Growing scope of Genetic Medicine and Stem Cell Research
The fields of Genetic Medicine and Stem Cell Research provide ample career opportunities. | Photo Credit: Reuters https://www.thehindu.com/education/growing-scope-of-genetic-medicine-and-stem-cell-research/article65529593.ece
Human Urine-Derived Stem Cells Have Robust Regenerative Potential
Their findings provide a novel perspective to evaluate the capacity of telomerase-positive human urine-derived stem cells to become a wide variety of other cell types, and to be used as […]
California-backed cure for ‘bubble baby’ disease stalls — again
‘Could Revolutionize Stroke Treatment’: Researchers Discover Breakthrough Treatment For Stroke
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Is embryonic stem cell research a target after Roe?
Human embryonic stem cells grown in the Knoepfler lab. This is a colony of probably 500-1000 cells. Underneath are “feeder cells” that provide growth factors and other substances that the […]
HADASSAH CONDUCTS UNPRECEDENTED TRIAL OF STEM CELL TREATMENT FOR MS
Study explores the promising but still puzzling field of stem cell therapy for painful joint injuries
UCalgary researchers have received funding to explore novel stem cell therapies to treat joint injuries in animals and humans. Jager and Kokemor https://ucalgary.ca/news/study-explores-promising-still-puzzling-field-stem-cell-therapy-painful-joint-injuries
STEM CELLS MAKE TOO MANY OR TOO FEW BRAIN CELLS IN PEOPLE WITH AUTISM
Why Blood Stem Cells Live So Long
Promising New Stem Cell Treatment for MRSA Superbug Infections
Couple welcomes twins from 20-year-old frozen embryos
Twins Liliana and Elliot were born through embryo adoption. (Photo courtesy of Brienne Kristen Photography) https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/couple-welcomes-twins-from-20-year-old-frozen-embryos-baby-babies-infants-child-children-birth-pregnant-pregnancy-national-embryo-donation-center-infertility-ridgefield-washington-daniel-and-abigail-buckley
New Comprehensive Map Ties Every Human Gene to Its Function
Data for a new gene-function map are available for other scientists to use. “It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you […]
Morgan Levine: ‘Only 10-30% of our lifespan is estimated to be due to genetics’
New Cell Type Discovered Deep in Human Lungs – With Regenerative Properties
Human respiratory system with close-up of alveoli and capillaries. https://scitechdaily.com/new-cell-type-discovered-deep-in-human-lungs-with-regenerative-properties/
Children to get CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease in trial
Sickle cell disease is a recessive genetic disorder that affects red blood cells Science Picture Co/Alamyhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2324518-children-to-get-crispr-treatment-for-sickle-cell-disease-in-trial/
Secrets of aging revealed in largest study on longevity, aging in reptiles and amphibians
A photo of a painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), a widespread North American species of freshwater turtle. Credit: Beth A. Reinke, Northeastern Illinois University https://phys.org/news/2022-06-secrets-aging-revealed-largest-longevity.html
How CRISPR rice could help tackle climate change
Farmers weed their rice fields in Rarampadende Village, Indonesia, on September 18th, 2020. Photo by Basri Marzuki/NurPhoto via Getty Images https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/22/23178791/crispr-gene-editing-rice-soil-climate-change
More Research on How Bone Marrow Is Collected Is Critical
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Why Blood Stem Cells Live So Long
Stem cell signaling: Molecular morse code in stem cells encrypting differentiation information
Blood cells could be key to aging
Researchers show that through aging the number of stem cells contributing to blood cell production significantly shifts. https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/blood-cells-could-be-key-to-aging/
A newly identified stem cell regulator enables lifelong sperm production
Illustration of different cell types that eventually give rise to sperm shows that blocking an early stage of cell development can prevent the formation of sperm When the enzyme DOT1L […]
Why Concentration Matters in Orthobiologics: My Recent TOBI Presentation
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Scientists unveil stem cell research breakthrough
Weekly reads: teratoma in iPSC trial, Piero Anversa & friends, Athersys, China Initiative
Human cells take in less protein from a plant-based meat than from chicken
A meat substitute (left) resembles chicken meat (right), but its proteins are not absorbed as well by human cells. Credit: Adapted from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2022, DOI: […]
Is Andy Cohen’s Unusual Plan For His Embryos Even Legal?
So-Called Junk DNA – Genetic “Dark Matter” – Is Actually Critical to Survival in Mammals
Knocking out transposon promoter leads to pup death in mice; similar promoters found in many mammals https://scitechdaily.com/so-called-junk-dna-genetic-dark-matter-is-actually-critical-to-survival-in-mammals/?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SciTechDaily_TrendMD_0
Morgan Levine: ‘Only 10-30% of our lifespan is estimated to be due to genetics’
Morgan Levine in her lab in New Haven, Connecticut. Photograph: Nicole Frappier/The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/07/morgan-levine-only-10-30-of-our-lifespan-is-estimated-to-be-due-to-genetics
How CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing is transforming healthcare and agriculture, a decade after its discovery
Side Effects May Include … A Completely New Hair Color?
Adam Maida / The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/06/experimental-gene-therapy-cystinosis-hair-color/661348/
Scientists take the first step to master an all-powerful cell type in the beginning of life
Chemically induced ciTotiSC from mESC (OCT4-green fluorescence-labeled pluripotent stem cells and MERVL-red fluorescence-labeled totipotent stem cells) https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scientists-take-the-first-step-to-master-an-all-powerful-cell-type-in-the-beginning-of-life-301572194.html
Biochemistry Researchers Repair and Regenerate Heart Muscle Cells
A groundbreaking findings by UH researchers has the potential to become a powerful clinical strategy for treating heart disease https://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2022-news-articles/june-2022/06162022-cardiac-cell-study.php
Food Is Colon Cancer’s Formidable Foe
Four Seasons Resort Maui Expands Next Health Wellness Treatments
The Next Health team offers revolutionary wellness therapies at Four Seasons Resort Maui. Four Seasons Resort Maui https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimwesterman/2022/05/31/four-seasons-resort-maui-expands-next-health-wellness-treatments/?sh=6fa56ee23e2a
Years after Brigham-Harvard scandal, U.S. pours millions into tainted stem-cell field
Medical scientist Piero Anversa gained global attention for his claim in 2001 that adult stem cells can regenerate hearts. That year, he spoke in a TV interview with journalist Charlie […]
A $100 genome? New DNA sequencers could be a ‘game changer’ for biology, medicine
The more than 3 billion letters in the human genome can now be sequenced for $100, several companies claim/JUSUN/ISTOCK.COM https://www.science.org/content/article/100-genome-new-dna-sequencers-could-be-game-changer-biology-medicine?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WeeklyLatestNews&utm_content=alert&et_rid=193273214&et_cid=4286677