Stem cell study could aid quest to combat range of diseases
Scientists have taken a vital step forward in understanding how cells from skin tissue can be reprogrammed to become stem cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 3, 2013
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News tagged with adult brains
Rigid growth matrix: A key to success of cardiac tissue engineering
A new study by researchers at UCLA suggests that the elasticity of the physical matrix used for growing heart muscle cells outside of the body may be critical to the success of cardiac tissue engineering. The results were ...
Materials Science
Apr 15, 2013
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Doing the math for how songbirds learn to sing
(Phys.org)—Scientists studying how songbirds stay on key have developed a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for the brain to learn than others.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2012
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Increased use of hand held devices may call for new photo guidelines
Viewing Facebook and Flickr photos on a smart phone are becoming common practice. But according to a recently published Journal of Vision study, pictures on the small screen often appear distorted. Vision scientists found ...
Other
Jun 13, 2012
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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.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 29, 2012
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Sniffing out a new source of stem cells
A team of researchers, led by Emmanuel Nivet, now at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, has generated data in mice that suggest that adult stem cells from immune system tissue in the smell-sensing region ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2011
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Physical environment influences stem cell development
A researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, together with Israeli and foreign collaborators, has revealed how physical qualities -- and not only chemical ones - may have an influence in determining how adult stem ...
General Physics
Sep 7, 2010
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On your last nerve: Researchers advance understanding of stem cells
Researchers from North Carolina State University have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons. The research is a significant advance in understanding ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2009
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Researchers find new molecule to block ‘Hedgehog’ signaling in cancer, development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have achieved a feat drug developers had thought difficult, if not impossible, discovering a compound that blocks the functioning of a key developmental protein by binding to an “undruggable” ...
Jan 19, 2009
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