FuturismDentists Find Tooth Root Pulp Can Become an Alternative Source of Stem CellsFuturismA team of dentists and scientists from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has found a rich new source of stem cells. Tooth root pulps, they discovered, were ho… Continue reading
HealthDay |
Gene Therapy May Be Breakthrough for Boys With ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ Disease
HealthDay THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Boys affected by a rare but deadly neurological illness made famous by the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil” may have new reason to hope, with gene therapy showing long-term promise in a new study. The disease, called … |
Salt Lake Tribune |
Groundbreaking University of Utah sperm stem cell study sheds light on infertility, related cancers
Salt Lake Tribune “This information yields new insights into how sperm stem cells function and develop under normal circumstances,” said Bradley Cairns, who has a dual position as senior director of basic science at Huntsman Cancer Institute and as chairman of … Huntsman Cancer Institute research could shed light on male infertility, cancerGephardt Daily |
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$1.5 million ‘New Innovator’ grants to two young faculty members
UC Berkeley Garcia, an assistant professor of molecular and cell biology and of physics, combines physics with synthetic biology to understand how cells determine their fate, that is, what genes are activated as a cell specializes to become a nerve cell, for … |
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Treatment for NSCLC After Progression on Immunotherapy
OncLive Five years ago, to think that we had immunotherapy? And now we’re using it in pretty much all patients, and they’re all benefitting (to some extent). But what we have to remember is that it’s really only about 10% of the patients who have those amazing … |