News articles tagged with 'embryonic' (Page 19)
Forever young: Differentiation blocked in tumour stem cells
— 8 Jan 2008 12:46 | HealthA new comparison of normal stem cells and cancer stem cells reveals that the cancer stem cells are abnormally trapped at an early stage of development. The research, published by Cell…
Human embryonic stem cell: derived bone tissue closes massive skull injury
— 3 Dec 2007 08:46 | BiologyThere are mice in Baltimore whose skulls were made whole again by bone tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Healing critical-size defects (defects that would not otherwise…
Oosight microscope enables embryonic stem cell breakthrough
— 2 Dec 2007 20:44 | BiologyA noninvasive, polarised light microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) played a crucial role in a recent breakthrough in embryonic stem-cell research aimed at…
Simple recipe turns human skin cells into embryonic stem cell-like cells
— 27 Nov 2007 01:34 | BiologyA simple recipe - including just four ingredients - can transform adult human skin cells into cells that resemble embryonic stem cells, researchers report in an immediate early publication…
Human embryonic stem cells derived from preimplantation genetically diagnosed embryos
— 14 Nov 2007 19:16 | BiologyA human stem cell line derived from embryos that were identified by preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to carry the mutation for fragile X syndrome has provided an unprecedented…
Primate patient-specific stem cells
— 14 Nov 2007 12:59 | BiologyA method of reprogramming rhesus macaque adult fibroblasts into embryonic stem cells using somatic cell nuclear transfer is presented in Nature this week. Shoukhrat Mitalipov and colleagues…
The difference between fish and humans: scientists answer century old developmental question
— 11 Oct 2007 07:17 | BiologyEmbryologists at UCL (University College London) have helped solve an evolutionary riddle that has been puzzling scientists for over a century. They have identified a key mechanism…
Trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine
— 8 Oct 2007 11:04 | BiologyMario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine today. They were awarded for groundbreaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells…
Engineers study brain folding in higher mammals
— 2 Oct 2007 04:55 | BiologyEngineers at Washington University in St. Louis are finding common ground between the shaping of the brain and the heart during embryonic development. Larry A. Taber, PhD, the Dennis…
Marine worm opens new window on early cell development
— 3 Jul 2007 02:36 | BiologyUniversity of Oregon biologists studying a common ocean-dwelling worm have uncovered potentially fundamental insights into the evolutionary origin of genetic mechanisms, which when…