Stem cell therapy could help restore debilitating age-related muscle loss
As the name implies, induced pluripotent stem cells can become any type of cell in our body, and scientists have
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Study explores individual differences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in ACE2-expressing stem cells
The clinical phenotype of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is remarkable
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Researchers find proteins that might restore damaged sound-detecting cells in the ear
Using genetic tools in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a pair of proteins that precisely
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Genome research shows that the body controls the integrity of heritable genomes
Scientists have presented new findings that challenge established concepts of genetic inheritance. They have proven that somatic cells of the
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Megakaryocytes act as ‘bouncers’ restraining cell migration in the bone marrow
Hematopoiesis is the process of forming blood cells, which occurs predominantly in the bone marrow. The bone marrow produces all
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HIV: Reprogramming cells to control infection
Cells from the rare individuals who naturally control HIV infection have been the focus of investigation for nearly 15 years
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Growing embryonic tissues on a chip
It’s no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical concerns. Correct though it
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Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks
Cerebral organoids are artificially grown, 3D tissue cultures that resemble the human brain. Now, researchers from Japan report functional neural
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Functional hair follicles grown from stem cells
Scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys have created natural-looking hair that grows through the skin using human induced pluripotent stem cells
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A light-activated remote control for cells
What if doctors had a remote control that they could use to steer a patient’s own cells to a wound
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