Is It Safe for Humans To Go Up to Space? ISS Experiments Reveal Risks for Future Space Flights
The study in mouse cells analyzed the impact of space radiation and will help scientists better estimate the safety and dangers of space travel. An…
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Scientists Discover That the “Love Hormone” Could Actually Heal Your Heart
Researchers have found that oxytocin, sometimes known as the “love hormone,” may one day help heal damaged hearts after a heart attack. The neurohormone oxytocin is…
“Bioprinting” Plant Cells With 3D Printer To Study Cell Function
New research reveals a reproducible way of studying cellular communication among varied types of plant cells by “bioprinting” these cells via a 3D printer. Learning…
An Unlikely Source Provides New Hope for Heart Disease Patients
Traditional medicine could slow heart disease development. Time halted during the European Football Championship last summer. When football player Christian Eriksen unexpectedly fell, passed away,…
Biologists Create a New Type of Human Cells
The new model cells aid in the study of early embryonic development. Professor Vincent Pasque and his colleagues at KU Leuven have used stem cells to…
Growing Human Kidneys in a Lab – Scientists Have Made a Significant Breakthrough
A Key Step Forward One in nine adults worldwide has some kind of kidney disease, and kidney failure is becoming more common everywhere. Growing functional…
This Blood Stem Cell Research Could Change Medicine of the Future
New discoveries about embryonic blood stem cell creation made independently by biomedical engineers and medical researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney…
Could Stem-Cell Based Therapy Treat Type-1 Diabetes? A New Study Demonstrates the Treatment’s Potential
Stem-cell therapy has promise in the treatment of high-risk type 1 diabetes. A clinical study presented at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in…
Newly Identified Enzyme Enables Lifelong Sperm Production
According to research conducted by the University of Pennsylvania, the enzyme DOT1L, a stem cell self-renewal factor, is necessary for mice to continue producing sperm…
Scientists Grow “Synthetic” Embryo With Brain and Beating Heart – Without Eggs or Sperm
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of…
Scientists Grow “Synthetic” Mouse Embryo – With Brain and Beating Heart – From Stem Cells
Scientists have created model mouse embryos from stem cells that have beating hearts, as well as the foundations for a brain and all of the…
Scientists Discover That Irregular Production of Brain Cells Could Cause Autism
Autistic individuals’ stem cells either create too many or too few brain cells. Researchers from Rutgers University have discovered evidence of anomalies in very early brain…
New Invention Restores Life-Saving Cells
Nanoparticle “backpack” repairs damaged stem cells. Stem cells that might save a baby’s life and be utilized to treat illnesses like lymphoma and leukemia are…
Without Egg, Sperm or Womb: Synthetic Embryo Models May Enable Growing Organs for Transplantation
Without Egg, Sperm or Womb: Synthetic Mouse Embryo Models Created Solely from Stem Cells An egg meets a sperm – that’s a necessary first step…
Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Cellular Aging: What Happens After You Turn 70?
A new explanation for aging has been developed by researchers who have shown that genetic abnormalities that develop gradually over a lifetime cause substantial alterations…
Better Diagnosis and Treatment: Genetic Clues to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Discovery of molecular signatures of age-related macular degeneration will help with better diagnosis and treatment of this progressive eye disease. Thanks to the discovery of…
Potential Cure for Baldness: Discovery of Chemical Controlling Life and Death in Hair Follicles
Discovery Could Help End Baldness and Speed Healing Scientists have discovered that a single chemical is key to controlling when hair follicle cells divide, and…
New Technology Repairs and Regenerates Heart Cells After a Heart Attack
A “powerful clinical strategy” for treating heart disease may result from the recent discovery. University of Houston researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique that, in…
