The HinduIn a major breakthrough, scientists have for the first time grown stem cells from a man’s skin using cloning techniques. While the advancement could reopen the debate over ethics of human cloning, it could also lead to development of tissue in a lab … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Nature World NewsA unique property of stem cell nucleus makes them good candidates for use in sponges and bulletproof vests, according to University of Cambridge researchers. The property called auxeticity is seen in materials that expand when stretched and shrink when … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
First embryonic stem cells cloned from human skinThe HinduScientists have for the first time turned adult human skin cells into stem cells, which can grow into any type of tissue in the body, using cloning techniques. Using the cloning technique which produced Dolly the sheep in 1996, researchers were able to … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cell Therapeutics Graduates to the Toronto Stock ExchangeMarketWatchTORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 21, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. (“SCT”) (CVE:CA:SSS) (otcqx:SCTPF), an immuno-oncology company developing cancer stem cell-related therapeutics, today announces that its common … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Bulletproof vests from stem cells?Zee NewsLondon: In a first, scientists have discovered a new property in the nuclei of embryonic stem cells that could pave way for wider application of the body’s master cells, including bulletproof vests. Known as auxeticity, the property may have … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Bulletproof vests from stem cells?Daijiworld.comLondon, April 21 (IANS): In a first, scientists have discovered a new property in the nuclei of embryonic stem cells that could pave way for wider application of the body’s master cells, including bulletproof vests. Known as auxeticity, the property … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Bulletproof vests from stem cells ?Odisha Sun TimesIn a first, scientists have discovered a new property in the nuclei of embryonic stem cells that could pave way for wider application of the body’s master cells, including bulletproof vests. bulletproof vest. Known as auxeticity, the property may have … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Study sheds light on tiny environments that stem cells occupy in animal bodiesNews-Medical.netJohns Hopkins researchers have discovered an unexpected phenomenon in the organs that produce sperm in fruit flies: When a certain kind of stem cell is killed off experimentally, another group of non-stem cells can come out of retirement to replace them. …read more &nbs… Continue reading