Explainer: What are stem cells?
In a paper published in Cell yesterday, scientists from the US and Thailand have, for the first time, successfully produced embryonic stem cells from human skin cells. ...
May 20, 2013
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Mapping a route to stem cell therapies
Monash University researchers are shedding light on the complex processes that underpin the creation and differentiation of stem cells, bringing closer the promise of 'miracle' therapies.
May 20, 2013
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Dad's genome more ready at fertilization than mom's is—but hers catches up
Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah have discovered that while the genes provided by the father arrive at fertilization pre-programmed to the state needed by the embryo, the genes provided ...
May 09, 2013
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Biosensor that detects antibiotic resistance brings us one step closer to fighting superbugs
On May 8th JoVE will publish research that demonstrates how a biosensor can detect antibiotic resistance in bacteria. This new technology is a preliminary step in identifying and fighting superbugs, a major public health con ...
May 08, 2013
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Adult cells transformed into early-stage nerve cells, bypassing the pluripotent stem cell stage
A University of Wisconsin-Madison research group has converted skin cells from people and monkeys into a cell that can form a wide variety of nervous-system cells—without passing through the do-it-all stage called the induced ...
May 02, 2013
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Scientists create biggest family tree of human cells
In a paper published today by the prestigious journal, Nature Methods, biologists at the University of Luxembourg, Tampere University of Technology and the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, USA, have created the bi ...
Apr 21, 2013
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Pure gold nanoparticles can inhibit fat storage
(Phys.org) —New research reveals that pure gold nanoparticles found in everyday items such as personal care products, as well as drug delivery, MRI contrast agents and solar cells can inhibit adipose (fat) ...
Apr 18, 2013
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Ordinary skin cells morphed into functional brain cells: New technique holds promise for multiple sclerosis
Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other so-called ...
Apr 14, 2013
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Protein lost in tumors blocks normal cells from being reprogrammed into stem cells
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered that a particular protein prevents normal cells from being reprogrammed into cells that resemble stem cells, providing new insight into how they ...
Mar 07, 2013
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Novel diagnostic method supports skin cancer therapy
(Phys.org)—Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer. In more than 50 percent of affected patients a particular mutation plays an important role. As the life span of the patients carrying ...
Feb 15, 2013
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Japan researchers close in on stem cell trial
Researchers in Japan have moved one step closer to clinical trials using adult stem cells in a therapy they hope will prove a cure for common sight problems, an official said Thursday.
Feb 14, 2013
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Researchers discover molecule that allows for controlling animal movements using light
(Phys.org)— A diverse group of researchers from the U.S. and China has discovered a molecule that allows for controlling the movements of animals using only light. In their paper published in the journal Nature Chemical Bi ...
Feb 11, 2013
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Why are there redheads? Birds might hold the clues
Red coloration—historically seen as costly in vertebrates—historically seen as costly in vertebrates—might represent some physiological benefit after all, according to research published in the journal Physiological an ...
Jan 28, 2013
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A diffusion trap: Sticky spots on cell membranes hold onto the master regulator of cell polarity
Over the past several years, Rong Li, Ph.D., at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has been making crucial discoveries about the development of cell polarity—the process by which one side of a cell ...
Jan 22, 2013
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Genetic matchmaking saves endangered frogs
What if Noah got it wrong? What if he paired a male and a female animal thinking they were the same species, and then discovered they were not the same and could not produce offspring? As researchers from ...
Jan 08, 2013
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