Over a decade ago, Shinya Yamanaka and Kazutoshi Takahashi made a discovery that would revolutionize biomedical research and trigger the field of regenerative medicine. They learned how to reprogram human adult cells into ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 10, 2018
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The theory that cancer progression involves tumor cells acquiring features similar to those of stem cells has gained strength in the scientific community. According to this theory, tumor cells become dissimilar from their ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 6, 2018
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Stem cells are considered to be immortal in culture and, therefore, of great interest for aging research. This immortality is regulated by increased proteostasis, which controls the quality of proteins. A team of researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 7, 2018
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Researchers led by Dr. Knut Woltjen report a new gene editing method that can modify a single DNA base in the human genome with absolute precision. The technique, which is described in Nature Communications, is unique in ...
Biotechnology
Mar 5, 2018
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Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have, for the first time, coaxed human stem cells to become sensory interneurons—the cells that give us our sense of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 11, 2018
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A series of studies led by Monash University researcher Associate Professor Jose Polo have this week shed light on vital, yet previously unclear, aspects of cell reprogramming.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 7, 2017
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If you've seen one GSK3 molecule, do not assume that you have seen them all. A new study in Developmental Cell reveals important differences in two similar forms of GSK3, which, in excess, is implicated in diabetes, cancer, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2017
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The more than 200 different types of human cells have the same DNA but express different ensembles of genes. Each cell type was derived from embryonic stem cells, which are called pluripotent stem cells because they can differentiate ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2017
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Since their discovery in 2006, induced pluripotent stem cells are a glimmer of hope for many diseases. But further research of the complex regulation of pluripotent stem cell identity is unexpectedly difficult. A team of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 13, 2017
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Human stem cells are considered a major new hope in the field of medicine. In the future, it is expected that they will make it possible to treat a wide range of ailments such as neurodegenerative diseases. With LabBag, Fraunhofer ...
Engineering
Nov 2, 2017
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