Stem cells made with near-perfect efficiencyNature.comResearchers have for the first time converted cultured skin cells into stem cells with near-perfect efficiency. By removing a single protein, called Mbd3, a team at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, was able to increase the …Stem cell reprogramming made easierEurekAlert (press release)Snag-Free Induction of Pluripotency in … Continue reading
UNK Linebacker Drew Wagner Stem Cell DonorKHAS-TVLat month, Drew came here to Good Samaritan Hospital for injections preparing hime for surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha to extract the stem cells, a surgery that took a lot out of him. That makes your bone marrow really … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Signal gradients in 3-D guide stem cell behaviorScience Daily (press release)Sep. 18, 2013 — Scientists know that physical and biochemical signals can guide cells to make, for example, muscle, blood vessels or bone. But the exact recipes to produce the desired tissues have proved elusive. and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Cordis NewsStem cell research is of huge importance because it could lead to dramatic changes in the way we treat certain diseases. These cells, which can differentiate into specialised cells and also divide to produce more stem cells, are already used in a … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Signal gradients in 3-D guide stem cell behaviorPhys.OrgIn their first test, the researchers found that stem cells changed into cartilage or bone cells in the directions of two opposing soluble growth factor gradients: one that promotes cartilage, called TGF-beta 1, and another that promotes bone, called BMP-2. and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Diocese Bans School Trips to Embryo Stem Cell CenterChristian Broadcasting NetworkCatholic schools in a Wisconsin diocese will no longer make field trips to a research center that uses embryonic stem cells. The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery does research using human embryos. The Vatican opposes that practice. The Madison diocese … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Signal gradients in 3-D guide stem cell behaviorEurekAlert (press release)Scientists know that physical and biochemical signals can guide cells to make, for example, muscle, blood vessels or bone. But the exact recipes to produce the desired tissues have proved elusive. Now, researchers at Case Western Reserve University … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Ottawa CitizenDr. Duncan Stewart, left, head of Ottawa Hospital’s Research Institute, unveiled the world’s first clinical trial to repair the heart using genetically enhanced stem cells Thursday at the hospital’s campus. Harriet Garrow, who attended the event with … …read more &nbs… Continue reading