Dentists Get Cracking on the Stem Cell Front – UNLV NewsCenter
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Dentists Get Cracking on the Stem Cell Front
UNLV NewsCenter Stem cells. Few research discoveries hold as much promise of single-handedly expanding medical treatment options as they do. Miraculously able to act as transformers—either re-creating or morphing into a variety of cell types found within the … |
OutSourcing-Pharma.com |
The tech behind the first FDA-approved CAR–T cell therapy
OutSourcing-Pharma.com The manufacturing process for Novartis’ chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR–T) cell therapy, Kymriah, requires the reprogramming of a patient’s T cells. T cells, or T lymphocytes, are a subtype of white blood cell and play a key role in cell-mediated … |
Sci-News.com |
South American Medicinal Plant Compound Shows Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Activity
Sci-News.com “Cancer stem cells can be considered as the most dangerous type of cancer cells, as they appear to have an inherent resistance to the chemotherapeutic drugs used today,” said Lund University Professor Stina Oredsson, corresponding author of the study, … |
New Atlas |
X-ray shield lets researchers look in worms for cancer clues
New Atlas Every day, millions of stem cells zip around our bodies, creating new tissue and helping our organs function correctly. But when one of these cells travels somewhere it’s not supposed to go, the result can lead to a tumor. So studying just how these … |
Geek |
CRISPR Gets More Precise, Will Be Used on More Diseases
Geek We’ve written about CRISPR before. Namely how it is a coming genetic superweapon that we’ll use to fight everything from cancer and infection to diabetes. In short, CRISPR allows scientists to cut out a section of DNA and replace it with whatever they … |