A sophisticated system of "social control" operating between neighboring cells allows embryos to protect the purity of their pluripotent cell population, which is able to generate all body tissues. This system works through ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 26, 2017
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An invention by Florida Institute of Technology's Shengyuan Yang was found to naturally narrow the spreading of stem cells and has the potential to induce and regulate their differentiation.
Biotechnology
Sep 6, 2017
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Is it possible to watch at the level of single cells how fish embryos become trout, carp or salmon? Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt have successfully combined two very advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 24, 2017
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Stem cell differentiation can now be seen thanks to a combination of machine learning and microfabrication techniques developed by scientists at the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center in Japan. The results, published in PLOS ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 5, 2017
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Researchers working with flies at IRB Barcelona describe that the concentration of some small intracellular organelles determines the branching capacity of tracheal cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 29, 2016
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Even single cells are able to remember information if they receive the order from their proteins. Researchers at the University of Basel's Biozentrum have discovered that proteins form pairs to give the signal for storing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 14, 2016
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A team of scientists led by Sara Wickström, Principal Investigator at CECAD, the Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases at the University of Cologne, gained new insights into how ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 12, 2016
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A scientific study describes for the first time the function of a signalling pathway –particularly, the pathway of epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) - in the differentiation of the planarian digestive lineage. EGFR ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 20, 2016
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Scientists at IRB Barcelona and CSIC have discovered that the combination of two molecular signals determines which cells that have already differentiated can regain their stem cell properties.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2016
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Stem cells are an effective tool for repairing or replacing damaged or diseased tissues, but only if they can be reliably developed from their flexible 'pluripotent' state into a mature 'differentiated' state. A*STAR researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 9, 2016
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