Stem Cell Possibilities in Autism Research
Dr. Ricardo Dolmetsch and his colleagues have generated stem cells from children with autism allowing them to study how the brain develops in children with ASD. A… Read more »
Stem Cell Banking: The Perspective of an iPS Donor Family
“Your twin daughters have an extremely rare, fatal disease called Niemann Pick Type C and there’s nothing you can do for them”. Those were the devastating words… Read more »
Researchers May Have Found Equivalent of Embryonic Stem Cells
By Rob Stein, WashingtonPost.com Chinese scientists have bred mice from cells that might offer an alternative to human embryonic stem cells, producing the most definitive evidence yet… Read more »
Scientists Find Differences in Embryonic Stem Cells and Reprogrammed Skin Cells
From Newswise.com UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that… Read more »
Scientists Create Monkey Stem Cells
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — The successful creation of the first induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell line from adult monkey skin may have important implications for direct reprogramming capabilities… Read more »
Patient-derived induced stem cells retain disease traits
From Genengnews.com When neurons started dying in Clive Svendsen’s lab dishes, he couldn’t have been more pleased. The dying cells the same type lost in patients with… Read more »