by rss feed | Aug 25, 2015 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Fish, in contrast to humans, have the fascinating ability to fully regenerate amputated organs. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a popular ornamental fish.
by rss feed | Aug 18, 2015 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Chronic non-healing wounds, common in patients with diabetes and paraplegia, affect over 6.5 million people annually and cost an estimated $25 billion a year in treatment alone in the United States.
by rss feed | Aug 12, 2015 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
A sibling may often be the best match for a patient who needs a stem cell transplant, but especially for adolescent donors, who are at a vulnerable age, factors such as the responsibility to donate…
by rss feed | Aug 7, 2015 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Two labs in China have independently succeeded in transforming skin cells into neurons using only a cocktail of chemicals, with one group using human cells from healthy individuals and Alzheimer’s…
by rss feed | Aug 5, 2015 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
While it is already possible to obtain in vitro pluripotent cells (ie, cells capable of generating all tissues of an embryo) from any cell type, researchers from Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla’s team…
by rss feed | Jul 31, 2015 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Findings on cell differentiation controls can advance understanding of stem cellsSingapore scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have, for the first time, found further…
