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Efficient Model for Generating Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Researchers report a simple,
easily reproducible
RNA-based method of
generating human induced
pluripotent stem cells
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Digest This: Cure for Cancer May Live in Our Intestines
Treating a cancerous tumor
is like watering a
houseplant with a fire hose
-- too much water kills the
plant, just as too much
chemotherapy and radiation
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Stem Cells in Urine Easy to Isolate and Have Potential for Numerous Therapies
Could harvesting stem cells
for therapy one day be as
simple as asking patients
for a urine sample?
Researchers have identified
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Could Sleeping Stem Cells Hold Key to Treatment of Aggressive Blood Cancer?
Scientists studying an
aggressive form of leukemia
have discovered that rather
than displacing healthy stem
cells in the bone marrow as
... > full story
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Advance in Regenerative Medicine Could Make Reprogrammed Cells Safer While Improving Their Function
August 1, 2013 — The enormous promise of regenerative medicine is matched by equally enormous challenges. But a new finding has the potential to improve both the safety and performance of reprogrammed ... > full story -
Researchers Find Home of Best Stem Cells for Bone Marrow Transplants
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have revealed the location of human blood stem cells that may improve bone marrow transplants. The best stem cells are at the ends of the ... > full story -
Cross-Country Collaboration Leads to New Leukemia Model
July 31, 2013 — They were postdocs at Stanford when they first began considering the problem. Eight years later, and a continent apart, they found the ... > full story -
Computational Biology: Cells Reprogrammed on the Computer
July 31, 2013 — Scientists have developed a model that makes predictions from which differentiated cells -- for instance skin cells -- can be very efficiently changed into completely different cell types -- such as ... > full story -
Reprogramming Patients' Cells Offers Powerful New Tool for Studying, Treating Blood Diseases
July 30, 2013 — First produced only in the past decade, human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are capable of developing into many or even all human cell types. Scientists have now reprogrammed skin cells from ... > full story -
Number One Source for New Teeth
July 29, 2013 — Stem cells derived from urine can be used to generate tooth-like structures, reports a new study. It’s thought the technique might one day help researchers grow new, tailor-made teeth for ... > full story -
Human Stem Cell-Derived Hepatocytes Regenerate Liver Function
July 26, 2013 — Researchers have generated functional hepatocytes from human stem cells, transplanted them into mice with acute liver injury, and shown the ability of these stem-cell derived human liver cells to ... > full story -
Broad-Scale Genome Tinkering With Help of an RNA Guide: Biotechnology Tool Borrowed from Pathogenic Bacteria
July 25, 2013 — Researchers have devised a way to quickly and easily target and tinker with any gene in the human genome. The new tool, which builds on an RNA-guided enzyme they borrowed from bacteria, is being made ... > full story -
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Novel Nanometer Scaffolds Regulate the Biological Behaviors of Neural Stem Cells
July 25, 2013 — The surface characteristics of nanoscaffolds made by nanotechnology are more similar to the three-dimensional topological structure of the extracellular matrix and the effects on the biological ... > full story -
Scientists Unable to Find Evidence of 'Embryonic-Like' Cells in Marrow of Adult Mice
July 24, 2013 — Research on human embryonic stem cells has been a political and religious lightning rod for more than a decade. Scientists say they have been unable to identify any very small, pluripotent cells in ... > full storyMore:
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