Mapping the Unseen: How Our Limbs Grow and What Can Go Wrong
Scientists reveal unprecedented insights into human limb development, including the many intricate processes that govern their formation. Human fingers and toes do not grow outward;…
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Stem Cells to the Rescue: A Game Changer for Parkinson’s Patients
The future treatment of Parkinson’s Disease has undergone tremendous development in recent years. Now, a breakthrough in research has emerged, delivering the strongest results for…
Scientists Discover Surprisingly Simple Potential Solution for Bone Marrow Transplant Complications
Research indicates the potential to prevent the occurrence of Graft versus Host Disease. Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have identified…
Not Sci-Fi Anymore: World’s First Live-Birth Chimeric Monkey Glows Green
Breakthrough in Primate Research: Birth of a Chimeric Monkey Chinese researchers have reported the first live birth of a chimeric monkey, a significant breakthrough in…
Osteoarthritis Breakthrough: New Research Shows That the Condition May Be Treatable and Reversible
Existing therapies for osteoarthritis focus on symptom relief instead of tackling the root cause of the disease. However, recent research conducted by the University of…
Nanowired Cardiac Organoids – New Technology Could Revolutionize Recovery After Heart Attack
Preclinical research indicates that nanowired cardiac organoids could one day repair hearts instead of just preventing further damage. Heart disease is a leading cause of…
Bone Stem Cell Discovery: The Hidden Cause of Premature Skull Fusion
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have found that the premature fusion of the skull in infants, known as craniosynostosis, is caused by an increase in…
Unborn Secrets: The Prenatal Development of Fragile X Syndrome
Study results fundamentally change how scientists understand the developmental origins of Fragile X syndrome and suggest a potential treatment for brain cells damaged by the…
Stem Cells From Discarded Heart Tissue Could Treat Crohn’s Disease
Research found decreased intestinal inflammation and improved wound healing in a mouse model. A study from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of…
Unlocking the Secrets of Aging: Squishy Sea Creature Rewrites Science
A cousin of jellyfish and corals can regenerate its entire body with help from “aging” cells. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and their…
Cornell Study Reveals Why Cancer May Spread to the Spine
The spinal vertebral bones originate from a unique stem cell type that secretes a protein favoring tumor metastases, according to a study led by researchers…
A Cure for COPD? Transplanting Patients’ Own Lung Cells Shows Great Promise
Researchers have demonstrated the potential to heal injured lung tissue in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients using their own lung cells for the first…
When Strength Becomes Weakness: Testosterone’s Paradoxical Effect on Kidney Health
Kidneys in females have been observed to be more resistant to disease and damage. However, males need not despair. Recent research led by USC Stem…
New Research Sheds Light on New “Molecular Road” to Alzheimer’s Disease
Genetic detective work by Brigham researchers sheds light on a promising new treatment strategy for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) manifests with a broad spectrum…
Scientists Discover “Dynamite” Way To Wipe a Cell’s Memory To Better Reprogram It as a Stem Cell
A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells. In a groundbreaking study published on August 16 in the journal Nature,…
Lab-Grown Muscles Breakthrough: The Future of Medicine and Meat
Professor Ori Bar-Nur and his colleagues at ETH Zurich are pioneering the cultivation of muscle cells in the lab, currently using mouse cells as their…
No More Cavities? Organoids Pave the Way for Enamel Regeneration
This advance is viewed as a pivotal initial step toward innovative therapies for the repair and regeneration of teeth. Stem cells have been used to…
Reversing Alzheimer’s: Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise
A study from UC San Diego indicates that transplants of hematopoietic stem cells can shield mice with Alzheimer’s from memory decline, neuroinflammation, and accumulation of…