News
A collection of the very latest news items relevant to the cell migration community, selected from the CMC, news@nature.com and journals from the Nature family.
October 2007
Consortium October Update
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Actin dynamics and VASP: The shape of cells to come.
Biomaterials: Tether length and ligand spacing affect cell spreading.Tiny RNAs, big problems
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Spread of breast cancer to other body parts is linked to microRNA.
Why a person doesn't evolve in one lifetime
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The use of slowly dividing undifferentiated stem cells to sustain the constant renewal of body cells may be cost-effective compared to the use of readily differentiated cells, but it may also reduce the risks of cancer.
Improved polymer shuttles genes into cells
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A biodegradable polymer that can shuttle DNA into cells may one day be used to perform gene therapy in a safer way than the use of viral systems.
Britain gets hybrid embryo go-ahead
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Britain has approved a technique that creates embryos by injecting human DNA into empty animal egg cells, which aims to generate human stem cells without relying on a supply of donated human eggs.