Search Results: Reprogramming cells (180)

Scientists have found a vital protein for expanding rare, life-saving blood stem cells. This breakthrough could pave the way for growing these cells in larger quantities, addressing a major limitation…

In CAR-T therapy, T cells in blue find antigens (red) and kill cancer cells (purple). But often, antigens attach to other T cells leading other T cells to attack their…

…cells, consequently reprogramming the liver in a way that resembles the obesity- and alcohol-related condition known as fatty liver disease. Liver Inflammation and Drug Metabolism Impairment The team also observed…

…The importance of these TAMs goes back to how the immune system recognizes cancerous cells. There is a subpopulation of immune cells called CD8+ T cells that are critical in…

Cancer cells seem to possess an unexpected way of rewriting their genetic priorities when conditions become threatening. Researchers have traced this ability to a stress-responsive shift in a major transcriptional…

…DNA inside cells. But the new study shows how distinctive the marks from a sperm cell are from the information coming from an oocyte, or egg cell. “We were able…

…it,” Nyerges said. The work also provides the first built-in safety measure that prevents modified genetic material from being incorporated into natural cells, he said. The authors said their work…

…such as skin cells or hair cells, back into a pluripotent state. These “induced pluripotent stem cells” (iPSCs), which could be developed from the patient’s own cells, would theoretically carry…

…biochemical processes of cells throughout the body,” Bao said. The researchers began by genetically reprogramming the cells they wanted to affect. They did this by using standard bioengineering techniques to…

…has now created life forms that self-assemble a body from single cells, do not require muscle cells to move, and even demonstrate the capability of recordable memory. The new generation…

Newborns have a unique ability to heal their hearts thanks to specialized immune cells. These cells produce a key molecule, thromboxane, which promotes heart regeneration—something adult hearts struggle to do….

…Credit: Shutterstock As the immune system weakens with age, researchers have found a way to temporarily boost its function by reprogramming liver cells to support T-cell development. As people get…

A diabetes drug called pioglitazone not only regulates insulin but may also prevent prostate cancer recurrence by reprogramming cancer cells and slowing their growth. Credit: Stock Image A diabetes drug…

…brain cells. Microglia serve as the brain’s immune defenders, clearing toxins and dead cells, while astrocytes support neurons and help maintain communication between them. Many of the affected genes normally…

…tumors. Scientists from Yale University have identified a new way to boost immune response by metabolically “rewiring” immune cells. Inside a tumor, immune cells and cancer cells battle for survival….

…the lungs, and restored the activity of immune cells that attack cancer. It was also effective against cancer cells that no longer responded to chemotherapy. A new target in an…

…also enabling the reprogramming of these cells into induced pluripotent stem cells that were then differentiated into functioning fat, cartilage, and bone cells.” MitoPunch was created in the labs of…

…taurine is supplied not by the cancer cells themselves, but by nearby healthy cells within the bone marrow. This inner-bone environment is where myeloid cancers like leukemia first develop and…