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Stem cell growth
To grow stem cells, scientists first extract samples from adult tissue or an embryo. They then place these cells in a controlled culture where they will divide and reproduce but not specialize further. Stem cells that are dividing and reproducing in a controlled culture are called a stem-cell line.
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JUL 18, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Over 20 years ago researcher Didier Stainier found a zebrafish mutant he named cloche, after comparing the shape of the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 15, 2016
Cancer
For decades, doctors and scientists have preached the benefits of a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. Now a new stud
...
JUL 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier this year, scientists made history when they discovered evidence of gravitational waves. Now researchers in the
...
JUN 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Growing tissues in lab petri dishes has been one of science’s most fascinating and ambitious endeavors. The abilit
...
JUN 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The crux of anticancer efforts has always been to identify the cancer target and kill it without harming nearby healthy
...
JUN 27, 2016
Cardiology
Endothelial cells form the lining of all of our body’s blood vessels, from the tiniest capillaries to the largest
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
One major benefit of stem cells is that they could be used to create healthy cells of any type. In the lab, skin cells h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2016
Cardiology
A heart attack creates a state of inadequate blood supply to organs and tissues that damages heart function and forms sc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre
...
APR 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U
...
APR 02, 2016
Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off,
...
MAR 18, 2016
Immunology
How are macrophage immune cells activated during an inflammatory response when pathogens invade? Scientists thought they
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t
...
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a breakthrough first, scientists in China reported to have turned mouse stem cells into functional sperm-like cells,
...
FEB 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate
...
DEC 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 15, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neural stem cells give rise to neurons, which are the cells which make up the nervous system including the brain. They a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The mitochondria of the cell are unusual organelles that serve as tiny little power plants that provide energy to our ce
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 29, 2015
Cancer
The adage “you are what you eat” just got a little better, especially for those who like purple potatoes. Co
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 17, 2015
Microbiology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinkin
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 17, 2015
Neuroscience
What causes autism? Is there something physical that accounts for behavioral differences?
Researchers have gr ...
Researchers have gr ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 08, 2015
Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider