Zika Virus May Infect, Kill Neural Stem Cells – Live Science
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Zika Virus May Infect, Kill Neural Stem Cells
Live Science The Zika virus may infect and kill a type of brain cell that is crucial for brain development, according to a new study done in human cells growing in lab dishes. Although the results don’t prove the Zika virus can cause the condition called … Zika virus kills developing brain cellsScience Magazine Zika virus infects human neural stem cellsMedical Xpress Could Zika’s link to microcephaly be in the neural stem cells?Medical News Today Gizmodo all 623 news articles » |
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Scientists Discover New Kind of Stem Cell: iXEN
Sci-News.com Pluripotent stem cells can be created by reactivating embryonic genes to reprogram mature adult cells. Reprogramming mature cells into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, allows them to become malleable building blocks that can morph into any cell in … New Type of Stem Cell DiscoveredGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Researchers think they’ve just found a new kind of stem cellScienceAlert Scientists discover a new kind of stem cellPhys.Org Nanowerk all 25 news articles » |
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Zika virus kills developing brain cells
Science Magazine The new work, done independently by two groups, shows that the virus readily infects neural stem cells—the precursors of neurons and other brain cells—whether they are grown on cell culture plates or coaxed to form three-dimensional mini-brains … Zika virus infects human neural stem cellsMedical Xpress Could Zika’s link to microcephaly be in the neural stem cells?Medical News Today Lab study links Zika virus to embryonic neural stem cellsDigital Journal Gizmodo all 247 news articles » |
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Zika virus infects human neural stem cells Cell Press
EurekAlert (press release) The Zika virus infects a type of neural stem cell that gives rise to the brain’s cerebral cortex, Johns Hopkins and Florida State researchers report March 4 in Cell Stem Cell. On laboratory dishes, these stem cells were found to be havens for viral … Our First Major Breakthrough in Understanding How Zika Virus Attacks the BrainGizmodo Zika virus targets developing brain cells, study shows9NEWS.com Zika virus kills developing brain cellsScience Magazine WIRED –The Verge all 102 news articles » |
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Zika virus infects human neural stem cells Cell Press
EurekAlert (press release) The Zika virus infects a type of neural stem cell that gives rise to the brain’s cerebral cortex, Johns Hopkins and Florida State researchers report March 4 in Cell Stem Cell. On laboratory dishes, these stem cells were found to be havens for viral … Our First Major Breakthrough in Understanding How Zika Virus Attacks the BrainGizmodo Zika virus targets developing brain cells, study shows9NEWS.com Zika virus kills developing brain cellsScience Magazine WIRED –The Verge all 102 news articles » |
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New Type of Stem Cell Discovered
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Researchers at Michigan State University say they have discovered a new kind of stem cell, one that could lead to advances in regenerative medicine as well as offer new ways to study birth defects and other reproductive problems. Tony Parenti, lead … Scientists Discover New Kind of Stem Cell: iXENSci-News.com Scientists discover a new kind of stem cellPhys.Org Scientists develop very early stage human stem cell lines for first timeNanowerk Times of India all 19 news articles » |
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VIDEO: Stem cell transplant for myeloma ‘here to stay,’ stands to improve with help of new agents
Healio Amrita Krishnan, MD, FACP, director of the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, Calif., discusses where stem cell transplantation fits into the myeloma treatment … |