Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Research: Includes the process of cell differentiation. The main goal of research on embryonic stem cells is to learn how blank stem cells turn into differentiated stem cells. These cells then form specific tissues and organs in the human body.
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NOV 16, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologyNOV 16, 2019Telomerase was thought to be active primarily in cells that divide a lot, but new research has found, however, that telomerase has another role....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2019CancerNOV 12, 2019As far as skin cancers go, advanced invasive melanoma is quite aggressive – treatment options are still lacking effectiveness. Even though it is quit...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 08, 2019Earth & The EnvironmentNOV 08, 2019One of the most remarkable capabilities of living things is phototropism—in which living organisms track and move with light sources. The most famili...WRITTEN BY: Tiffany DazetNOV 05, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologyNOV 05, 2019Our skin is a critical protective barrier, and has to constantly replenish and repair itself after damage or just normal wear and tear....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2019CancerOCT 31, 2019In a recent issue of Nature, the findings of one study made a particularly big splash: how and why cancer cells use energy differently than healthy cells. ...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 26, 2019Genetics & GenomicsOCT 26, 2019Over the next four years, the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plan to each invest $100 million towards the developm...WRITTEN BY: Annie LennonOCT 21, 2019TechnologyOCT 21, 2019Researchers have developed a software system that converts cell phones into augmented reality (AR) portals that allows users to place virtual building bloc...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminOCT 21, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologyOCT 21, 2019Organoids - miniature, simplified versions of organs made from stem cells, are a great way to model human biology and disease....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2019CancerOCT 14, 2019Have you ever heard of dark matter? No, I’m not talking about the dark matter of the universe – I mean the dark matter that lives within your g...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 10, 2019Genetics & GenomicsOCT 10, 2019A huge amount of our genome does not code for protein, but it can impact physiology in other ways....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2019CancerOCT 03, 2019Research published recently in Cell Stem Cell details the results from a new anticancer immunotherapy that uses invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells. Th...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 01, 2019NeuroscienceOCT 01, 2019The gut and brain communicate - typically through hormones. Throughout the day, your gut releases hormones that travel through the bloodstream and, over the course of about 10 minutes, reach...WRITTEN BY: Nina LichtenbergSEP 23, 2019Genetics & GenomicsSEP 23, 2019The third agricultural revolution changed the way millions of people lived in the 1950s and 60s. It's now time for another one....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologySEP 21, 2019Every cell type has to carefully control which genes are expressed, and new research has learned more about that process....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentSEP 20, 2019Scientists at the University of California-San Diego have found that a chronic myeloid leukemia drug was found to treat medulloblastoma in mouse models mor...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminSEP 19, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentSEP 19, 2019Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully transplanted brain cells without the need of immune-suppressing drugs. Findings of the study were p...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminSEP 16, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologySEP 16, 2019Hematopoietic stem cells are used to create a population of Natural Killer T-cells that could sustain and renew within the immune system, and attack cancer cells....WRITTEN BY: Carly BoydSEP 15, 2019ImmunologySEP 15, 2019New research shows a transcriptase that helps time cell death varies in expression, and is unusually localized, in cancer cells. The transcriptase, T...WRITTEN BY: Amanda MikyskaSEP 15, 2019CancerSEP 15, 2019Chemotherapy-induced hair loss is debatably one of the more devastating psychologically-visible difficulties of cancer. However, new research from the labo...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 15, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentSEP 15, 2019Gender discrimination in research has long stopped serious advancements. In neuroscience, scientists believed that male brains are straightforward and do n...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminSEP 12, 2019CancerSEP 12, 2019A young child just months old recently successfully received cancer treatment for an uncommon type of leukemia. The drug used in the treatment was not a ta...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 03, 2019NeuroscienceSEP 03, 2019When a fetus reaches six months old, it starts to produce electrical signals resembling brain waves. Now, we know that clusters of lab-grown human brain ce...WRITTEN BY: Nina LichtenbergSEP 02, 2019Genetics & GenomicsSEP 02, 2019The events that occur during early mammalian development have tone carefully orchestrated, and timed perfectly....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2019MicrobiologyAUG 28, 2019Now there is biological evidence that the virus infected people in Africa before it was identified in the US....WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
NOV 16, 2019
Telomerase was thought to be active primarily in cells that divide a lot, but new research has found, however, that telomerase has another role....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2019
Cancer
NOV 12, 2019
As far as skin cancers go, advanced invasive melanoma is quite aggressive – treatment options are still lacking effectiveness. Even though it is quit...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
NOV 08, 2019
One of the most remarkable capabilities of living things is phototropism—in which living organisms track and move with light sources. The most famili...
WRITTEN BY:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 05, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
NOV 05, 2019
Our skin is a critical protective barrier, and has to constantly replenish and repair itself after damage or just normal wear and tear....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2019
Cancer
OCT 31, 2019
In a recent issue of Nature, the findings of one study made a particularly big splash: how and why cancer cells use energy differently than healthy cells. ...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 26, 2019
Over the next four years, the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plan to each invest $100 million towards the developm...
WRITTEN BY:
Annie Lennon
OCT 21, 2019
Technology
OCT 21, 2019
Researchers have developed a software system that converts cell phones into augmented reality (AR) portals that allows users to place virtual building bloc...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
OCT 21, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
OCT 21, 2019
Organoids - miniature, simplified versions of organs made from stem cells, are a great way to model human biology and disease....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2019
Cancer
OCT 14, 2019
Have you ever heard of dark matter? No, I’m not talking about the dark matter of the universe – I mean the dark matter that lives within your g...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 10, 2019
A huge amount of our genome does not code for protein, but it can impact physiology in other ways....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2019
Cancer
OCT 03, 2019
Research published recently in Cell Stem Cell details the results from a new anticancer immunotherapy that uses invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells. Th...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 01, 2019
Neuroscience
OCT 01, 2019
The gut and brain communicate - typically through hormones. Throughout the day, your gut releases hormones that travel through the bloodstream and, over the course of about 10 minutes, reach...
WRITTEN BY:
Nina Lichtenberg
SEP 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 23, 2019
The third agricultural revolution changed the way millions of people lived in the 1950s and 60s. It's now time for another one....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 21, 2019
Every cell type has to carefully control which genes are expressed, and new research has learned more about that process....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
SEP 20, 2019
Scientists at the University of California-San Diego have found that a chronic myeloid leukemia drug was found to treat medulloblastoma in mouse models mor...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
SEP 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
SEP 19, 2019
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully transplanted brain cells without the need of immune-suppressing drugs. Findings of the study were p...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
SEP 16, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 16, 2019
Hematopoietic stem cells are used to create a population of Natural Killer T-cells that could sustain and renew within the immune system, and attack cancer cells....
WRITTEN BY:
Carly Boyd
SEP 15, 2019
Immunology
SEP 15, 2019
New research shows a transcriptase that helps time cell death varies in expression, and is unusually localized, in cancer cells. The transcriptase, T...
WRITTEN BY:
Amanda Mikyska
SEP 15, 2019
Cancer
SEP 15, 2019
Chemotherapy-induced hair loss is debatably one of the more devastating psychologically-visible difficulties of cancer. However, new research from the labo...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 15, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
SEP 15, 2019
Gender discrimination in research has long stopped serious advancements. In neuroscience, scientists believed that male brains are straightforward and do n...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
SEP 12, 2019
Cancer
SEP 12, 2019
A young child just months old recently successfully received cancer treatment for an uncommon type of leukemia. The drug used in the treatment was not a ta...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 03, 2019
Neuroscience
SEP 03, 2019
When a fetus reaches six months old, it starts to produce electrical signals resembling brain waves. Now, we know that clusters of lab-grown human brain ce...
WRITTEN BY:
Nina Lichtenberg
SEP 02, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 02, 2019
The events that occur during early mammalian development have tone carefully orchestrated, and timed perfectly....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2019
Microbiology
AUG 28, 2019
Now there is biological evidence that the virus infected people in Africa before it was identified in the US....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch