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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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MAY 23, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation examined the drug Dacogen (decitabine), which was obs ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 21, 2018Videos
Stem cells are often hailed as lifesaving supercells, the heroes of medicine and biology, able to transform and treat an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 17, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A strong link between vitamin D and diabetes has been observed by scientists before, but the connection was not well und ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2018Immunology
Neural stem cells designed to be identical to the host they were derived from are the newest hope for scientists in tran ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 01, 2018Cancer
CNS tumor classification changed in 2016 to incorporate tumor molecular markers. Researchers look at CNS tumor cells and ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 29, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
The hypothalamus is a part of the brain that plays important roles in hunger, and the feeling of having eaten enough.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2018Cardiology
The same molecular pathway that is responsible for preventing adult heart cells from regenerating after being damaged - ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 24, 2018Cancer
Researchers studied the potential use of a synthetic retinoid, WYC-209, as an inhibitor of cancer cell growth and metast ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 24, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem want to identify individual genes responsible for specific diseases. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 23, 2018Cardiology
There is no definitive “treatment” for the damage that results from a heart attack because the heart cells c ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 16, 2018Cancer
Scientists increasingly see the similarities between the dedifferentiated stem cell and cancer progression process. Res ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 14, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a lethal cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It affects a group of white blood c ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 12, 2018Neuroscience
We've all heard it before, as we age, we stop producing new brain cells. This theory is often cited as the reason co ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 11, 2018Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is an incredibly difficult illness to treat and to live with every day. Patients and their families strugg ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 08, 2018Microbiology
This new kind of compound acts in a unique way, and may be effective against drug-resistant bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death for both men and women ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 01, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This work could help create cells that work as therapeutics for heart damage.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
RNA defects can cause various diseases, and now researchers have found a bacterial enzyme that targets RNA.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2018Cardiology
Injecting healthy heart cells grown in the lab is a promising treatment option for people with heart diseases whose own ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 11, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
An estimated 116,000 people are waiting for new organs.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2018Genetics & Genomics
As we get older, our body has to replace old cells with new ones. But in the brain, that process slows down as we age.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2018Immunology
A new, non-antibiotic approach to targeting bacterial infections like Staphylococcus aureus - which are notoriously diff ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 28, 2018Videos
There have been a lot of jokes about the pee-drinking habits of Bear Grylls. But it turns out that our urine does contai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2018Microbiology
Scientists at the UCSD were surprised to see what happened when a so-called predatory bacterium was grown next to some p ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation examined the drug Dacogen (decitabine), which was obs
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 21, 2018
Videos
Stem cells are often hailed as lifesaving supercells, the heroes of medicine and biology, able to transform and treat an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 17, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A strong link between vitamin D and diabetes has been observed by scientists before, but the connection was not well und
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2018
Immunology
Neural stem cells designed to be identical to the host they were derived from are the newest hope for scientists in tran
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 01, 2018
Cancer
CNS tumor classification changed in 2016 to incorporate tumor molecular markers. Researchers look at CNS tumor cells and
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 29, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
The hypothalamus is a part of the brain that plays important roles in hunger, and the feeling of having eaten enough.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2018
Cardiology
The same molecular pathway that is responsible for preventing adult heart cells from regenerating after being damaged -
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 24, 2018
Cancer
Researchers studied the potential use of a synthetic retinoid, WYC-209, as an inhibitor of cancer cell growth and metast
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 24, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem want to identify individual genes responsible for specific diseases.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 23, 2018
Cardiology
There is no definitive “treatment” for the damage that results from a heart attack because the heart cells c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 16, 2018
Cancer
Scientists increasingly see the similarities between the dedifferentiated stem cell and cancer progression process. Res
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 14, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a lethal cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It affects a group of white blood c
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 12, 2018
Neuroscience
We've all heard it before, as we age, we stop producing new brain cells. This theory is often cited as the reason co
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 11, 2018
Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is an incredibly difficult illness to treat and to live with every day. Patients and their families strugg
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 08, 2018
Microbiology
This new kind of compound acts in a unique way, and may be effective against drug-resistant bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death for both men and women
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 01, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This work could help create cells that work as therapeutics for heart damage.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
RNA defects can cause various diseases, and now researchers have found a bacterial enzyme that targets RNA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2018
Cardiology
Injecting healthy heart cells grown in the lab is a promising treatment option for people with heart diseases whose own
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
An estimated 116,000 people are waiting for new organs.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
As we get older, our body has to replace old cells with new ones. But in the brain, that process slows down as we age.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2018
Immunology
A new, non-antibiotic approach to targeting bacterial infections like Staphylococcus aureus - which are notoriously diff
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 28, 2018
Videos
There have been a lot of jokes about the pee-drinking habits of Bear Grylls. But it turns out that our urine does contai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists at the UCSD were surprised to see what happened when a so-called predatory bacterium was grown next to some p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch