New research explores the rules of CRISPR activation
New research is starting to write the rulebook on how to effectively use CRISPR activation technology.
Biotechnology
Mar 13, 2023
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News tagged with stem cells
Methods for growing skeletal muscle tissue from stem cells to help understand disease
Head of the Crick's Stem Cells and Neuromuscular Regeneration Lab, Francesco Saverio Tedesco, is also a doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he specializes in neurological and neuromuscular diseases of childhood, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 13, 2023
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How to assemble a complete jaw
A USC-led team of scientists has made a drool-worthy discovery about how tendons and salivary glands develop in the jaw. Their results are published in a new study in Developmental Cell.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 10, 2023
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Study reveals limitations in evaluating gene editing technology in human embryos
A commonly used scientific method to analyze a tiny amount of DNA in early human embryos fails to accurately reflect gene edits, according to new research led by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University.
Biotechnology
Mar 7, 2023
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Selective removal of undifferentiated iPS cells from mesenchymal stem cells
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are present in all tissues and are known to directly or indirectly promote tissue regeneration. There are several challenges in acquiring MSCs from living organisms for cell replacement therapies, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 1, 2023
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Growing blood stem cells in the lab to save lives
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are important immature blood cells in bone marrow that can be triggered to develop into any blood cell type. HSC transplants can be used to treat conditions where bone marrow is damaged and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 27, 2023
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Rewiring blood cells to give rise to precursors of sperm
Different cell types—say, heart, liver, blood, and sperm cells—possess characteristics that help them carry out their unique jobs in the body. In general, those characteristics are hard-wired. Without intervention, a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2023
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Researchers study first stem cells from a bat species known to harbor SARS-CoV-2
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have generated the first induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from bats, gaining valuable insights into the close relationship between bats and viruses. This ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2023
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Requirements for maintenance and differentiation of germline stem and progenitor cells
Germline stem and progenitor cells (GSPCs), including primordial germ cells (PGCs) and germline stem cells (GSCs), generate various states of germ stem cells and then differentiate into specialized cells, while self-renewing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2023
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Mitotic chromosome condensation contributes to the homeostatic control of gene expression regulation
In a collaborative paper in published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Yves Barral with Jorrit Enserink and the Pierre Chymkowitch group in Norway show that the effects on transcription of chromosome ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2023
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