by rss feed | Apr 23, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Stem cells – the body’s master cells – demonstrate a bizarre property never before seen at a cellular level, according to a study published from scientists at the University of Cambridge.
by rss feed | Apr 23, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
The development of stem cell therapies to cure a variety of diseases depends on the ability to characterize stem cell populations based on cell surface markers.
by rss feed | Apr 22, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Researchers have found that stem cell nuclei demonstrate an unusual, counterintuitive property never seen before in cells – auxeticity – where stretching causes them to expand.
by rss feed | Apr 22, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Consider the marvel of the embryo. It begins as a glob of identical cells that change shape and function as they multiply to become the cells of our lungs, muscles, nerves and all the other…
by rss feed | Apr 22, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered an unexpected phenomenon in the organs that produce sperm in fruit flies: When a certain kind of stem cell is killed off experimentally, another group of…
by rss feed | Apr 15, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
As multicellular creatures go, planaria worms are hardly glamorous. To say they appear rudimentary is more like it.
