A key protein controls stem cell properties that could make them more useful in regenerative medicine, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published online today in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
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Oct 29, 2015
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Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have found new evidence suggesting some human induced pluripotent stem cells are the 'functional equivalent' of human ...
Biotechnology
Oct 29, 2015
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For graduate student Abe Weintraub, the magic and intrigue of DNA is all in the packaging.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 27, 2015
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Nikolai Slavov, a new assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering, wasn't looking to upend conventional wisdom when he set out to measure protein levels in ribosomes, the particles in cells that synthesize all ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 23, 2015
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What makes stem cells so interesting is that they are pluripotent: they have the potential to become any cell in an organism. Their ability to differentiate into any cell and be used to replace those that are damaged or ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2015
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Researchers in Singapore, for the first time, have recreated two key processes essential for fetal formation in vitro. The team has not only controlled the differentiation of stem cells into other cell types, but they have ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2015
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Researchers on the Wellcome Genome Campus reveal new genes involved in stem cell pluripotency, new subpopulations of cells and new methods to find meaning in the data. Published in Cell Stem Cell, the findings have implications ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 1, 2015
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Scientists from the Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), in Singapore, have discovered that the recently-identified hormone ELABELA is critical in promoting the growth ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2015
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Scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, have uncovered the mechanisms which embryonic stem cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2015
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The burgeoning field of optogenetics has seen another breakthrough with the creation of a new plant-human hybrid protein molecule called OptoSTIM1. In South Korea, a research team led by Won Do Heo, associate professor at ...
Biotechnology
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