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CRISPR course unleashes critical-thinking skills for UAB freshmen
The Mix
… the research instructor in the UAB School of Medicine’s Department of Genetics led 16 freshmen in the UAB Honors College Science and Technology Honors Program through a series of experiments using CRISPR/Cas9, the molecular genetic “scissors” …

Long-distance brain connections can target, stimulate discrete pools of stem cells
News-Medical.net
Stem cells persist in the adult mammalian brain and generate new neurons throughout life. A research group at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel reports in the current issue of “Science” that long-distance brain connections can target discrete …

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Stem Cell Therapy for Glaucoma – Are We There Yet?
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — There is great interest among glaucoma patients, scientists and doctors alike, in discovering regenerative therapies for the optic nerve and translating them from the laboratory to the clinic — and stem cell therapy is one of several …
ISSCR 2017: Researchers say vitamin C keeps epigenome as well as stem cells happyBioWorld Online
Banks targets embryonic stem cell research fundingFort Wayne Journal Gazette

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Stem Cell Transplantation Shows Potential as ALS Therapy, Study Suggests
ALS News Today
Stem cell transplantation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has the potential to be “an important alternative strategy” in treating the disease, a new study suggests. In recent decades, many advances in identifying and understanding …

Heart failure: Stem cell therapy may worsen heart damage
Medical News Today
Researchers found that using patients’ own cardiac stem cells to repair damaged heart tissue may not only be ineffective, but that the stem cells may also develop inflammatory properties that cause further heart damage. Study leader Prof. Jonathan Leor …

Study reveals the body’s systemic stem cell response to ACL injury
News-Medical.net
You might think stem cells only exist inside a fetus, but your adult body has a stockpile of stem cells, armed and ready to respond. These remarkable cells can develop into any other type of cell, like muscle or bone or nerve cells. Researchers know …
ISSCR 2017: Researchers say vitamin C keeps epigenome as well …BioWorld Online
Banks targets embryonic stem cell research funding | Indiana | The …Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
A New Generation of Stem Cell Therapy Launches to the Public …Digital Journal

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Newly Designed Viral Vectors Could Lead to Improved Gene Therapies
Bioscience Technology
For many patients, participating in gene therapy clinical trials isn’t an option because their immune system recognizes and fights the helpful virus used for treatment. Now, University of Florida Health and University of North Carolina researchers have …