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Is turning back the clock in aging fat cells a remedy for lifestyle diseases?
Researchers from Osaka University found that lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and fatty liver are caused by age-related changes in fat ...
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2020
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Learning how cancer cells coordinate and collaborate to multiply and metastasize
Researchers from Osaka University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology have cultured epithelial-like cancer cells on an ...
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2020
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Link discovered between male infertility and self-eating
Sertoli cells are important for spermatogenesis. Researchers at Osaka University have uncovered a novel regulatory mechanism of Sertoli cell function. ...
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2021
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Lipids, lysosomes, and autophagy: the keys to preventing kidney injury
Lysosomes are cellular waste disposal organelles containing potent enzymes that cause cellular damage if they leak out of ruptured lysosomes. In a recent study ...
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2020
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Liver cancer cells manipulate stromal cells involved in fibrosis to promote tumor growth
Researchers led by Osaka University have found that liver cancer cells induce autophagy in hepatic stellate cells, causing them to produce a growth factor ...
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2020
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Lowering blood insulin levels could lower your risk of getting COVID-19
Researchers from Osaka University have found that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds directly to GRP78, which is expressed at high levels in adipose tissue and ...
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2021
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Modeling the human eye in a dish
Researchers from Osaka University developed and validated a novel PITX2-eGFP hiPSC reporter line to model the development of periocular mesenchymal cells. ...
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2020
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No Swimming? Molecule Regulating Sperm Motility Discovered
Researchers from Osaka University used protein sequence data analysis and genome editing technology to find that sperm protein SPATA33 plays an important role ...
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2021
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Raising the steaks: First 3D-bioprinted structured Wagyu beef-like meat unveiled
Osaka University researchers have recreated the complex texture and marbling of Wagyu steaks by using bioprinted cells. By manually structuring and slicing the ...
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2021
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Root cause: Plant root tips are constrained to a dome shape common to arch bridges
Researchers from Osaka University, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, and Kobe University have found that plant root tips commonly converged to a ...
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2021
