by rss feed | Feb 10, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
A new Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC study not only uncovers new details on how bundles of nerves and arteries interact with stem cells but also showcases revolutionary techniques for following the cells as they function in living animals.
by rss feed | Feb 9, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
One major challenge in stem cell research has been to reprogram differentiated cells to a totipotent state. Researchers from RIKEN in Japan have identified a duo of histone proteins that dramatically enhance the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)...
by rss feed | Feb 7, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
A new study, published in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, has found a new method for growing human embryonic stem cells, that doesn’t rely on supporting human or animal cells.Traditionally, these stem cells are cultivated with the help of...
by rss feed | Feb 6, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Previously, stem cells have been cultivated using animal proteins or by growing them from other human cells. Both methods come with associated problems. But, according to a study published in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, researchers have now...
by rss feed | Feb 3, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
A fundamental axiom of biology used to be that cell fate is a one-way street – once a cell commits to becoming muscle, skin, or blood it always remains muscle, skin, or blood cell. That belief was upended in the past decade when a Japanese scientist introduced...
by rss feed | Feb 1, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands, led by Dr. Qiuwei Pan and Dr. Luc van der Laan, have discovered that spontaneous tumorigenic transformation of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) can occur during cell culture...
