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Blood vessels play a vital role in stem cell reproduction, enabling the brain to grow and develop in the womb – Medical Xpress

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2016-11-08 NEWS

Blood vessels play a vital role in stem cell reproduction, enabling the brain to grow and develop in the womb
Medical Xpress
In the developing brain, new neurons are produced by neural stem cells in ‘neurogenic’ areas, where they have to be instructed when and how often they should divide or what type of progeny they should produce. Until now, however, the signals

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2016-11-07 NEWS

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Axiogenesis, Metrion Biosciences Form Stem Cell Collaboration
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Axiogenesis and Metrion Biosciences announced today that they have formed a collaboration to develop human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes and neurons for use in translational drug discovery.
Axiogenesis and Metrion Biosciences Announce Stem Cell …PR Newswire (press release)
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2016-11-07 NEWS

CRISPR spurring scientists to abandon embryonic stem cell research
Genetic Literacy Project
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), for one, is so impressed with CRISPR’s ease and power that it no longer funds consortium investigators to use [embryonic stem (ES)] cells. But that’s where some mouse engineers have second thoughts about the