Hydrogel electrodes flow to fit the body
The hydrogel electrode can “flow” to fit the body’s many uneven surfaces and crevices without damaging delicate tissues. It is shown here on a fake “brain” made of gelatinous agarose. […]
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New Genetic Discovery Could Help Scientists Understand Obesity – And Deliver Personalized Weight Loss Treatments
A new study has helped to shine light on the genetic pathways underlying obesity. The findings could help develop more personalized ways to help people maintain a healthy weight. https://scitechdaily.com/new-genetic-discovery-could-help-scientists-understand-obesity-and-deliver-personalized-weight-loss-treatments/
Study uncovers how cancers resist targeted treatment
Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, & lessons for the stem cell field
Elizabeth Holmes at 2015 Fortune Global Forum. Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Global Forum. Creative Commons license. https://ipscell.com/2022/01/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-lessons-for-the-stem-cell-field/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new-post-from-the-niche_11%5B/
Microgravity Mimics Aging in Immune Cells
Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. (Image Credit: NIAID) https://scitechdaily.com/microgravity-mimics-aging-immune-cells/
bluebird bio Has Good News on Its Gene Therapies
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/Dreamstime https://www.barrons.com/articles/gene-therapy-bluebird-bio-51639260503?siteid=yhoof2
SHE’S WEARING US OUT! GORILLA GLUE LADY GETS HAIR STEM CELL THERAPY AFTER BAD DYE JOB DEBACLE
Tessica Brown receiving Stem Cell Therapy (Photos Mega) https://www.blackenterprise.com/shes-wearing-us-out-gorilla-glue-lady-gets-hair-stem-cell-therapy-after-bad-dye-job-debacle/
The Skeevy Stem Cell Industry Is Booming
A scientist handling a colony of stem cells at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Centre at University Wisconsin-Madison. (Photo: Darren Hauck, Getty Images) https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/11/the-skeevy-stem-cell-industry-is-booming/
Stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis
Morsa Images/Getty Images https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/stem-cell-multiple-sclerosis
HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN BE USED TO AUGMENT STEM CELL THERAPY IN HOSPITALS
Liveyon product hurt many more patients says new CDC study
Liveyon marketing material. Screenshot from online image. The company became well-known also for its splashy marketing. https://ipscell.com/2021/10/liveyon-product-hurt-many-more-patients-says-new-cdc-study/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new-post-from-the-niche_11
NIH STEM CELL INFORMATION – Introduction to Stem Cells
UK, 10-year cryopreserved eggs storage limit abolished
At-home blood test powers personalised longevity advice
Skin stem cells get moving for enhanced skin regeneration
EGFR signaling stabilizes COL17A1 through TIMP1 induction, which is required for cell motility coordinated by actin and keratin filament networks. The age-associated decline of EGFR signaling results…more Credit: Department of […]
Nerve repair, with help from stem cells
D. Kacy Cullen. Credit: Eric Sucar https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-nerve-stem-cells.html
Scientists Create the First Artificial Egg–and It Comes With All Kinds of Crazy Implications
Top 5 grants in regenerative medicine: June 2021
GenEdit Uncloaks to Solve Gene Editing “Delivery Problem”
Critical window for re-infection with HIV after stem cell transplantation
Scanning electron microscopic image of a HIV (yellow) infected T cell (red). Credit: NIAID https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-critical-window-re-infection-hiv-stem.html
Study: How blood stem cells maintain their lifelong potential for self-renewal
The study on mice stem cells suggested that the blood vessel cells of the niche produce a factor that stimulates blood stem cells and thus maintains their self-renewal capacity.(ANI) https://www.hindustantimes.com/science/study-how-blood-stem-cells-maintain-their-lifelong-potential-for-selfrenewal-101611752390327.html
Simulations open the door to cell aging reversal
France is developing bionic soldiers resistant to pain with microchip-enhanced brain power and superior hearing
France is developing bionic soldiers resistant to pain and stress with microchip-enhanced brain power https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9034127/France-developing-bionic-soldiers-resistant-pain-microchip-enhanced-brain-power.html
Nanotechnology: Potential options for glioblastoma treatment
The creator of the pig-human chimera keeps proving other scientists wrong
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte stands in a lab at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. SANDY HUFFAKER FOR STAT https://www.statnews.com/2017/08/07/pig-human-chimera-izpisua-belmonte/
Send in the senolytics
Credit: Erin Dewalt https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-020-00750-1#Tab1
I tried the world’s first no-kill, lab-grown chicken burger
A cultivated chicken burger made by SuperMeat. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/dec/04/no-kill-lab-grown-chicken-burger-restaurant-israel
Researchers develop new system to conduct accurate telomere profiling in less than 3 hours
A magnified image captured by the device used to perform STAR assay. Different fluorescent intensities reflect the length variations in individual telomere molecules. Credit: National University of Singapore https://phys.org/news/2020-08-accurate-telomere-profiling-hours.html
Drug reverses age-related cognitive decline within days
Credit: CC0 Public Domain https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-12-drug-reverses-age-related-cognitive-decline.html
Mitochondrial Changes Key to Health Problems in Space
World’s first: Drug guides stem cells to desired location, improving their ability to heal
Neural stem cells maturing into astrocytes (yellow). https://www.sbpdiscovery.org/news/worlds-first-drug-guides-stem-cells-to-desired-location-improving-their-ability-to-heal
Meet a Stem Cell Patient on the Front Lines for Finding an HIV Cure
Mysterious ‘gene within a gene’ found in the coronavirus
© Provided by Live Science Risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/mysterious-gene-within-a-gene-found-in-the-coronavirus/ar-BB1aUIbU?fbclid=IwAR2OMPEMnMTCESsz_IZJRWj_GdLNrxoo1fypgvkyujmfMoyms8SsAvITDTc
Stem cell function may explain higher colon cancer rate in males
Drug That Bulked Up Mice In Space Might Someday Help Astronauts Make Long Voyages
The mouse on the right has been engineered to have four times the muscle mass of a normal lab mouse. A drug to achieve the same effect was recently tested […]
Mechanisms Identified to Restore Myelin Sheaths After Injury or in Multiple Sclerosis
Remyelination in the spinal cord after experimental focal degradation of myelin sheaths, simulating a lesion caused by multiple sclerosis. In young adults, the myelin sheath (dark rings) around axons…more Image […]
The Human Genome’s Instruction Manual: 17-Year Research Project Has Generated a Detailed Genomic Atlas
An artistic representation of gene regulating elements, which allow cells with the same genetic code to differentiate into many different tissues and play many varied roles in the body. Credit: […]
New device delivers single cells in just one click
Credit: CC0 Public Domain https://phys.org/news/2020-08-device-cells-click.html
Gene-Altered Squid Could Be The Next Lab Rats
On the left is an unmodified hatchling of a longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii). The one on the right was injected with CRISPR-Cas9 targeting a pigmentation gene before the first […]
IMAGING METHOD HIGHLIGHTS NEW ROLE FOR CELLULAR “SKELETON” PROTEIN
A cancer cell labeled for actin (red) and mitochondria (cyan). The scientists designed novel probes that specifically monitor interactions between actin and mitochondria…more Credit: Salk Institute/Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center https://www.salk.edu/news-release/imaging-method-highlights-new-role-for-cellular-skeleton-protein/
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