An international research group has identified Norn cells as the main producer of erythropoietin (EPO) in the human body, a hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells. EPO is used to correct anemia in cases of chronic kidney failure, and this discovery, published in the journal Nature, may have significant implications for the...
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A research group from Harvard Medical School (United States) has modified the genetic code of a bacterial strain of the E. coli species so that it is immune to all viruses in nature. The main objective of this study, published in the journal Nature, is to eliminate the risk of viral contamination, a serious problem...
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Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
In recent years, the boundaries between technology and biology are blurring. A group of researchers from the Universities of Linköping, Lund and Gothenburg in Sweden have successfully grown electrodes in living tissue using the body's molecules as triggers. The result, published in the journal Science, makes it possible, in the future, for the formation of...
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