Growing embryonic tissues on a chip
It’s no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical concerns. Correct though it is to proceed with caution in these… Read more »
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Investigator on Tissue Engineering: The Big Picture on Growing Small Intestines
Babies born prematurely often face intense medical challenges, including intestines that are underdeveloped or diseased. While an intestine transplant can benefit some patients, many babies are simply… Read more »
Stem cell identity unmasked by single cell sequencing technology
Scientists from The University of Queensland’s Diamantina Institute have revealed the difference between a stem cell and other blood vessel cells using gene-sequencing technology. Leading skin cancer… Read more »
Pluripotency or differentiation – That is the question
Induced pluripotent stem cells can turn into any type of cell in the body or remain in their original form. In the current edition of Molecular Cell, scientists… Read more »
Rutgers researchers discover crucial link between brain and gut stem cells
Study paves the way for healthy aging and treatment of colorectal cancers. The organs in our bodies house stem cells that are necessary to regenerate cells when… Read more »
UC San Diego Health treats first cancer patient with stem-cell derived natural killer cells
Fate Therapeutics, in collaboration with UC San Diego researcher, developed first off-the-shelf immunotherapy from human induced pluripotent stem cells that is now in clinical trials. After 10… Read more »
Effects of spaceflight on heart cell formation from stem cells
Researchers used time-lapse imaging to show that mouse induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) grown during spaceflight differentiated into cardiomyocytes significantly faster than similar cells grown at… Read more »