Stem cell research has been responsible for major advances in medicine, but the use of stem cells from embryonic tissue is an active ethical debate. Historically, Christian perspectives have been the center of these conversations, ...
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Apr 7, 2022
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RIKEN biologists have mapped out key features of the chromosomal landscape that lock in the identity of stem cells that give rise to the mouse placenta. This could aid research into placental function and reproductive medicine.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 1, 2022
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With help from the best tweezers in the world, a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has shed new light on a fundamental mechanism in all living cells that helps them explore their surroundings and even ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 28, 2022
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In a world-first, scientists from BGI-Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a group of partners published a study in Nature, announcing the discovery of a transgene-free, rapid, and controllable method to convert pluripotent ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 21, 2022
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Every year, thousands of biochemistry majors and medical students around the world learn to memorize the major biochemical pathways that allow cells to function. How these 10 or so pathways are described in textbooks hasn't ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 9, 2022
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Stem cells can be used to study the effects of disease on numerous tissue types due to their pluripotency, or ability to produce cells of any type. But using gene-editing tools with them can be challenging, according to Xiaojun ...
Biotechnology
Mar 8, 2022
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Researchers from the Babraham Institute have today published their latest work in the journal Cell Stem Cell describing a new subset of human embryonic stem cells that closely resemble the cells present at the genomic 'wake ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 24, 2022
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It happens in the first hours after fertilization: The cells of the early embryo begin to independently produce proteins, the building blocks for cells and organs. Their own, uniquely composed genetic material serves as the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2022
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In a recent study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers discovered that metabolic changes affect how blood cells are formed during embryonic development. They found a previously unknown metabolic switch with a key role ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 9, 2022
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Imagine you're baking a cake, but you run out of salt. Even with the missing ingredient, the batter still looks like cake batter, so you stick it in the oven and cross your fingers, expecting to end up with something pretty ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 28, 2022
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