Scientists Uncover Genes That Control Whole-Body Regeneration
When it comes to regeneration, some animals are capable of amazing feats. If you cut off a salamander’s leg, it will grow back. When threatened,…
Regenerative Biology
Exercise Stimulates the Heart to Make New Muscle Cells
Doctors, health organizations, and the U.S. surgeon general all agree that exercise is good for the heart. But the reasons why are not well understood….
Whitehead Institute Biologists Uncover a Blueprint for Regeneration
Researchers at Whitehead Institute have uncovered a framework for regeneration that may explain and predict how stem cells in adult, regenerating tissue determine where to…
Scientists Sequence Largest Genome to Date, the Axolotl Genome
A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information of the Mexican salamander axolotl. The axolotl…
Geneticists Fully Decode a New Genome for Regeneration Research
The planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea is an extraordinary animal. Even when cut into tiny pieces, each piece can regenerate back into a complete and perfectly…
Seasonal Color-Enhanced Images Reveal the Science Behind Stem Cells
At first glance, a pair of award-winning images created by University of Southampton postgraduate researcher Catarina Moura seem to have a seasonal theme. But look…
Harvard Researchers Reveal Evidence That ALS and SMA Could be Treated With a Common Drug
Scientists from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have identified a compound that helps protect the cells destroyed by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the most frequent…
Neurons Can Be Changed from One Type Into Another from Within the Brain
A newly published study from Harvard biologists shows how neurons can be dramatically changed from one type into another from within the brain and how…
New Gene-Editing Technique Could Prove to be an Effective Technique for Blocking HIV
Using CRISPR Cas technology, researchers genetically ‘edit’ human blood stem cells to create what could prove to be an effective technique for blocking HIV. Harvard…
Researchers Show that GDF11 Improves Functioning of Aged Brains and Muscles
In two new studies, researchers from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute show that injections of GDF11 improved the exercise capability and the function of the…