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Is Regrowing Teeth as an Adult Possible?
Getty Images/RuslanDashinsky https://www.healthline.com/health/dental-and-oral-health/regrowing-teeth
Designer neurons offer new hope for treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-neurons-treatment-parkinson-disease.html
There’s hope for reversing stroke-induced long-term disability
(Illustration/Shutterstock) https://news.usc.edu/104649/theres-hope-for-reversing-stroke-induced-long-term-disability/
Axolotls, chemical cocktails, and a new route for stem cell therapy — maybe
Hongkui Deng (Nature) https://endpts.com/axolotls-chemical-cocktails-and-a-new-route-for-stem-cell-therapy-maybe/
Mouse stem cells for primitive endoderm established
Bright-field microscopy image (left) and fluorescence microscopy image (right) of an E18.5 embryo with a yolk sac. When blastocysts that were depleted in primitive endoderm cells and injected with primitive […]
Is Stem Cell Therapy the New Frontier for Heart Disease Treatment?
How a Gene Mutation Causes Higher Intelligence
The scientists also found out how the increased transmission at the synapses occurs: the molecular components in the transmitting nerve cell that trigger the synaptic impulses move closer…more Image is […]
Meet the philanthropist funding the new stem cell, genetic research facility in Israel
The Philanthropist – Naomi Azrieli https://www.jpost.com/international/article-706219
B.C. researchers launching clinical trial for first genetically engineered stem cell-based therapy for type 1 diabetes
New UBC research aims to free Type 1 diabetes patients from daily insulin injections. Credit: Unsplash https://news.ubc.ca/2022/05/12/b-c-researchers-launching-clinical-trial-for-first-genetically-engineered-stem-cell-based-therapy-for-type-1-diabetes/
Stem cell therapy offers a new hope to repair brain damage in newborns
Credit: Iryna Inshyna/Shutterstock https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-stem-cell-therapy-brain-newborns.html
Double agents: How stomach stem cells change allegiance upon injury
IMAGE: NORMAL MOUSE STOMACH EPITHELIUM (ABOVE) VERSUS EPITHELIUM WITH P57 OVEREXPRESSION (BELOW) AT DAY 3 POST-INJURY WITH HIGH-DOSE TAMOXIFEN (HDT). THE EPITHELIUM IS STAINED FOR CHIEF CELLS (MAGENTA), NECK CELLS […]
Cocaine was the secret ingredient in pig-to-human heart transplant
Unlocking the Mystery of Why a Plant Virus Is So Powerful at Fighting Cancer – Even Metastatic Cancer
Veronique Beiss, who is the study’s first author, prepares a tray of plants to produce cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles. Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering https://scitechdaily.com/unlocking-the-mystery-of-why-a-plant-virus-is-so-powerful-at-fighting-cancer-even-metastatic-cancer/
Cedars-Sinai Researchers Set to Produce Stem Cells on Space Station
Cedars-Sinai investigator Arun Sharma. https://labusinessjournal.com/healthcare/cedars-sinai-researchers-set-to-produce-stem-cells-on-space-station/
Potential of Reprogramming Stem Cells from Adult Tissue
Sleep deprivation negatively affects the stem cells in the cornea, study reveals
During the study, the scientists also found that sleep deprivation also altered the composition of the protective tear film. (Image Credit: Pixabay) https://www.financialexpress.com/healthcare/news-healthcare/sleep-deprivation-negatively-affects-the-stem-cells-in-the-cornea-study-reveals/2508014/
Better treatment, potential cures for diseases as stem cell robotics debut at B.C. Children’s Hospital
Kids with severe illness, for example those with genetic diseases like heart arrhythmias, may soon benefit from new stem cell technology at B.C. Children’s Hospital. PHOTO BY BC CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL […]
New blood stem cell road map helps scientists learn from mistakes on quest to create cells in lab
A new roadmap tracks blood stem cell development in the human embryo. (wikimedia commons) https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/scientists-enter-uncharted-territory-blood-stem-cell-roadmap-could-expand-treatment-blood
This New Gene Editing Tool Targets the Powerhouse of the Cell
Sangharsh Lohakare / Unsplash https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-taled-gene-editing-technology-can-target-mitochondrial-dna
The 9 Things Wildly Successful Biotechs Have in Common
A biotech’s bold vision to turn stem cell transplants into outpatient procedures
Lab grown, self-sustainable muscle cells repair injury and disease, mouse study shows
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Stem Cell (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2022.03.004 https://phys.org/news/2022-04-lab-grown-self-sustainable-muscle-cells.html
Chinese scientists create human stem cells by dint of chemicals
Cartilage tissue from stem cells could help prevent the loss of functionality from intervertebral disks degeneration
Six months after transplantation of human iPS cell-derived cartilaginous nucleus pulposus (hiPS-Cart) into the rats with intervertebral disk degeneration model. Histology at six months after…more Credit: 2022 Takashi Kamatani et […]
New stem cell therapy for treating spinal cord injuries
Dr. Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini (right) and Dr. Soheila Karimi have published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience about a new stem cell therapy for treating spinal cord injuries. Credit: […]
Genetic Mutations Across Animal Kingdom Shed New Light on Aging
Despite enormous disparities in longevity and body mass, new research has revealed that the number of genetic mutations acquired by 16 species is similar across their lifetimes. https://scitechdaily.com/genetic-mutations-across-animal-kingdom-shed-new-light-on-aging
Electrically stimulated stem cells aid stroke recovery in rodents, Stanford researchers find
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have found that a brain implant that delivers and electrically stimulates transplanted stem cells as well as stimulates injured brain tissue after a stroke improves recovery […]
Mayo Clinic researchers load CAR-T cells with oncolytic virus to treat solid cancer tumors
Scientists say they can read nearly the whole genome of an IVF-created embryo
A California company says it can decode most of the genome of an early human embryo, like one shown here that’s about 4 days old.Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Source https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-say-they-can-read-nearly-whole-genome-ivf-created-embryo?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WeeklyLatestNews&utm_content=alert&et_rid=193273214&et_cid=4169611
As creator of ‘CRISPR babies’ nears release from prison, where does embryo editing stand?
Not long after revealing his creation of genetically engineered babies at a Hong Kong meeting, He Jiankui was imprisoned in China for the act.NATIONAL ACADEMIES/FLICKR (CC BY-NC-SA) https://www.science.org/content/article/creator-crispr-babies-nears-release-prison-where-does-embryo-editing-stand?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WeeklyLatestNews&utm_content=alert&et_rid=193273214&et_cid=4169611
Young, sleeping memory cells are crucial in fighting a reinfection
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-young-memory-cells-crucial-reinfection.html
Stem Cells Restore Lost Function in Traumatic Brain Injury
Researchers develop method to advance maturation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived heart cells
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-method-advance-maturation-human-pluripotent.html
Woman ‘one trip-up from being internally decapitated’ says post Covid she needs “imminent” stem cell therapy or may die
Emily Balfour has Ehlers Danlos syndrome (EDS) https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-one-trip-up-being-23665526.amp
Stem Cell Technology Rejuvenates Old Human Cells by Wiping Their DNA Clean
YOU CAN REPROGRAM CELLS, KIND OF LIKE A COMPUTER — AND THEY’VE GOTTEN AN UPGRADE
Human embryonic stem cells (illustration). Photo: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/reprogramming-of-naive-pluripotent-stem-cells-got-upgraded
Scientists make further inroads into reversing ageing process of cells
In experiments simulating a skin wound, older cells were exposed to a concoction of chemicals that ‘reprogrammed’ them to behave more like youthful cells. Photograph: David Davies/PA https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/08/scientists-make-further-inroads-into-reversing-ageing-process-of-cells
Scientists call for the inclusion of Muslim perspectives in stem cell policy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain https://phys.org/news/2022-04-scientists-inclusion-muslim-perspectives-stem.html
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