A Newly Discovered Type of Stem Cell Could Allow Scientists To Make Organs in a Dish
Traditionally, researchers create stem cells by either placing an embryo in a dish or employing molecules found in pluripotent cells to reprogram differentiated cells and create induced… 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 »
Mayo Clinic researchers develop more efficient system to reprogram stem cells
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Induced pluripotent stem cells, the workhorse of many regenerative medicine projects, start out as differentiated cells that are reprogrammed to pluripotent stem cells by… Read more »
Novel liver stem cell model could speed up process for developing new drugs
Durham, NC – The path to bringing a new drug to market is, simply put, a rocky one. Not only is it estimated to take over 12… Read more »
New method for mass-producing RPE cells paves way to treating age-related blindness
Durham, NC – Scientists have developed a new, simpler way to produce human pluripotent stem cells in quantities large enough that they can be used to develop treatments for age-related… Read more »
NeoStem’s CEO, Dr. Robin L. Smith, Letter to Shareholders
NEW YORK , Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Dear NeoStem Shareholders, We would like to take a moment to both look back at 2011 – a transformative… Read more »
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 »