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Reactivating Ageing Stem Cells in the Brain

February 25, 2021
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Zürich, Switzerland — The stem cells in our brain generate new neurons throughout life, for example in the hippocampus. This region of the brain plays a key role for a range of memory processes. With...

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...

Researchers Uncover the Unique Way Stem Cells Protect Their Chromosome Ends

November 27, 2020
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London, UK — Telomeres are specialised structures at the end of chromosomes which protect our DNA and ensure healthy division of cells. According to a new study from researchers at the Francis Crick...

Researchers Make Counterintuitive Discoveries About Immune-Like Characteristics of Cells

October 19, 2020
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Nashville, TN — Vanderbilt University researchers have reported the counterintuitive discovery that certain chemotherapeutic agents used to treat tumours can have the opposite effect of tissue overgrowth...

Heart Attack Damage Reduced by Shielded Stem Cells

August 19, 2020
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Houston, TX — Bioengineers and surgeons from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have shown that shielding stem cells with a novel biomaterial improves the cells’ ability to...

Real Reason Behind Goosebumps

July 21, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — If you’ve ever wondered why we get goosebumps, you’re in good company — so did Charles Darwin, who mused about them in his writings on evolution. Goosebumps might...

Primitive Stem Cells Point to New Bone Grafts for Stubborn-To-Heal Fractures

June 17, 2020
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College Station, TX — Although most broken bones can be mended with a firm cast and a generous measure of tender loving care, more complicated fractures require treatments like bone grafting. Researchers...

Magnetic Guidance Improves Stem Cells’ Ability to Treat Occupational Lung Disease

June 16, 2020
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Durham, NC — Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine(SCTM) may point the way to a cure for a serious lung disease called silicosis that affects millions of workers worldwide....

Critical Window for Re-Infection With HIV After Stem Cell Transplantation

May 15, 2020
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Heidelberg, Germany — Some people with HIV need to undergo an allogeneic stem cell transplantation in order to treat different types of blood cancer. Most of the patient’s immune cells are eliminated...

Stem Cells Shown to Delay Their Own Death to Aid Healing

May 11, 2020
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Ithaca, NY — Already known for their shape-shifting abilities, stem cells can now add “death-defying” to their list of remarkable qualities. A new study shows how stem cells –...

‘Primitive’ Stem Cells Shown to Regenerate Blood Vessels in Eye

March 10, 2020
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Baltimore, MD — Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have successfully turned back the biological hands of time, coaxing adult human cells in the laboratory to revert to a primitive state, and...

Computer Simulations Visualize How DNA is Recognized to Convert Cells into Stem Cells

February 18, 2020
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Swansea, Wales — Researchers of the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW – The Netherlands) and the Max Planck Institute in Münster (Germany) have revealed how an essential protein helps to activate genomic...

Research Could Be Step Toward Lab-Grown Eggs and Sperm to Treat Infertility

February 7, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — A new study on how and when the precursors to eggs and sperm are formed during development could help pave the way for generating egg and sperm cells in the lab to treat infertility....

Kidney Stem Cells can be Isolated from Urine

February 6, 2020
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Düsseldorf, Germany — Researchers from the Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine (ISRM) at the medical faculty of Heinrich Heine University-Duesseldorf under the directorship of...

New Hydrogels Wither While Stem Cells Flourish for Tissue Repair

February 5, 2020
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College Station, TX — Baby diapers, contact lenses and gelatin dessert. While seemingly unrelated, these items have one thing in common — they’re made of highly absorbent substances called...

Scientists Link Rapid Brain Growth in Autism to DNA Damage

February 3, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a unique pattern of DNA damage that arises in brain cells derived from individuals with a macrocephalic form of autism spectrum disorder...

Programmable Nests for Cells

January 20, 2020
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Karlsruhe, Germany — Using DNA, smallest silica particles, and carbon nanotubes, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) developed novel programmable materials. These nanocomposites...

Rejuvenating The Brain

January 13, 2020
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Dresden, Germany — We all will experience it at some point, unfortunately: The older we get the more our brains will find it difficult to learn and remember new things. What the reasons underlying...

Researchers Create Accurate Model of Organ Scarring Using Stem Cells in a Lab

December 11, 2019
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Los Angeles, CA — Every organ in the body is capable, to some extent, of repairing itself after an injury. As part of this process, scar tissue forms and then recedes to make room for normal tissue...

Researchers Discover How Cells Know Their Future and Forget Their Past

November 7, 2019
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Copenhagen, Denmark — Stem cells all share the potential of developing into any specific cell in the body. Many researchers are therefore trying to answer the fundamental questions of what determines...

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