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 »
The Beauty Of Pluripotent Stem Cells – Great Intro
By Muhammad Khan, TEDxBrentwoodCollegeSchool Stem cells are extremely new to science, and research (despite being hindered) is advancing at an amazing pace. In 2012 a man named… Read more »
New method to produce blood cells from stem cells could yield a purer, safer cell therapy
A new protocol for reprogramming induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into mature blood cells, using just a small amount of the patient’s own blood and a readily… Read more »