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Researchers Grow Stem Cells to Cure Glaucoma

April 19, 2021
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Moscow Oblast, Russia — A joint research carried out by MIPT scientists and Harvard researchers have presented retinal cells that can integrate into the retina. This is the first successful attempt...

Aged Bone Marrow Niche Impedes Function of Rejuvenated Hematopoietic Stem Cells

April 15, 2021
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Durham, NC — When leukaemia strikes an older person, it is in part due to the aging of his or her hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). These immature cells can develop into all types of blood cells, including...

Neural Stem Cells Age Rapidly, Study Reveals

April 13, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, a team led by USC Stem Cell scientist Dr. Michael Bonaguidi, demonstrates that neural stem cells – the stem cells of the nervous...

Targeting MicroRNAs could Unmask Hidden Vulnerability in Breast Cancer Stem Cells

April 7, 2021
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New York, NY — Researchers in Italy have identified a pair of microRNA molecules that help maintain a population of cancerous stem cells that drive the growth of breast cancers and initiate tumor relapse...

Stem Cell Study Identifies Molecular ‘Switch’ that Turns Precursors into Kidney Cells

April 6, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — Kidney development is a balancing act between the self-renewal of stem and progenitor cells to maintain and expand their numbers, and the differentiation of these cells into more...

Robust Cell Hunctions are Critical for Maintaining Stem Cell Function

March 29, 2021
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Bengaluru, India — The skin is the largest organ in the human body, and its outermost part, called the epidermis, is replenished every three weeks. The cells fueling this renewal of the epidermal stem...

Study Reveals How Long-Term Infection and Inflammation Impairs Immune Response as We Age

March 26, 2021
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Houston, TX — Humans are born with tens of thousands of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that collectively ensure lifelong production of blood and immune cells that protect us from infections. HSCs...

Antioxidant-Primed Stem Cells Show Promise in Repairing Bone Damaged by Radiation

March 24, 2021
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Durham, NC — The standard of treatment for bone tumours is often two-fold: surgery to remove the cancerous section followed by radiation therapy to ensure all the cancerous cells have been killed off....

Stem Cell Scientists Start a Buzz around Fruit Flies in Hearing Research

March 17, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — Even though a fruit fly doesn’t have ears, it can hear with its antennae. In a new study published in the journal Development, USC Stem Cell scientists describe how adult flies...

Researchers Find Ribosome Assembly Essential for Stem Cell Regeneration

March 15, 2021
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Philadelphia, PA — Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified genes responsible for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regeneration via the assembly of the ribosome,...

Biological Artificial Organs Like Skin, Vessels…Now Produced More Easily

March 9, 2021
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Yeongi-gun, South Korea — A Korean research group has developed a technology that allows for the differentiation of stem cells into desired cell types, such as vascular mural cells or osteoblasts,...

Study Reveals How a Longevity Gene Protects Brain stem cells from stress

February 22, 2021
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New York, NY — A gene linked to unusually long lifespans in humans protects brain stem cells from the harmful effects of stress, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. Studies...

Researchers Take Early Step Toward Leukaemia Drug Therapy

February 17, 2021
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Hamilton, ON — A McMaster stem cell research team has made an important early step in developing a new class of therapeutics for patients with a deadly blood cancer. The team has discovered that...

A Recipe for Regenerating Bioengineered Hair

February 11, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan have discovered a recipe for continuous cyclical regeneration of cultured hair follicles from hair follicle...

Identification of Three Genes that Determine the Stemness of Gastric Tissue Stem Cells

February 9, 2021
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Kanazawa, Japan — The human body consists of about 60 trillion cells that are renewed day by day to maintain homeostasis of body tissues. In particular, cells of the digestive tract are renewed completely...

Molecular Sleuthing Identifies and Corrects Major Flaws in Blood-Brain Barrier Model

February 9, 2021
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New York, NY — A type of cell derived from human stem cells that has been widely used for brain research and drug development may have been leading researchers astray for years, according to a study...

Two Anti-Viral Enzymes Transform Pre-Leukaemia Stem Cells into Leukaemia

January 27, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Since stem cells can continually self-regenerate, making more stem cells, and differentiate into many different specialized cell types, they play an important role in our development...

Stem Cell Based Cell Culture Model for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

January 26, 2021
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Düsseldorf, Germany — Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a widespread condition in the Western World. Around 30% of the population have lipid droplets stored in their liver which diminish...

Stem Cells Use Piston-like Engine to ‘Drive’ to Their Destinations

January 12, 2021
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Stanford, CA — Our bodies often dispatch stem cells to mend or replace biological damage, but how these repair agents make their way through dense tissue to arrive at the scene had been a mystery....

Molecules Derived from Omega-3 can Regenerate Inflamed Periodontal Tissue

December 17, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Maresin and resolvin, produced by the body from omega-3 fatty acids, can help repair tissue damaged by periodontal disease. A recent study shows that even in the presence of inflammation...

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