New research shows that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can stimulate stem cells into bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors. Researchers from Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of [...]

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center have successfully converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, marking the first time human stem cells have been produced via nuclear transfer. Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) have successfully reprogrammed [...]

In a newly published study, scientists from UC San Francisco detail how they developed the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory, a significant step toward potential new treatments based on stem-cell and organ transplantation. Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human [...]

While looking for lab-grown antibodies that can activate a growth-stimulating receptor on marrow cells, a team of scientists at the Lerner lab discovered a way to turn bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells. La Jolla, California – In a serendipitous discovery, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to [...]

Neurologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have successfully shown that human embryonic stem cells, which have been transformed into nerve cells, can help mice regain the ability to learn and remember. For the first time, human embryonic stem cells have been transformed into nerve cells that helped mice regain the ability to learn and remember. [...]

Researchers at CWRU School of Medicine have discovered a new technique that converts fibroblasts into oligodendrocytes, enabling “on demand” production of myelinating cells. Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and [...]

In a new study, researchers from Lund University detail how they succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by re-programming the stem cells that produce blood. The blood of young and old people differs. In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood, a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they [...]

Researchers at the Waisman Center turned iPS cells from a monkey’s skin into neural progenitor cells and successfully transplant them into its own brain, providing proof of principle that personalized medicine may one day be able to treat diseases like Parkinson’s. For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey’s skin [...]

Scientists at UC San Francisco discovered that rare somatic cells extracted from human breast tissue are pluripotent cells that could play an important role in regenerative medicine. As with human embryonic stem cells, the newly found cells are pluripotent, or capable of turning into most cell types, the authors said. The scientists discovered that when [...]

A team of Yale researchers discovered that specialized RNAs called piRNAs guide epigenetic factors to numerous sites throughout the genome of the fruit fly Drosophila, where these switches work to turn genes on or off. If a genome is the blueprint for life, then the chief architects are tiny slices of genetic material that orchestrate [...]

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that a protein called Jagged-1 stimulates human stem cells to differentiate into bone-producing cells. Philadelphia — Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have discovered that a protein called Jagged-1 stimulates human stem cells to differentiate into bone-producing cells. This protein could help both [...]

Researchers from Heriot-Watt University, in partnership with Roslin Cellab, have developed a 3D printing process that is the first to print embryonic cell cultures, allowing them to create more accurate human tissue models that are essential to in vitro drug development and toxicity-testing. A specialized 3D printing process, using human stem cells, could pave the [...]