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New microtweezers may build tiny 'MEMS' structures 
Researchers have created new "microtweezers" capable of manipulating objects to build tiny structures, print coatings to make advanced sensors, and grab and position live stem cell spheres for research.
Researchers have created new "microtweezers" capable of manipulating objects to build tiny structures, print coatings to make advanced sensors, and grab and position live stem cell spheres for research.
Technology
Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012, 12:45pm
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Source: Purdue University
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012, 12:45pm
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China attempts to halt unproven stem cell therapies
Are the Chinese authorities finally going to get a grip on the proliferation of unproven stem cell treatments being offered by clinics in the country?
Are the Chinese authorities finally going to get a grip on the proliferation of unproven stem cell treatments being offered by clinics in the country?
Health
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 12, 2012, 8:10am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 12, 2012, 8:10am
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Stem cell therapy reverses diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body's own immune system attacking its pancreatic islet beta cells and requires daily injections of insulin to regulate the patient's blood glucose levels. A new method described in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine uses stem cells from cord blood to re-educate a diabetic's own T cells and consequently restart pancreatic function reducing the
Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body's own immune system attacking its pancreatic islet beta cells and requires daily injections of insulin to regulate the patient's blood glucose levels. A new method described in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine uses stem cells from cord blood to re-educate a diabetic's own T cells and consequently restart pancreatic function reducing the
Stem cells
Source: BioMed Central
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012, 1:15pm
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Source: BioMed Central
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012, 1:15pm
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Flexible adult stem cells, right there in your eye
In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identified adult stem cells of the central nervous system in a single layer of cells at the back of the eye.
In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identified adult stem cells of the central nervous system in a single layer of cells at the back of the eye.
Stem cells
Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 05, 2012, 1:30pm
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Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 05, 2012, 1:30pm
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FBI crackdown on unproven stem cell therapies
A scientist has been named in a federal indictment as part of a team that allegedly received $1.5 million for unproven treatments
A scientist has been named in a federal indictment as part of a team that allegedly received $1.5 million for unproven treatments
Stem cells
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 05, 2012, 8:20am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Thursday, Jan 05, 2012, 8:20am
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Aging-related degeneration caused by defects of energy metabolism in tissue stem cells?
Aging-related tissue degeneration can be caused by mitochondrial dysfunction in tissue stem cells. The research group of Professor Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara in Helsinki University, with their collaborators in Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging, Karolinska Institutet and University of Wisconsin reported on the 3rd January in Cell Metabolism their results on mechanisms of aging-assoc
Aging-related tissue degeneration can be caused by mitochondrial dysfunction in tissue stem cells. The research group of Professor Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara in Helsinki University, with their collaborators in Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging, Karolinska Institutet and University of Wisconsin reported on the 3rd January in Cell Metabolism their results on mechanisms of aging-assoc
Stem cells
Source: University of Helsinki
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 03, 2012, 4:00pm
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Source: University of Helsinki
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 03, 2012, 4:00pm
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How work tells muscles to grow
We take it for granted, but the fact that our muscles grow when we work them makes them rather unique. Now, researchers have identified a key ingredient needed for that bulking up to take place. A factor produced in working muscle fibers apparently tells surrounding muscle stem cell "higher ups" that it's time to multiply and join in, according to a study in the January Cell Metabolism, a C
We take it for granted, but the fact that our muscles grow when we work them makes them rather unique. Now, researchers have identified a key ingredient needed for that bulking up to take place. A factor produced in working muscle fibers apparently tells surrounding muscle stem cell "higher ups" that it's time to multiply and join in, according to a study in the January Cell Metabolism, a C
Molecular Biology
Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 03, 2012, 2:30pm
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Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 03, 2012, 2:30pm
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A shot of young stem cells made rapidly aging mice live longer and healthier
Mice bred to age too quickly seemed to have sipped from the fountain of youth after scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine injected them with stem cell-like progenitor cells derived from the muscle of young, healthy animals. Instead of becoming infirm and dying early as untreated mice did, animals that got the stem/progenitor cells improved their health
Mice bred to age too quickly seemed to have sipped from the fountain of youth after scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine injected them with stem cell-like progenitor cells derived from the muscle of young, healthy animals. Instead of becoming infirm and dying early as untreated mice did, animals that got the stem/progenitor cells improved their health
Stem cells
Source: University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 03, 2012, 12:45pm
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Source: University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 03, 2012, 12:45pm
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How do you mend a broken heart?
Damaged heart tissue is not known for having much inherent capacity for repair. But now, scientists are closing in on signals that may be able to coax the heart into producing replacement cardiac muscle cells. Using a zebrafish model system, researchers have identified a family of molecules that can stimulate stem cells to develop into beating heart muscle cells. The research, published by Cell Pr
Damaged heart tissue is not known for having much inherent capacity for repair. But now, scientists are closing in on signals that may be able to coax the heart into producing replacement cardiac muscle cells. Using a zebrafish model system, researchers have identified a family of molecules that can stimulate stem cells to develop into beating heart muscle cells. The research, published by Cell Pr
Molecular Biology
Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 22, 2011, 12:30pm
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Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 22, 2011, 12:30pm
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Pig-induced pluripotent stem cells may be safer than previously thought
Pig stem cell research conducted by two animal scientists at the University of Georgia reveals a better way to determine the safety of future stem cell therapies than rodent-based models.
Pig stem cell research conducted by two animal scientists at the University of Georgia reveals a better way to determine the safety of future stem cell therapies than rodent-based models.
Stem cells
Source: University of Georgia
Posted on: Monday, Dec 12, 2011, 8:30am
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Source: University of Georgia
Posted on: Monday, Dec 12, 2011, 8:30am
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Study unlocks origins of blood stem cells
A research team led by Nancy Speck, PhD, professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has discovered a molecular marker for the immediate precursors of hematopoietic (blood) stem cells (HSCs) in the developing embryo, which provides much-needed insights for making these cells from engineered precursors. Because
A research team led by Nancy Speck, PhD, professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has discovered a molecular marker for the immediate precursors of hematopoietic (blood) stem cells (HSCs) in the developing embryo, which provides much-needed insights for making these cells from engineered precursors. Because
Stem cells
Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Posted on: Friday, Dec 09, 2011, 12:15pm
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Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Posted on: Friday, Dec 09, 2011, 12:15pm
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Regeneration of specialized cells offers hope for treating chronic kidney disease
Damage to podocytes -- a specialized type of epithelial cell in the kidney -- occurs in more than 90 percent of all chronic kidney disease. Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have uncovered an unexpected pathway that reveals for the first time how these cells may regenerate and renew themselves during normal kidney function.
Damage to podocytes -- a specialized type of epithelial cell in the kidney -- occurs in more than 90 percent of all chronic kidney disease. Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have uncovered an unexpected pathway that reveals for the first time how these cells may regenerate and renew themselves during normal kidney function.
Stem cells
Source: Stanford University Medical Center
Posted on: Monday, Dec 05, 2011, 12:00pm
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Source: Stanford University Medical Center
Posted on: Monday, Dec 05, 2011, 12:00pm
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Newly discovered heart stem cells make muscle and bone
Researchers have identified a new and relatively abundant pool of stem cells in the heart. The findings in the December issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, show that these heart cells have the capacity for long-term expansion and can form a variety of cell types, including muscle, bone, neural and heart cells.
Researchers have identified a new and relatively abundant pool of stem cells in the heart. The findings in the December issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, show that these heart cells have the capacity for long-term expansion and can form a variety of cell types, including muscle, bone, neural and heart cells.
Stem cells
Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 01, 2011, 5:00pm
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Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 01, 2011, 5:00pm
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Bush embryonic stem cell lines different from newly derived cell lines
Established human embryonic cell lines, including those approved for federal research funding under former President George W. Bush, are different than newly derived human embryonic stem cell lines, according to a study by UCLA stem cell researchers.
Established human embryonic cell lines, including those approved for federal research funding under former President George W. Bush, are different than newly derived human embryonic stem cell lines, according to a study by UCLA stem cell researchers.
Stem cells
Source: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 01, 2011, 12:30pm
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Source: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Posted on: Thursday, Dec 01, 2011, 12:30pm
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Researchers engineer blood stem cells to fight melanoma
Researchers from UCLA's cancer and stem cell centers have demonstrated for the first time that blood stem cells can be engineered to create cancer-killing T-cells that seek out and attack a human melanoma. The researchers believe this approach could be useful in 40 percent of Caucasians with this malignancy.
Researchers from UCLA's cancer and stem cell centers have demonstrated for the first time that blood stem cells can be engineered to create cancer-killing T-cells that seek out and attack a human melanoma. The researchers believe this approach could be useful in 40 percent of Caucasians with this malignancy.
Cancer
Source: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011, 11:15am
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Source: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011, 11:15am
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Recipient's immune system governs stem cell regeneration
A new study in Nature Medicine describes how different types of immune system T-cells alternately discourage and encourage stem cells to regrow bone and tissue, bringing into sharp focus the importance of the transplant recipient's immune system in stem cell regeneration.
A new study in Nature Medicine describes how different types of immune system T-cells alternately discourage and encourage stem cells to regrow bone and tissue, bringing into sharp focus the importance of the transplant recipient's immune system in stem cell regeneration.
Stem cells
Source: University of Southern California
Posted on: Monday, Nov 21, 2011, 2:30pm
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Source: University of Southern California
Posted on: Monday, Nov 21, 2011, 2:30pm
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Geron Shuts Down Pioneering Stem-Cell Program
A study of whether embryonic stem cells could cure spinal-cord injury suffered from high costs, dim prospects.
A study of whether embryonic stem cells could cure spinal-cord injury suffered from high costs, dim prospects.
Stem cells
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011, 5:47am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011, 5:47am
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Self-organized pituitary-like tissue from mouse ES cells
The possibility that functional, three-dimensional tissues and organs may be derived from pluripotent cells, such as embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), represents one of the grand challenges of stem cell research, but is also one of the fundamental goals of the emerging field of regenerative medicine.
The possibility that functional, three-dimensional tissues and organs may be derived from pluripotent cells, such as embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), represents one of the grand challenges of stem cell research, but is also one of the fundamental goals of the emerging field of regenerative medicine.
Stem cells
Source: RIKEN
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011, 12:45pm
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Source: RIKEN
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011, 12:45pm
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New method for producing precursor of neurons, bone and other important tissues from stem cells
In principle, stem cells offer scientists the opportunity to create specific cell types—such as nerve or heart cells—to replace tissues damaged by age or disease. In reality, coaxing stem cells to become the desired cell type can be challenging, to say the least.
In principle, stem cells offer scientists the opportunity to create specific cell types—such as nerve or heart cells—to replace tissues damaged by age or disease. In reality, coaxing stem cells to become the desired cell type can be challenging, to say the least.
Stem cells
Source: University of Georgia
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011, 12:30pm
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Source: University of Georgia
Posted on: Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011, 12:30pm
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Tales from the crypt
The lining of the intestine regenerates itself every few days as compared to say red blood cells that turn over every four months. The cells that help to absorb food and liquid that humans consume are constantly being produced. The various cell types that do this come from stem cells that reside deep in the inner recesses of the accordion-like folds of the intestines, called villi a
The lining of the intestine regenerates itself every few days as compared to say red blood cells that turn over every four months. The cells that help to absorb food and liquid that humans consume are constantly being produced. The various cell types that do this come from stem cells that reside deep in the inner recesses of the accordion-like folds of the intestines, called villi a
Stem cells
Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Posted on: Friday, Nov 11, 2011, 12:30pm
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Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Posted on: Friday, Nov 11, 2011, 12:30pm
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Embryonic signal drives pancreatic cancer and offers a way to kill it
Pancreatic cancer is a particularly challenging one to beat; it has a tendency to spread and harbors cancer stem cells that stubbornly resist conventional approaches to therapy. Now, researchers reporting in the November issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have evidence to suggest there is a way to kill off those cancer stem cells. The target is a self-renewal pathway known f
Pancreatic cancer is a particularly challenging one to beat; it has a tendency to spread and harbors cancer stem cells that stubbornly resist conventional approaches to therapy. Now, researchers reporting in the November issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have evidence to suggest there is a way to kill off those cancer stem cells. The target is a self-renewal pathway known f
Genetics
Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 03, 2011, 5:45pm
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Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 03, 2011, 5:45pm
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Gene therapy shows promise as hemophilia treatment in animal studies
For the first time, researchers have combined gene therapy and stem cell transplantation to successfully reverse the severe, crippling bleeding disorder hemophilia A in large animals, opening the door to the development of new therapies for human patients.
For the first time, researchers have combined gene therapy and stem cell transplantation to successfully reverse the severe, crippling bleeding disorder hemophilia A in large animals, opening the door to the development of new therapies for human patients.
Genetics
Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 03, 2011, 2:15pm
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Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 03, 2011, 2:15pm
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Fruit fly intestine may hold secret to the fountain of youth
One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are linked to longevity and offering clues to the effects of aging on stem cell behavior.
One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are linked to longevity and offering clues to the effects of aging on stem cell behavior.
Molecular Biology
Source: Salk Institute
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 03, 2011, 1:30pm
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Source: Salk Institute
Posted on: Thursday, Nov 03, 2011, 1:30pm
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Age no longer a barrier to stem cell transplantation for older patients
Age alone no longer should be considered a defining factor when determining whether an older patient with blood cancer is a candidate for stem cell transplantation.
Age alone no longer should be considered a defining factor when determining whether an older patient with blood cancer is a candidate for stem cell transplantation.
Cancer
Source: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011, 8:30am
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Source: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Posted on: Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011, 8:30am
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Programming cells to home to specific tissues may enable more effective cell-based therapies
Stem cell therapies hold enormous potential to address some of the most tragic illnesses, diseases, and tissue defects world-wide. However, the inability to target cells to tissues of interest poses a significant barrier to effective cell therapy.
Stem cell therapies hold enormous potential to address some of the most tragic illnesses, diseases, and tissue defects world-wide. However, the inability to target cells to tissues of interest poses a significant barrier to effective cell therapy.
Molecular Biology
Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 27, 2011, 1:45pm
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Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 27, 2011, 1:45pm
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Regenerating a stem-cell ethics debate
The creation of human stem cells revives some old moral dilemmas, says Arlene Judith Klotzko
The creation of human stem cells revives some old moral dilemmas, says Arlene Judith Klotzko
Stem cells
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Oct 17, 2011, 8:29am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Oct 17, 2011, 8:29am
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Researchers develop new way to screen for brain cancer stem cell killers
Researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed and used a high-throughput molecular screening approach that identifies and characterizes chemical compounds that can target the stem cells that are responsible for creating deadly brain tumors.
Researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed and used a high-throughput molecular screening approach that identifies and characterizes chemical compounds that can target the stem cells that are responsible for creating deadly brain tumors.
Cancer
Source: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011, 11:00am
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Source: University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011, 11:00am
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Seeking superior stem cells
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have announced a new technique to reprogramme human cells, such as skin cells, into stem cells. Their process increases the efficiency of cell reprogramming by one hundred-fold and generates cells of a higher quality at a faster rate.
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have announced a new technique to reprogramme human cells, such as skin cells, into stem cells. Their process increases the efficiency of cell reprogramming by one hundred-fold and generates cells of a higher quality at a faster rate.
Stem cells
Source: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011, 8:45am
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Source: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Posted on: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011, 8:45am
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Scientists find stem cell reprogramming technique is safer than previously thought
Stem cells made by reprogramming patients' own cells might one day be used as therapies for a host of diseases, but scientists have feared that dangerous mutations within these cells might be caused by current reprogramming techniques. A sophisticated new analysis of stem cells' DNA finds that such fears may be unwarranted.
Stem cells made by reprogramming patients' own cells might one day be used as therapies for a host of diseases, but scientists have feared that dangerous mutations within these cells might be caused by current reprogramming techniques. A sophisticated new analysis of stem cells' DNA finds that such fears may be unwarranted.
Stem cells
Source: Scripps Research Institute
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 06, 2011, 1:15pm
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Source: Scripps Research Institute
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 06, 2011, 1:15pm
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Lack of compensation for human egg donors could stall recent breakthroughs in stem cell research
Women donating their eggs for use in fertility clinics are typically financially compensated for the time and discomfort involved in the procedure. However, guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2005 state that women who donate their eggs for use in stem cell research should not be compensated, although the procedures they undergo are the same. In the October 7th issu
Women donating their eggs for use in fertility clinics are typically financially compensated for the time and discomfort involved in the procedure. However, guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2005 state that women who donate their eggs for use in stem cell research should not be compensated, although the procedures they undergo are the same. In the October 7th issu
Stem cells
Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 05, 2011, 4:00pm
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Source: Cell Press
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 05, 2011, 4:00pm
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