A new window opens on the Arctic

Electron spectroscopy: a new window opens.

Organogenesis of kidney and endocrine pancreas: the window opens.

Growing new organs in situ by implanting developing animal organ primordia (organogenesis) represents a novel solution to the problem of limited supply for human donor organs that offers advantages relative to transplanting embryonic stem (ES) cells or xenotransplantation of developed organs. Successful transplantation of organ primordia depends on obtaining them at defined windows during embry...

A new pathway opens up on the study of lymphangiogenesis

Under the direction of Professor Agnès Noël, a team of scientists at the GIGA-Cancer research center of the University of Liège has developed, in collaboration with other European laboratories, a new lymphoangiogenesis model which could lead, among other things, to a better understanding of cancer cell dissemination (metastases). This finding is the subject of an article published in the renown...

Erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease: the cardiac window opens.

There is now a large body of evidence linking erectile dysfunction (ED) and coronary artery disease (CAD) (1). The common pathophysiology is endothelial dysfunction and with ED being recognised as a predominantly vascular disease the recognition that ED may present 2–5 years before cardiac symptoms has opened the window of opportunity to use ED as a marker of silent CAD and a means, therefore, ...

A new window on MSCs.

croenvironment, Wnt3A acts to promote osteoblast differentiation and suppress osteoclastogenesis. This results in inhibition of myeloma bone disease and consequent indirect suppression of tumor growth. These studies advance our knowledge of myeloma bone disease, and raise questions regarding the balance of agonists and antagonists of the Wnt signaling pathway in myeloma, and the function of Wnt...