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Lung tissue generated from human embryonic stem cells

Scientists in Belgium have successfully differentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC) into major cell types of lung epithelial tissue using a convenient air-liquid interface. The technique, published in BioMed Central's ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Fly research gives insight into human stem cell development and cancer

Stem cells provide a recurring topic among the scientific presentations at the Genetics Society of America's 53rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 7-11 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. Specifically, resear ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study suggests methylation and gene sequence co-evolve in human-chimp evolutionary divergence

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and the University of Southern California (USC) today published the first quantitative evidence supporting the notion that the genome-wide "bookmarking" of DNA with methyl ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Scientists 'reprogram' mouse fat cells into clinically useful stem cells

Australian scientists from the Monash Institute of Medical Research have "reprogrammed" adult mouse fat cells and neural cells to become stem cells that can differentiate into a variety of different cells (pluripotency). ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists isolate the first stages of tissue production in human embryonic stem cells

Scientists at the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center have described a population of cells that mark the very first stage of differentiation of human embryonic stem cells as they enter a developmental pathway that leads ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A dead gene comes back to life in humans

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that a long-defunct gene was resurrected during the course of human evolution. This is believed to be the first evidence of a doomed gene - infection-fighting human ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Single gene lets bacteria jump from host to host

(PhysOrg.com) -- All life -- plants, animals, people -- depends on peaceful coexistence with a swarm of microbial life that performs vital services from helping to convert food to energy to protection from ...

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created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Egg-like cells obtained in pig fetal skin

Canadian scientists at the University of Guelph say they've found stem cells isolated from the skin of pig fetuses can produce egg-like cells.

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created Mar 28, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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