For stem cells, bigger doesn't mean better
MIT biologists have answered an important biological question: Why do cells control their size?
Cell & Microbiology
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The complex dynamics of stem cell tethers and slings
An innovative experiment design shows, in real time and at the scale of a single molecule, how stem cells slow their rolling inside the circulatory system by growing long tethers that attach to the inner surfaces of blood ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 11, 2021
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First 3D-bioprinted structured Wagyu beef-like meat
Scientists from Osaka University used stem cells isolated from Wagyu cows to 3D-print a meat alternative containing muscle, fat, and blood vessels arranged to closely resemble conventional steaks. This work may help usher ...
Biotechnology
Aug 24, 2021
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Scientists grow de novo reconstructive flaps for bone and soft tissue repair
Substantial tissue loss can be the result from different causes, including cancer, injury, and infection. Reconstructive surgery attempts to mitigate the damage. Currently, the clinical "gold standard" in the field of reconstructive ...
Biotechnology
Apr 29, 2021
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'Stealthy' stem cells better for treating tendon injuries in horses
Treating equine donor stem cells with a growth factor called TGF-β2 may allow them to avoid 'tripping' the immune response in recipients, according to new research from North Carolina State University. The work could simplify ...
Veterinary medicine
Feb 4, 2021
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How blood stem cells maintain their lifelong potential for self-renewal
A characteristic feature of all stem cells is their ability to self-renew. But how is this potential maintained throughout life? Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Heidelberg Institute for Stem ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 27, 2021
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New method to boost supply of life-saving stem cells
Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and Columbia University in New York City have identified a protein that is critical for the expansion of typically scarce, life-saving blood stem cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2020
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Customized programming of human stem cells
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) have the potential to convert into a wide variety of cell types and tissues for drug testing and cell replacement therapies. However, the "recipes" for this conversion are often complicated ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 30, 2020
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How stem cells choose their careers
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question it seems like every child gets asked. A few precocious ones might answer "a doctor" or "an astronaut," but most will probably smile and shrug their shoulders. But well ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 27, 2020
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Enzyme biofactories to enhance cord blood transplants
A new way of producing an enzyme called fucosyltransferase VI (FTVI) in the lab could help enhance the therapeutic potential of cord blood transplants.
Biochemistry
Oct 22, 2020
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