lead to diabetes

With help of patients with FPLD2, a research team has finally found some answers to why familial partial lipodystrophy can lead to diabetes and metabolic disease.
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Health Lab

An upgrade to U-M developed tech enables researchers to see even finer transcription detail inside cells

A technology developed at University of Michigan called Seq-Scope revolutionized the ability to map gene activity within intact tissue at microscopic resolution, enabling researchers to measure all expressed mRNA molecules and determine precisely where they are located within the tissue, using an Illumina sequencer machine. The team behind the Seq-Scope method has recently taken the technology even further. Their findings are described in Nature Communications.
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A protein tape-recorder enables scientists to measure and decode cellular processes at scale and over time

A new tool, developed at the University of Michigan, acts as a tape recorder produced and maintained by the cell itself, enabling scientists to rewind back in time and view interactions on a large scale and over long periods of time.
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Health Lab

Study reveals the dual role for a protein critical for healing nerve damage

A recent University of Michigan study in mice finds a specific protein inside of the nerves, called Sarm1, appears to be essential for nerve regeneration.
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Health Lab

Expanding brain tumor research  

Maria Castro, Ph.D, of Michigan Medicine, received a prestigious $4.5M NIH grant that will help advance the understanding about deadly tumors and provide a path for developing new treatments.
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Health Lab

Insights from worms could help scientists harness the power of dietary restriction for longevity

Research from the University of Michigan Medical School uncovers interesting connections between a longevity gene, behavior and the environment.
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Health Lab

Brains and stock markets follow the same rules in crisis, study finds

University of Michigan researchers reveal that the behaviors of brains and economies during crises can be explained using observations common in the realm of physics.
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Health Lab

Applying engineering principles to biological studies could identify disease biomarkers more quickly

In a new paper published in PNAS, a research team proposes that the fundamental principles of control theory and observability can be applied to study biological processes that change over time.
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Health Lab

Family finds answers to rare, genetic glaucoma

When a father and his two kids developed an array of peculiar symptoms, doctors, Brazilian researchers and the NIH partnered to find a diagnosis and path to treatment.
Health Lab

Is everything you know about Alzheimer's wrong?

Amyloid’s role in Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia doesn’t tell the whole story; other molecules and prevention via cardiovascular, social and cognitive.
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Health Lab

AI reveals hidden features of a developing embryo model

In Michigan Medicine-led research, artificial intelligence reveals hidden features of a developing embryo model.
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Health Lab

When mom and dad’s DNA don’t match up, the embryo finds a way

Michigan Medicine publishes research on maternal CENP-C restores centromere symmetry in mammalian zygotes to ensure proper chromosome segregation.
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Health Lab

Cracking the code on APS vasculopathy

Antiphospholipid syndrome vasculopathy is often overlooked in patients and can result in organ failure. Researchers at University of Michigan Health uses skin biopsies to pinpoint features in blood cells that give insight to the condition.
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Philanthropy News

Michigan Medicine donors fuel breakthroughs in discovery research

Michigan Medicine Discovery Research Week celebrates essential research and the donors who make it possible.
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