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Stem Cells
Stem Cells: are cells with the potential to develop into many different types of cells in the body. They serve as a repair system for the body. There are two main types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells.
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SEP 15, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have a variety of processes and pathways that can repair damage and boost healing. Scientists have now discovered ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2025Space & Astronomy
How does long-duration space missions influence human stem cells? This is what a recent study published in Cell Stem Cel ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 12, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
If infants are deprived of oxygen during delivery, they can experience brain damage. But a new stem cell treatment could ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
It is so rare, only one person has it.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
It's long been assumed that when a parent cell divides into two daughter cells, the parents assumes a spherical shape, w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
As people reach middle age and beyond, their waistlines tend to expand. Additional abdominal fat is known to cause a var ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Blood donation is an important way to support community health. A consistent, reliable and safe blood supply is necessar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is organized into chromosomes, which are shaped like little X's. Every time a cell divides, the genome ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
It's long been assumed that as cells divide in the human body, the genome is faithfully replicated in the resulting daug ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Fanconi anemia https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6425/fanconi-anemia is rare genetic disorder that can be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans aren't capable of regenerating lost limbs, but our bodies can heal from many wounds. Whenever we scratch or cut o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
With astonishing advances in molecular biology, cell and gene therapies represent a new class of pharmaceuticals availab ...Sponsored By: Single Use SupportFEB 21, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
A wealth of research has linked fasting or calorie-restricted diets to health benefits and aging improvements. New work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The careful control of cell division is essential to organisms, and when it goes awry, major problems can arise like dev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A single, small mutation can have an impact on other genes that one researcher likens to a "butterfly effect."Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans raise and slaughter vast numbers of animals for our food. All of that meat production has a high environmental co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2024Neuroscience
Insights into how psychological stress disrupts intestinal stem cell function.Written By: Amielle MorenoJAN 22, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
As people age, cognitive dysfunction known as dementia becomes more likely. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2024Genetics & Genomics
DNA molecules are very lengthy, and most cells in the body have to fit the entire genome into the nucleus. To do so, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2024Microbiology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common infection that can affect children and senior adults. Symptoms can include ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a spatial atlas of the incredible process of human limb development, including processes that in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2023Cancer
Neuroblastoma, a cancer that forms in immature nerve cells, most commonly occurs in young children under the age of five ...Written By: Katie Kokolus
SEP 15, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have a variety of processes and pathways that can repair damage and boost healing. Scientists have now discovered
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How does long-duration space missions influence human stem cells? This is what a recent study published in Cell Stem Cel
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 12, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
If infants are deprived of oxygen during delivery, they can experience brain damage. But a new stem cell treatment could
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
It is so rare, only one person has it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's long been assumed that when a parent cell divides into two daughter cells, the parents assumes a spherical shape, w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
As people reach middle age and beyond, their waistlines tend to expand. Additional abdominal fat is known to cause a var
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Blood donation is an important way to support community health. A consistent, reliable and safe blood supply is necessar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is organized into chromosomes, which are shaped like little X's. Every time a cell divides, the genome ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
It's long been assumed that as cells divide in the human body, the genome is faithfully replicated in the resulting daug
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Fanconi anemia https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6425/fanconi-anemia is rare genetic disorder that can be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans aren't capable of regenerating lost limbs, but our bodies can heal from many wounds. Whenever we scratch or cut o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
With astonishing advances in molecular biology, cell and gene therapies represent a new class of pharmaceuticals availab
...
Sponsored By:
Single Use Support
FEB 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A wealth of research has linked fasting or calorie-restricted diets to health benefits and aging improvements. New work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The careful control of cell division is essential to organisms, and when it goes awry, major problems can arise like dev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A single, small mutation can have an impact on other genes that one researcher likens to a "butterfly effect."
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans raise and slaughter vast numbers of animals for our food. All of that meat production has a high environmental co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2024
Neuroscience
Insights into how psychological stress disrupts intestinal stem cell function.
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 22, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
As people age, cognitive dysfunction known as dementia becomes more likely. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
DNA molecules are very lengthy, and most cells in the body have to fit the entire genome into the nucleus. To do so, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2024
Microbiology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common infection that can affect children and senior adults. Symptoms can include
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a spatial atlas of the incredible process of human limb development, including processes that in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2023
Cancer
Neuroblastoma, a cancer that forms in immature nerve cells, most commonly occurs in young children under the age of five
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus