News tagged with fetal cells

Serotonin solves decades-old mystery in Parkinson's disease

Sudden, uncontrolled movements called dyskinesias—a common side effect of treatment for Parkinson’s disease— are a result of excess serotonin cells in transplanted tissue that trick the brain into releasing ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

New insight into primate eye evolution

Researchers comparing the fetal development of the eye of the owl monkey with that of the capuchin monkey have found that only a minor difference in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the multiple anatomical differences ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Gene silencing may be responsible for induced pluripotent stem cells' limitations

Scientists may be one step closer to being able to generate any type of cells and tissues from a patient's own cells. In a study that will appear in the journal Nature and is receiving early online release, investigators from t ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Why the biological clock? Study says aging reduces centromere cohesion, disrupts reproduction

University of Pennsylvania biologists studying human reproduction have identified what is likely the major contributing factor to the maternal age-associated increase in aneuploidy, the term for an abnormal ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Flame retardant linked to altered thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy

Pregnant women with higher blood levels of a common flame retardant had altered thyroid hormone levels, a result that could have implications for fetal health, according to a new study led by researchers at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cells derived from pluripotent stem cells are developmentally immature

Stem cell researchers at UCLA have discovered that three types of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells are similar to each other, but are much more developmentally immature than ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Red grape skin extract could be new treatment for sickle cell disease patients

An extract in red grape skin may be a new treatment for sickle cell disease, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New microfluidic device could be used to diagnose and monitor cancer and other diseases

Separating complex mixtures of cells, such as those found in a blood sample, can offer valuable information for diagnosing and treating disease. However, it may be necessary to search through billions of other ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers report of a brain and spinal tumor following human fetal stem cell therapy

A case report published in this week's issue of the open-access general medical journal, PLoS Medicine, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy. Ninette Amariglio and Gideon Rechavi from the Sheba Medica ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Modulator of fetal hemoglobin switch may target sickle cell disease

A retired but well-preserved mechanism for regulating viruses that has worked its way into the human genome appears to modulate a switch between adult and fetal hemoglobin production, Medical College of Georgia ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find new source of immune cells during pregnancy

UCSF researchers have shown for the first time that the human fetal immune system arises from an entirely different source than the adult immune system, and is more likely to tolerate than fight foreign substances in its ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast