Stem Cells
Lab-grown human heart cells could mean fewer animals used in research
Scientists at Imperial College London are aiming to cut the need to use animals in research by improving methods for...
Mini-livers show promise to reduce animal use in science
Cambridge research that has for the first time successfully grown “mini-livers” from adult mouse stem cells has won the UK’s...
New Biological Scaffold for Stem Cells
Our cells don't live in a vacuum. They are surrounded by a complex, nurturing matrix that is essential for many...
Molecular ‘cocktail’ transforms skin cells into beating heart cells
The power of regenerative medicine appears to have turned science fiction into scientific reality—by allowing scientists to transform skin cells...
Sound-sensing cells regenerated in ears of mice
One of the major causes of hearing loss in mammals is damage to the sound-sensing hair cells in the inner...
Researchers rejuvenate stem cell population from elderly mice, enabling muscle recover
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have pinpointed why normal aging is accompanied by a diminished ability to...
Growing brains in the lab
Human embryonic stem cells can be induced to spontaneously form developing brain tissue During development, the nervous system forms as...
Researchers reprogram skin cells into insulin-producing pancreas cells
A cure for type 1 diabetes has long eluded even the top experts. Not because they do not know what...
A new way to induce pluripotency
An unusual reprogramming phenomenon by which the fate of somatic cells can be drastically altered through changes to the external...
Stem cell ‘major discovery’ claimed
Scientists in Japan showed stem cells can now be made quickly just by dipping blood cells into acid. Stem cells...
Lab-Grown, Virus-Free Stem Cells Repair Retinal Tissue in Mice
Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have developed human induced-pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) capable of repairing damaged retinal vascular tissue...
Researcher to Grow Human Stem Cells in Space
Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D, believes that cells grown in the International Space Station (ISS) could help patients recover from a...
Bioengineers Make Strides Toward Artificial Cartilage
A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage in joints, according to a report from...
Research Identifies Promising Tool for Cardiac Stem Cell Grafting
New research by University of Vermont Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. Jeffrey Spees, and colleagues has identified a new tool...
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