Proteins are responsible for the vast majority of the cellular functions that shape life, but like guests at a crowded dinner party, they interact transiently and in complex networks, making it difficult to determine which ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 5, 2014
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Planarians are known as masters of regeneration: they can re-build any part of their bodies after amputation. This ability relies on a large number of pluripotent stem cells. To further investigate the mechanisms that enable ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 5, 2014
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The gap between stem cell research and regenerative medicine just became a lot narrower, thanks to a new technique that coaxes stem cells, with potential to become any tissue type, to take the first step to specialization. ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 30, 2014
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In any animal's lifecycle, the shift from egg cell to embryo is a critical juncture. This transition represents the formal initiation of development—a remarkably dynamic process that ultimately transforms a differentiated, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 29, 2014
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Researchers investigating the use of human menstrual blood-derived mesenchymal cells (MBMCs) as culture 'feeder layers' found that MBMCs can replace animal-derived feeder systems in human embryonic stem cell culture systems ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 28, 2014
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Slight modifications in their genome sequences play a crucial role in the conversion of pluripotent stem cells into various differentiated cell types. A team at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has now identified ...
Biotechnology
May 22, 2014
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In 2012, John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamakana were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering that adult cells can be reprogrammed into pluripotent ones (iPS); the cells obtained are capable of behaving in a similar ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 6, 2014
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Stem cells made from the skin of adult, infertile men yield primordial germ cells—cells that normally become sperm—when transplanted into the reproductive system of mice, according to researchers at the Stanford University ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 1, 2014
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Imagine filling a hole in your heart by regrowing the tissue. While that possibility is still being explored in people, it is a reality in salamanders. A recent discovery that newt hearts can regenerate may pave the way to ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2014
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Using somatic cell nuclear transfer, a team of scientists led by Dr. Dieter Egli at the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and Dr. Mark Sauer at Columbia University Medical Center has created the first ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 28, 2014
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