News articles tagged with 'stem'
Regulatory network balances stem cell maintenance, differentiation
— 12 Jan 2010 12:56 | HealthWhile much of the promise of stem cells springs from their ability to develop into any cell type in the body, the biological workings that control that maturation process are still…
Stem cell surprise for tissue regeneration
— 24 Jun 2009 17:00 | BiologyScientists working at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Embryology, with colleagues, have overturned previous research that identified critical genes for making muscle stem cells.…
Engineered pig stem cells bridge the mouse-human gap
— 4 Jun 2009 14:44 | BiologyThe discovery that adult skin cells can be 'reprogrammed' to behave like stem cells has been a major scientific boon, providing a way to tap the potential of embryonic stem cells without…
World first: Chinese scientists create pig stem cells
— 4 Jun 2009 02:35 | BiologyScientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells - cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any type of cell in…
Hope for the future in the umbilical cord
— 19 May 2009 16:09 | HealthUmbilical cord blood has a great potential to heal many diseases. A new research cooperation examines how to grow as many stem cells as possible that are responsible for this effect.…
The end of the line for existing stem cell research?
— 15 May 2009 12:08 | BiologyTime is short for scientists to respond to the call for comments on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposed guidelines for the use of human embryonic stem (ES) cell lines and…
How an enzyme tells stem cells which way to divide
— 14 May 2009 11:55 | BiologyDriving Miranda, a protein in fruit flies crucial to switch a stem cell's fate, is not as complex as biologists thought, according to University of Oregon biochemists. They've found…
Better targeting of stem cells as medication
— 24 Apr 2009 19:26 | HealthUp till now it has not been possible to control stem cells in such a way that they grow into new blood vessels outside the body, or - when injected into an organ - lead to the creation…
New method developed by UC San Diego bioengineers gives regenerative medicine a boost
— 24 Apr 2009 19:02 | HealthBioengineers at UC San Diego have developed a breakthrough method for sequencing-based methylation profiling, which could help fuel personalised regenerative medicine and even lead…
A major breakthrough in generating safer, therapeutic stem cells from adult cells
— 24 Apr 2009 15:33 | HealthThe new technique solves one of the most challenging safety hurdles associated with personalised stem cell-based medicine because for the first time it enables scientists to make stem…