Scientists Coax Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Organize
Using geometry, scientists from the Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at Rockefeller University have coaxed human embryonic stem cells to organize themselves….
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Researchers Use Stem Cells from Teeth to Grow Brain-Like Cells
New research from the University of Adelaide shows that stem cells from teeth can develop and form complex networks of brain-like cells. University of Adelaide…
Researchers Identify Major Obstacle to Converting Cells Back to Their Youthful State
Researchers from Yale University have identified a major obstacle to converting cells back to their youthful state — the speed of the cell cycle, or…
Researchers Convert Human Stem Cells to Functional Lung Cells
In a newly published study, researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center detail how they successfully converted human stem cells into functional lung and airway…
Researchers Generate Kidney Structures from Human Stem Cells
Researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have generated three-dimensional kidney structures from human stem cells, opening new avenues for the future application of…
Scientists Demonstrate Efficient Method for Converting Fat Cells to Liver Cells
Using adipose stem cells from human liposuction aspirates, scientists have developed a fast, efficient way to turn cells extracted from routine liposuction into liver cells….
Scientists Grow Human Brain Tissue in a 3D Culture System
By using a new method, which modified an established approach to generate so-called neuroectoderm, scientists were able to grow human brain tissue in a three-dimensional…
Researchers Transform Human Scar-Tissue into Heart-Muscle Cells
A newly published study from scientists at the Gladstone Institutes details how researchers transformed the class of cells that form human scar tissue into those…
Researchers Sequence Genome of Human’s Closest Invertebrate Relative
Stanford researchers have sequenced the genome of mankind’s closest invertebrate relative, Botryllus schlosseri – a small sea creature that can regenerate its entire body from…
Cardiac Stem Cells Offer New Ways to Prevent and Treat Heart Failure
A newly published study shows for the first time that if cardiac stem cells are eliminated, the heart is unable to repair itself after damage….
Human Heart Precursor Cells Regenerate Decellularized Mouse Heart
A newly published study details how researchers used human heart precursor cells to get a decellularized mouse heart to beat again. Pittsburgh – For the…
p27: A Marker for Breast Cancer?
Researchers are in the final stages of testing p27, a mammary gland progenitor marker that they believe could lead to the commercial development of a…
Researchers Identify Stem Cells in Urine That Can Be Directed to Become Multiple Cell Types
In a newly published study, researchers from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center detail how they successfully directed stem cells from urine to become bladder-type…
Stem Cell Study Reveals the Brain-Protective Powers of Astrocytes
A newly published stem cell study from UC Davis uncovers the brain-protective powers of astrocytes, finding that astrocytes can protect brain tissue and reduce disability…
Cells Battle to the Death to Become Part of the Organism
New research from the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares reveals that cells in the early embryo battle each other to death to become part of…
Study Shows Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries in Rats
A team of scientists are reporting in a new study that a single injection of human neural stem cells, which came from a line of…
Synthetic Silicate Nanoplatelets Stimulate Stem Cells into Bone Cells
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…
Scientists Convert Human Skin Cells into Embryonic Stem Cells
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center have successfully converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, marking…