Researchers uncover the unique way stem cells protect their chromosome ends
Chromosome fusions in TRF2-knockout MEFs. Credit: The Francis Crick Institute https://phys.org/news/2020-11-uncover-unique-stem-cells-chromosome.html
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Mapping out the mystery of blood stem cells
IMAGE: PRINCESS MARGARET CANCER CENTRE SENIOR SCIENTIST DR. MATHIEU LUPIEN AND TEAM USED STATE-OF-THE-ART 3D MAPPING TECHNIQUES TO ANALYZE WHY SOME STEM CELLS SELF-RENEW AND OTHERS LOSE THAT ABILITY…. view […]
Simulations open the door to cell aging reversal
Stem cells: What they are and what they do
Stem cells: The body’s master cells https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/bone-marrow-transplant/in-depth/stem-cells/art-20048117
How Close Are We To Making Babies from Bone Marrow?
How Good Is Orthopedic Surgery Research vs. Orthobiologics?
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/
America expected a pandemic baby boom. It got an egg-freezing one instead.
(iStock; Lily illustration) https://www.thelily.com/america-expected-a-pandemic-baby-boom-it-got-an-egg-freezing-one-instead/
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
Baby born from 27-year-old embryo believed to have broken record set by her big sister
Molly Everette Gibson, seen adorably sleeping, has set what’s thought to be a record. The embryo from which she was born was frozen for 27 years. http://https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/us/baby-frozen-embryo-27-years-trnd/index.html
Scientists unlock ‘sugar code’ to regulate in vivo and ex-vivo blood stem cell production
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Why mRNA vaccines like those being made to treat coronavirus are a quantum leap for biotech
COVID-19 vaccine | DNA double helix close-up (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Images) https://www.salon.com/2020/12/05/mrna-history-vaccines-coronavirus-moderna-immunology-lipid-nanoparticles/
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
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Biomarkers and ageing: The clock-watcher
Brad Swonetz/Redux/Eyevine https://www.nature.com/news/biomarkers-and-ageing-the-clock-watcher-1.15014
Mitochondrial Changes Key to Health Problems in Space
Molecular barcoding of DNA identifies rare mutations in stem cells
Patients’ own stem cells can be utilized to develop new bones, study shows
Post By : Source: University of Bergen https://microbiozindia.com/health-news/patients-own-stem-cells-can-be-utilized-to-develop-new-bones-study-shows/
TAU study finds hyperbaric oxygen treatments halt aging of blood cells and reverse aging process
First clinical trial reverses two biological processes associated with aging in human cells https://aftau.org/news_item/tau-study-finds-hyperbaric-oxygen-treatments-halt-aging-of-blood-cells-and-reverse-aging-process/
Reversal of biological clock restores vision in old mice
Mice with retinal-nerve damage can have their vision restored through cell reprogramming.Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg/Getty https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03403-0
Customized programming of human stem cells
Prof. Dr. Volker Busskamp from the Eye Clinic at the University Hospital Bonn and the TU Dresden. , , © Sven Doering https://news.idw-online.de/2020/11/30/customized-programming-of-human-stem-cells/
Women Can Make New Eggs After All, Stem-Cell Study Hints
A human egg surrounded by sperm, magnified 400 times (file image). IMAGE FROM CLOUDS HILL IMAGING/CORBIS https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/3/120229-women-health-ovaries-eggs-reproduction-science/
CRISPR tagging improves accuracy of model cells grown from stem cells
CRISPR-based activation of gene networks implicated in human stem cells becoming neuronal cells led to the generation of cells with neuronal shapes and markers (left) and enhanced function and electrophysiological…more […]
Researchers Solve Anti-aging Mystery – Identify Gene Responsible for Cellular Aging
Stem cell model reveals molecular cues critical to neurovascular unit formation
This matrix delivers healing stem cells to injured elderly muscles
Hydrogel delivered stem cells called muscle satellite cells integrate in new muscle strands, green, along with existing muscle tissue, in red. Yellow strands may be strands made of existing muscle […]
Boosting stem cell activity can enhance immunotherapy benefits
Samir N. Khleif, MD https://lombardi.georgetown.edu/news-release/boosting-stem-cell-activity-can-enhance-immunotherapy-benefits/
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
‘Smart’ wound-healing patch: DARPA awards $22 million grant
Meet a Stem Cell Patient on the Front Lines for Finding an HIV Cure
Regenerative drug summons stem cells for inflammation-free healing
Neural stem cells maturing into brain cells in miceSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute https://newatlas.com/medical/regenerative-drug-stem-cells-without-inflammation/
Leveraging the lung’s biogenesis to repair the heart
Image credit: Jesse Orrico on Unsplash https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/leveraging-the-lungs-biogenesis-to-repair-the-heart/
Revolutionary CRISPR-based genome editing system treatment destroys cancer cells
Cancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of Health https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-revolutionary-crispr-based-genome-treatment-cancer.amp
Fresno bishop tells Catholics not to get COVID-19 vaccine, citing use of stem cells in its development
Then auxiliary Bishop Joseph Brennan during ordination Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles in 2015.(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/fresno-bishop-tells-catholics-not-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-citing-use-of-stem-cells-in-its-development/
New research underscores the link between multiple sclerosis and the gut microbiome
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a B cell from a human donor. NIAID/NIH https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/20/multiple-sclerosis-gut-microbiome-link/
Scientists successfully reverse human aging process in breakthrough study
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Researchers generate a brain cell type crucial to support neural activity
Researchers of the Department of Cellular Biology, Genetics and Physiology of the University of Malaga have succeeded in generating human OLs from pluripotent…more Credit: University of Malaga https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-brain-cell-crucial-neural.html
