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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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DEC 30, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gene Pathway Regulates Growth and Development of the Cerebral CortexWritten By: Jennifer EllisDEC 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The precious fluid that protects a baby in the womb may also hold the potential to restore bone loss. Such discov ...DEC 29, 2016Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 29, 2016 – A new study led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Resea ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 28, 2016Neuroscience
When you can’t use the real thing, many times a model of it will do. When it’s in the lab, for biology and m ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Growing old has always been a question of not if, but when. This cellular inevitability may not have to be the case, how ...DEC 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New evidence from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine has indicated that a protein call ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2016Microbiology
To construct new tissue or maintain it in adulthood, cells have to be able to respond to mechanical and molecular cues f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Females carry two X chromosomes, and the genes of one of those chromosomes cannot be expressed during development or myr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2016Cardiology
We tend to think of a pacemaker as a man made device, and piece of metal surgically implanted in a damaged heart to help ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 15, 2016Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2016Cancer
A new study of glioblastoma implicates a gene that helps the brain cancer to survive and proliferate, even in the face o ...DEC 11, 2016Videos
In this video from Mayo Clinic, researcher Dr. Shane Shapiro discusses his use of stem cells to treat osteoarthritis pai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2016Cancer
To uproot itself and start seeding tumors in other parts of the body, cancer cells must have enough energy for the journ ...DEC 05, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 5, 2016 – A common class of drugs for vision loss may actually add to the problem in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
As the brain develops, neurons are created from a special type of neural stem call called radial glia. Researchers at Du ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded by a contribution by Paul G. Allen, a cofounder of Microsoft, in 2014. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2016Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 29, 2016Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An organism is dependent on the replenishment and maintenance of cellular proteins in order to survive. One family of pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 28, 2016Cancer
A cancer drug that’s approved for the treatment of kidney cancer may also be effective against a form of muscular ...NOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Videos
We all have bone marrow, a substance that can be found at the core of our living bones. Inside bone marrow, we can find ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gene Pathway Regulates Growth and Development of the Cerebral Cortex
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The precious fluid that protects a baby in the womb may also hold the potential to restore bone loss. Such discov
...
DEC 29, 2016
Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 29, 2016 – A new study led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Resea
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 28, 2016
Neuroscience
When you can’t use the real thing, many times a model of it will do. When it’s in the lab, for biology and m
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Growing old has always been a question of not if, but when. This cellular inevitability may not have to be the case, how
...
DEC 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New evidence from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine has indicated that a protein call
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2016
Microbiology
To construct new tissue or maintain it in adulthood, cells have to be able to respond to mechanical and molecular cues f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Females carry two X chromosomes, and the genes of one of those chromosomes cannot be expressed during development or myr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2016
Cardiology
We tend to think of a pacemaker as a man made device, and piece of metal surgically implanted in a damaged heart to help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2016
Cancer
A new study of glioblastoma implicates a gene that helps the brain cancer to survive and proliferate, even in the face o
...
DEC 11, 2016
Videos
In this video from Mayo Clinic, researcher Dr. Shane Shapiro discusses his use of stem cells to treat osteoarthritis pai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2016
Cancer
To uproot itself and start seeding tumors in other parts of the body, cancer cells must have enough energy for the journ
...
DEC 05, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – December 5, 2016 – A common class of drugs for vision loss may actually add to the problem in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the brain develops, neurons are created from a special type of neural stem call called radial glia. Researchers at Du
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded by a contribution by Paul G. Allen, a cofounder of Microsoft, in 2014.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2016
Microbiology
Leprosy. We’ve all heard of it, but do you really know what causes it? What does the word make you think of
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 29, 2016
Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An organism is dependent on the replenishment and maintenance of cellular proteins in order to survive. One family of pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: Getty Images The bacteria that find a home in the bladder—causing painful urinary tract infections&m
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 28, 2016
Cancer
A cancer drug that’s approved for the treatment of kidney cancer may also be effective against a form of muscular
...
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Videos
We all have bone marrow, a substance that can be found at the core of our living bones. Inside bone marrow, we can find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard