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Mechanism That Controls Neuron Production from Stem Cells Revealed

Jan. 13, 2016 — The discovery of a mechanism enabling the production of cellular diversity in the developing nervous system has been announced by scientists. This discovery could improve the protocols to "program" ... read more

Scientists Identify Molecule That Appears to Fuel Deadly Genetic Illness

Jan. 12, 2016 — Researchers have identified a molecular target and experimental treatment strategy for DNA repair defects behind Fanconi anemia -- a complex genetic disorder responsible for ... read more

Squeezing Cells Into Stem Cells

Jan. 11, 2016 — Scientists have developed a new method that turns cells into stem cells by 'squeezing' them. The method paves the way for large-scale production of stem cells for ... read more

Turning Back the Cellular Clock

Jan. 11, 2016 — We do not yet have the whole story about how fertilized eggs produce the many different types of cell that make up our adult bodies, research suggests. It is widely accepted that an enzyme called Tet ... read more

Scientists Root out 'Bad Seeds' of Liver Cancer

Jan. 6, 2016 — Researchers have found the 'bad seeds' of liver cancer and believe they could one day reprogram them to remain responsive to cancer treatment, a new study has found. The key ... read more

Using Skin to Save the Heart

Jan. 8, 2016 — Cell therapies for heart ailments involve transplanting over a billion heart cells to the patient's heart. Many of these cells fail to engraft, however, compromising the ... read more

Slow Stem Cell Division May Cause Small Brains

Jan. 7, 2016 — Researchers have figured out how a developmental disease called microcephaly produces a much smaller brain than normal: Some brain stem cells are simply too slow as they ... read more

Researchers Ride New Sound Wave to Health Discovery

Jan. 7, 2016 — Acoustics experts have created a new class of sound wave -- the first in more than half a century -- in a breakthrough they hope could lead to a revolution in stem ... read more

Researchers Reduce Stem Cell Dysfunction, Metabolic Disease in Aged Mice

Jan. 4, 2016 — Researchers have taken what they hope will be the first step toward preventing and reversing age-related stem cell dysfunction and metabolic disease which includes diabetes. The researchers ... read more

Eyes Turn Into Skin: How Inflammation Can Change the Fate of Cells

Dec. 21, 2015 — Chronic inflammation can cause regenerating cells to grow into new, aberrant types; this is called metaplasia, and is a disorder linked to prolonged inflammation. A new study ... read more

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Signals That Make Early Stem Cells Identified

Jan. 14, 2016 — Where and when do stem cells first appear during development? Researchers investigated this question by examining how cells organize as the hair follicle first appears in mouse embryos. They ... read more

Source of Stem Cells Used for Bone Marrow Failure Treatment Varies Worldwide

Jan. 12, 2016 — The use of peripheral blood stem cells and bone marrow as stem cell sources for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with bone marrow failure has been the focus of recent research. ... read more

Genetic Traffic Signal Orchestrates Early Embryonic Development

Jan. 7, 2016 — A DNA-binding protein called Foxd3 acts like a genetic traffic signal, holding that ball of undifferentiated cells in a state of readiness for its great transformation in the third week of ... read more

Physics Sheds Light on Stem Cell-Derived Organoid Growth, Brain Development

Dec. 21, 2015 — New mathematical models shed light on the complex interactions of stem cell function and molecular diffusion in neural tissue, which may help explain many phenomena from stem cell differentiation to ... read more

In Vitro Gametogenes: Same-Sex Couples May Be Able to Have Children Biologically Related to Both Partners

Dec. 18, 2015 — A new analysis examines the possibility of using in vitro gametogenesis for human reproduction and its ethical and practical implications. Several groups of people could potentially use IVG for ... read more

Stem Cells Likely to Be Safe for Use in Regeneration Medicine, Study Confirms

Dec. 17, 2015 — Researchers have found the strongest evidence to date that human pluripotent stem cells -- cells that can give rise to all tissues of the body -- will develop normally once transplanted into an ... read more

Bone Drug Protects Stem Cells from Aging

Dec. 17, 2015 — An existing drug used to treat osteoporosis also protects stem cells from aging, scientists have found. These researchers now want to understand if the drug can be used to revert ageing in stem ... read more

Restoring Vision: Retinal Nerve Cell Regeneration

Dec. 16, 2015 — Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Vision loss from glaucoma occurs when axons in the optic nerve become damaged and can no longer carry visual information to the ... read more

First Serotonin Neurons Made from Human Stem Cells

Dec. 15, 2015 — A research pioneer in developing neurons from stem cells has created a specialized nerve cell that makes serotonin, a signaling chemical with a broad role in the brain, reports a new ... read more

Sepsis: Cell Therapy to Repair Muscle Long-Term Impairment

Dec. 15, 2015 — Researchers reveal mayor players in the severe muscle damage caused by sepsis, or septicemia, which explains why many patients suffer debilitating muscle impairment long-term after recovery. They ... read more

'Toxic' Cells Thought to Drive the Late Effects of Radiation, Diseases of Aging Can Be Cleared With a Drug

Dec. 14, 2015 — The first broad spectrum drug that can potently kill senescent (or aging) cells in culture, and effectively clear the cells in animals by specifically targeting a pathway that is critical for the ... read more

Treating Colon Cancer With Vitamin A

Dec. 14, 2015 — A leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, colon cancer is famously resistant to treatment. Now the biological pathway behind the growth of colon cancer has been discovered by researchers who have ... read more

Brain Cancer Self-Organizes Into Streams, Swirls, and Spheres

Dec. 14, 2015 — Brain cancer is not anarchy, say researchers but highly organized--self-organized. Researchers report that glioma cells build tumors by self-organizing into streams,10-20 cells wide, that obey a ... read more

3D Map of Human Genome Reveals Relationship Between Mutations and Disease Development

Dec. 10, 2015 — A map has been created of the DNA loops that comprise the three dimensional (3D) structure of the human genome and contribute to gene regulation in human embryonic stem cells. The location of genes ... read more

'Ghost Fibers' Left by Injured Muscle Cells Guide Stem Cells to Regenerate

Dec. 10, 2015 — Ghosts are not your typical cell biology research subjects. But scientists who developed a technique to observe muscle stem/progenitor cells migrating within injury sites in live mice, report that ... read more

Memory Loss Enables the Production of Stem Cells

Dec. 9, 2015 — Stem cells have the potential to develop into any specialized cell type, which makes them a valuable resource in research and regenerative medicine. Since such pluripotent cells can usually be only ... read more

It's All About Polarity

Dec. 9, 2015 — Sharing is a concept that applies to cells; they need to share information during cell division to function properly. During asymmetric cell division, so-called endosomes, vesicles that store ... read more

Scientists Enhance Understanding of Muscle Repair Process

Dec. 9, 2015 — Scientists demonstrate that the protein kinase TAK1 (transforming growth factor-B-activated kinase 1) is vital in regulating the survival and proliferation of satellite stem cells, responsible for ... read more

Combining Adult Stem Cells With Hormone May Speed Bone Fracture Healing

Dec. 9, 2015 — A combination of adult stem cells and parathyroid hormone significantly increased new bone formation in laboratory animals and may speed the healing process for human bone fractures caused by ... read more

Multiple Myeloma Patient Study Shows Promise for Natural Killer Cells

Dec. 7, 2015 — A first-in-human Phase I study of multiple myeloma patients combined expanded cord blood-derived natural killer cells with transplantation of a patient's own stem cells and high-dose ... read more

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