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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

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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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 ...

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'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 ...

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created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists produce first stem cells from endangered species

Starting with normal skin cells, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first stem cells from endangered species. Such cells could eventually make it possible to improve reproduction ...

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created Sep 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Controlling self-renewal of stem cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) are the first to establish a direct link between a conserved stem cell factor and the cell cycle regulation in ...

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created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Open wide' for new stem cell potential: Stem cells of the oral mucosa stay young

While highly potent embryonic stem cells are often the subject of ethical and safety controversy, adult-derived stem cells have other problems. As we age, our stem cells are less pliant and less able to transform into the ...

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created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

A patient's own skin cells may one day treat multiple diseases

The possibility of developing stem cells from a patient's own skin and using them to treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer has generated tremendous excitement in the stem cell ...

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created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast