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Researchers establish link between Nanog, FAK proteins

Vita Golubovskaya, PhD, and five colleagues from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have published basic research in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) about two proteins that are overexpressed, or produced in e ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insight into how stems cells develop into other types of cells

Scientists have uncovered a vital link in the chain of events that gives stem cells their remarkable properties.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Genetic packing: Successful stem cell differentiation requires DNA compaction, study finds

(Phys.org) -- New research findings show that embryonic stem cells unable to fully compact the DNA inside them cannot complete their primary task: differentiation into specific cell types that give rise to ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows how embryonic stem cells orchestrate human development

Yale researchers show in detail how three genes within human embryonic stem cells regulate development, a finding that increases understanding of how to grow these cells for therapeutic purposes.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Versatility of stem cells controlled by alliances, competitions of proteins

Like people with a big choice to make, stem cells have a process to "decide" whether to transform into a specific cell type or to stay flexible, a state that biologists call "pluripotency." Using a technology he invented, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Promising biotech device bred from undergrad's 'crazy idea'

In Nader Pourmand's bioinstrumentation class, students are encouraged to come up with their own ideas for new biotechnology devices and applications. Sometimes, their "crazy ideas" turn into important research ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unearthing King Tet: Key protein influences stem cell fate

Take a skin cell from a patient with Type 1 diabetes. Strip out everything that made it a skin cell, then reprogram it to grow into a colony of pancreatic beta cells. Implant these into your patient and voilą! ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mexican salamander helps uncover mysteries of stem cells and evolution

Dr Andrew Johnson is speaking today at the UK National Stem Cell Network annual conference. He and his team from the University of Nottingham have been using a Mexican aquatic salamander called an axolotl to study the evolution ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover ancient viral invasion that shaped human genome

Scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and their colleagues from the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Princeton University have recently ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Novel strategy for generating induced pluripotent stem cells for clinical use is safe and efficient

A new technique for reprogramming human adult cells could greatly improve the safety and efficiency of producing patient-specific stem cells for use in a range of therapeutic applications to repair or replace damaged or diseased ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reprogramming Human Cells Without Inserting Genes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team comprised of faculty at Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center (LSBC) and investigators at CellThera, a private company also located at the LSBC, has ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

What is the role of the omentum in regenerating the liver?

In their recent work to be published on March 7, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, Dr. Singh and his colleagues from the Cook County Hospital in Chicago (USA) first activated the omentum using a foreign body t ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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