News tagged with adult cells

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Mechanical properties of stem cells can foretell what they will become

To become better healers, tissue engineering need a timely and reliable way to obtain enough raw materials: cells that either already are or can become the tissue they need to build. In a new study, Brown ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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By temporarily silencing a hyperactive gene, scientists dramatically boost the efficiency of mouse cloning

In principle, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a potent tool for scientists looking to produce exact genetic replicas of a particular animal. By injecting a nucleus from an adult cell into an oocyte ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Under the Microscope #12 - Brain cells from skin cells

This is a beautiful image of human brain cells, which can now be grown from adult skin cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers discover what cancer cells need to travel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer cells must prepare for travel before invading new tissues, but new Cornell research has found a possible way to stop these cells from ever hitting the road.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Synthetic protein amplifies genes needed for stem cells

Scientists have found a way to generate and maintain stem cells much more efficiently by amplifying the effect of an essential protein.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientist suggests life began in freshwater pond, not the ocean

(PhysOrg.com) -- For most everyone alive today, it's almost a fundamental fact. Life began in the ocean and evolved into all of the different organisms that exist today. The idea that this could be wrong causes ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 41 | with audio podcast report

New study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal

A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Flexible adult stem cells, right there in your eye

In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Not all cellular reprogramming is created equal

Tweaking the levels of factors used during the reprogramming of adult cells into induced pluriopotent stem (iPS) cells greatly affects the quality of the resulting iPS cells, according to Whitehead Institute researchers.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Vatican, biotech firm host adult stem cell meeting

(AP) -- The Vatican has entered into an unusual partnership with a small U.S. biotech company to promote using adult stem cells for treating disease, rather than focusing research on embryonic stem cells.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intestinal stem cells respond to food by supersizing the gut

A new study from University of California, Berkeley, researchers demonstrates that adult stem cells can reshape our organs in response to changes in the body and the environment, a finding that could have ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover important step in sperm reprogramming

When sperm meets egg, the chemical instructions that tag sperm cells must be erased so that human life can start anew. One way these instructions are erased is through demethylation, the removal of specific ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover a switch that controls stem cell pluripotency

Scientists have found a control switch that regulates stem cell "pluripotency," the capacity of stem cells to develop into any type of cell in the human body. The discovery reveals that pluripotency is regulated by a single ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Shaping up: Controlling a stem cell's form can determine its fate

"Form follows function!" was the credo of early 20th century architects making design choices based on the intended use of the structure. Cell biologists may be turning that on its head. New research by a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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'Imprinted' developmental genes gain new roles in adult stem cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- The repair of tissues damaged by injury or illness relies on the ability of adult stem cells to grow and self-renew. But this ability needs to be tightly controlled; if regulation is lost, the stem cells ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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