Stem cell-derived kidneys connect to blood vessels when transplanted into mice
* After researchers transplanted kidney tissue generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells into a mouse kidney, the animal’s blood vessels readily connected to the human tissue…. Read more »
Study finds combination stem cell therapy improves cardiac function
A new study from the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine finds that combination stem cell therapy, using c-kit+… Read more »
A Prkci Gene Keeps Stem Cells in Check
When it comes to stem cells, too much of a good thing isn’t wonderful: producing too many new stem cells may lead to cancer; producing too few… Read more »
Aged neurons can now be generated using stem cell technology
Diseases of human aging have always been difficult to study in the lab. Stem cell technology always had promise, but when scientists reverted a skin cell from… Read more »
Studying Stem Cells With Computational Image Analysis
Stem cell research is one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving fields in science today. Using the latest software developed at Drexel’s Computational Image Sequence Analysis… Read more »
Scientists create functional liver cells from stem cells
Major implications for liver biology and drug discovery THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Image: This image shows stem cell-derived hepatocytes emerging. Photo Credit: Yaakov Nahmias/Hebrew University The… Read more »
Stem cell gene therapy developed at UCLA holds promise for eliminating HIV infection
Method modifies immune cells to attack the virus, could be used to treat other diseases Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine… Read more »