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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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MAR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t ...MAR 10, 2016Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found evidence that a lack of stem cells in the womb lining is causing thousands of women to suffer from ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 08, 2016Neuroscience
There are many, many different kinds of neurons in our brain, and at some point, they all had to differentiate from thei ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 08, 2016Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a breakthrough first, scientists in China reported to have turned mouse stem cells into functional sperm-like cells, ...FEB 26, 2016Neuroscience
Studies with genetically modified mice have unveiled additional connections between the immune system and Alzheimer&rsqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described ...FEB 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate ...FEB 17, 2016Videos
Stem cells are not without controversy, but what cannot be doubted is their ability to heal at the cellular level and re ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Stem cells play one of the most important roles in regenerative biology and medicine. Researchers from the University of ...FEB 15, 2016Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 12, 2016Immunology
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) affect 75,000 and 72,000 people each year in t ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 12, 2016Cardiology
For diabetics, the threat of a heart attack is much more ominous than non-diabetics, because their prognosis is much wor ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 12, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed mouse fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, into induce ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gene expression is more than just on or off, it is more of a spectrum of expression, scientists are discovering. In a ne ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 10, 2016Videos
Stem cells are miraculous. They can be used to grow new organs, regenerate bone and even cure disease. To be effective t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 08, 2016Cardiology
According to the Heart Foundation, every 34 seconds an American has a heart attack. The cells of the heart, called cardi ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 02, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, unprecedented move, UK national fertility regulators have given the green light for scientists to use the ...JAN 31, 2016Plants & Animals
There are tons of people around the world who suffer from disfigured faces, either due to birth defect or injuries. Fort ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientists have been successful at engineering cardiac muscle cells from stem cells that actually be ...JAN 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 21, 2016Videos
Patients who suffer from Multiple Sclerosis have new hope based on the results of treatments in the UK. Royal Hallamshir ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials have long suspected a correlation between the Zika virus and microcephaly, but they didn’t know t
...
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found evidence that a lack of stem cells in the womb lining is causing thousands of women to suffer from
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Neuroscience
There are many, many different kinds of neurons in our brain, and at some point, they all had to differentiate from thei
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 08, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have grown tiny, barely visible “mini-brains.” These balls of neurons and other human cells mimic
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a breakthrough first, scientists in China reported to have turned mouse stem cells into functional sperm-like cells,
...
FEB 26, 2016
Neuroscience
Studies with genetically modified mice have unveiled additional connections between the immune system and Alzheimer&rsqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described
...
FEB 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate
...
FEB 17, 2016
Videos
Stem cells are not without controversy, but what cannot be doubted is their ability to heal at the cellular level and re
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Stem cells play one of the most important roles in regenerative biology and medicine. Researchers from the University of
...
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 12, 2016
Immunology
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) affect 75,000 and 72,000 people each year in t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 12, 2016
Cardiology
For diabetics, the threat of a heart attack is much more ominous than non-diabetics, because their prognosis is much wor
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed mouse fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, into induce
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gene expression is more than just on or off, it is more of a spectrum of expression, scientists are discovering. In a ne
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 10, 2016
Videos
Stem cells are miraculous. They can be used to grow new organs, regenerate bone and even cure disease. To be effective t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 08, 2016
Cardiology
According to the Heart Foundation, every 34 seconds an American has a heart attack. The cells of the heart, called cardi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 02, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, unprecedented move, UK national fertility regulators have given the green light for scientists to use the
...
JAN 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
There are tons of people around the world who suffer from disfigured faces, either due to birth defect or injuries. Fort
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientists have been successful at engineering cardiac muscle cells from stem cells that actually be
...
JAN 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 21, 2016
Videos
Patients who suffer from Multiple Sclerosis have new hope based on the results of treatments in the UK. Royal Hallamshir
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim