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Investigating Devastating Childhood Diseases Just Got Easier
May 2, 2013 — Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPScs) from the skin of patients with Dravet syndrome (DS) show Dravet-like functional impairment when they are converted into neurons, finds new research. This method ... > full story -
Researchers Look to Mathematics, Nature, to Understand the Immune System and Its Role in Cancer
May 1, 2013 — Can patterns in tree branches or the meandering bends in a river provide clues that could lead to better cancer therapies? According to a new study, these self-similar, repeating patterns in nature ... > full story -
Decoded: Molecular Messages That Tell Prostate and Breast Cancers to Spread
April 30, 2013 — Cancer cells are wily, well-traveled adversaries, constantly side-stepping treatments to stop their spread. But for the first time, scientists have decoded the molecular chatter that ramps certain ... > full story -
Adults Lack Stem Cells for Making New Eggs
April 29, 2013 — Mammalian females ovulate periodically over their reproductive lifetimes, placing significant demands on their ovaries for egg production. Whether mammals generate new eggs in adulthood using stem ... > full story -
Clarifying the Effect of Stem Cell Therapy on Cancer
April 28, 2013 — Injection of human stem cells into mice with tumors slowed down tumor growth, finds new research. Human mesenchymal stem cells, isolated from bone marrow, caused changes in blood vessels supplying ... > full story -
Cellulose Goes Off the Rails: Without Microtubule Guidance, Cellulose Causes Changes in Organ Patterns During Growth
April 25, 2013 — Mathematics is everywhere in nature, and this is illustrated by the spiral patterns in plants such as pine cones, sunflowers or the arrangement of leaves around a stem. Most plants produce a new bud ... > full story -
Toxicity Profile Informs Decision on Preferred Conditioning Regimen in Autologous Transplant for Neuroblastoma
April 24, 2013 — The stem cell transplant regimen that was commonly used in the United States to treat advanced neuroblastoma in children appears to be more toxic than the equally effective regimen employed in Europe ... > full story -
After Brain Injury, New Astrocytes Play Unexpected Role in Healing
April 24, 2013 — The production of a certain kind of brain cell that had been considered an impediment to healing may actually be needed to staunch bleeding and promote repair after a stroke or head trauma, ... > full story -
Majority of Children Readmitted to Hospital Following Stem Cell Transplant
April 24, 2013 — Almost two-thirds of children who receive stem cell transplants are readmitted to the hospital within six months, according to new ... > full story -
Scientist Identifies Protein Molecule Used to Maintain Adult Stem Cells in Fruit Flies
April 22, 2013 — Understanding exactly how stem cells form into specific organs and tissues is the holy grail of regenerative medicine. Now a researcher has added to that body of knowledge by determining how stem ... > full story
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