Scientists unable to find evidence of 'embryonic-like' cells in marrow of adult mice
Research on human embryonic stem cells has been a political and religious lightning rod for more than a decade.
Research on human embryonic stem cells has been a political and religious lightning rod for more than a decade.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 24, 2013
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When infections occur in the body, stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness. But repeated infections and inflammation can deplete ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 21, 2013
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The field of regenerative medicine holds great promise, propelled by greater understanding of how stem cells differentiate themselves into many of the body's different cell types. But clinical applications in the field have ...
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2013
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins have established a high-efficiency cell-cell fusion system, providing a new model to study how fusion works. The scientists showed that fusion between two cells is not equal and mutual as some ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2013
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Scientists at the University of Southampton have created a new method to generate bone cells which could lead to revolutionary bone repair therapies for people with bone fractures or those who need hip replacement surgery ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 11, 2013
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Artificial bone, created using stem cells and a new lightweight plastic, could soon be used to heal shattered limbs.
Materials Science
Feb 8, 2013
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A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has found more evidence for the preservation of ancient dinosaur proteins, including reactivity to antibodies that target ...
Archaeology
Oct 23, 2012
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Scientists have discovered well-preserved frozen woolly mammoth fragments deep in Siberia that may contain living cells, edging a tad closer to the "Jurassic Park" possibility of cloning a prehistoric animal, the mission's ...
Archaeology
Sep 11, 2012
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(Phys.org)—A novel set of custom-designed "molecular beacons" allows scientists to monitor gene expression in living populations of stem cells as they turn into a specific tissue in real-time. The technology, which Brown ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 11, 2012
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Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have engineered nanoparticles that show great promise for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 15, 2012
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