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Stem cells research
Stem cells are the cells from which other specialized cells throughout the body are generated. Stem cells divide to form daughter cells with specific functions. Stem cells can be obtained from adult tissues of embryos. Research is being conducted to develop treatments for diseases which are caused by or result from tissue or organ damage, such as type 1 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, cancer as well as other conditions like severe burns.
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JUN 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondrial replacement therapy was hailed as a promising new way to overcome diseases passed down in the DNA of mitoc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2016Neuroscience
How dead do you have to be before you’re really dead? No, it’s not a scene from a science fiction movie, but ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
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In recent years parents have started banking the blood from the umbilical cords of their children. Cord blood contains s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) is a crucial protein in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Thought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2016Immunology
Every year, scientists with the World Health Organization do their best to predict the most prevalent and dangerous infl ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 19, 2016Cardiology
As an embryonic stem cell pluripotency factor, Oct4 was previously thought to only be active in embryos, not in adults. ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2016Microbiology
Human skin has a habitat that is conducive to hosting a veritable microcosm of organisms. Fungi, bacteria and viruses ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2016Videos
Stem cells are important for research and have yielded many discoveries in several areas of medicine. Adult stem cells t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 16, 2016Cardiology
When researchers examined human postmortem brain tissue—some from typical brains and others from those with an aut ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 11, 2016Neuroscience
Autism is a mystery because it has been very difficult to narrow down what causes this complex and varied pathology. Mut ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 05, 2016Cardiology
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (DCM) share some qualities in their tissue makeup and in th ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 29, 2016Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre ...APR 29, 2016Health & Medicine
Whether spontaneous or due to genetic predisposition, occurrence of pulmonary hypertension is very detrimental to heart ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Current heart muscle engineering technology requires more than a million stem cells per tissue, making mass production o ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 20, 2016Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 16, 2016Videos
White blood cells (leukocytes) are immune system cells that protect the body against diseases and foreign invaders. Whil ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As three-dimensional (3D) printing continues to gain momentum in the field of bioengineering, the challenge now is integ ...APR 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U ...APR 03, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that a vaccine adjuvant could protect burn victims from infe ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca ...
JUN 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondrial replacement therapy was hailed as a promising new way to overcome diseases passed down in the DNA of mitoc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2016
Neuroscience
How dead do you have to be before you’re really dead? No, it’s not a scene from a science fiction movie, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the current Zika virus outbreak is known to be transmittable from mother to fetus, the exact mechanism of this tra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2016
Videos
In recent years parents have started banking the blood from the umbilical cords of their children. Cord blood contains s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) is a crucial protein in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2016
Immunology
Every year, scientists with the World Health Organization do their best to predict the most prevalent and dangerous infl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 19, 2016
Cardiology
As an embryonic stem cell pluripotency factor, Oct4 was previously thought to only be active in embryos, not in adults.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2016
Microbiology
Human skin has a habitat that is conducive to hosting a veritable microcosm of organisms. Fungi, bacteria and viruses ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2016
Videos
Stem cells are important for research and have yielded many discoveries in several areas of medicine. Adult stem cells t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 16, 2016
Cardiology
When researchers examined human postmortem brain tissue—some from typical brains and others from those with an aut
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a mystery because it has been very difficult to narrow down what causes this complex and varied pathology. Mut
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 05, 2016
Cardiology
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (DCM) share some qualities in their tissue makeup and in th
...
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 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
Whether spontaneous or due to genetic predisposition, occurrence of pulmonary hypertension is very detrimental to heart
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Current heart muscle engineering technology requires more than a million stem cells per tissue, making mass production o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
For atherosclerosis patients who experience a wide range of side effects to cholesterol-lowering drugs, an alternate opt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 16, 2016
Videos
White blood cells (leukocytes) are immune system cells that protect the body against diseases and foreign invaders. Whil
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As three-dimensional (3D) printing continues to gain momentum in the field of bioengineering, the challenge now is integ
...
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 03, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that a vaccine adjuvant could protect burn victims from infe
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Just in the past few months, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even voca
...