In
the Cell Stem Cell study, Zhiheng Xu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing sidestepped the mice's natural resistance to Zika virus by injecting a Samoan isolate directly into fetal brains.
«This model could have far - reaching implications to advance the understanding and treatment of neurological disorders,» said Svendsen, senior author of
the Cell Stem Cell study.
Not exact matches
Tony co-founded the UW Institute for
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine and chaired the Molecular and Cellular Hematology
Study Section for the National Institutes of Health.
February 2, 2017 By Ann Perry http://mbd.utoronto.ca/ When Arif Aziz learned last fall about a new independent
study project that was bringing together MBA candidates and PhD students in health sciences and engineering to map the global market for
stem cell therapies, he jumped at the opportunity.
However, embryonic
stem cells remain the «gold standard,» and
studies of all types of
stem cells should continue in parallel for the foreseeable future.»
Cauliflower is full of sulfur compounds called glucosinolates such as the powerful sulforaphane and isothiocyanates which have been
studied to be very effective for phase II liver detoxification and as cancer
stem cell neutralizing agents.
Studies have shown that these cancer - fighting compounds and enzymes found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may actually prevent the relapse of certain cancers by killing cancer
stem cells.
In 2010, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center published a
study in the journal Clinical Cancer Research showing that sulforaphane had the ability to kill breast cancer
stem cells in mice and in lab cultures, and it also prevented the growth of new tumor
cells.
Dr. Liyun Li graduated Phi Beta Kappa from MIT and received her M.D. with honors from Harvard Medical School where she
studied stem cell biology and cultivated a keen clinical...
But the new
study, in
Cell Stem Cell, injected human
cells into newborn mice, not embryos.
In a
study in the journal Science, researchers explain how they used mouse embryonic
stem cells and microchip technology to create heart muscle tissue that actually beats.
«We have confirmed what earlier
studies indicated, and gained new knowledge about molecular characteristics of these neural
stem cells,» says Milos Pekny, professor at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology.
In a group of patients who underwent surgery for epilepsy, over half had
stem cells where healthy individuals do not have them, according to a
study from Sahlgrenska Academy.
Although liver
cells created from induced pluripotent
stem cells reflect the defects of their source, they may offer a new tool to
study inherited disorders
Studies suggest that
stem cells sustain deadly tumors in the brain — and that aiming at these insidious culprits could lead to a cure
Speeches came from a variety of speakers, including a science broadcaster and writer, a Pakistani - born Canadian Muslim who works in
STEM, a Pakistani - born professor who
studies cell biology and anatomy; and, an emergency room physician who helped start the process to phase out coal - fueled power plants by 2030 in Alberta.
This
study, to appear in the journal
Cell Stem Cell on April 5, counters that notion.
Now, in a
study published February 13 in Science Signaling, Lin's team discovered that a chemical compound that activates ATF6 also converts patient - derived
stem cells into blood vessels.
The
study also found that in addition to its role in determining the sex of somatic
cells, Sxl regulation by m6A is required to initiate germline
stem cell differentiation for developing eggs.
They also looked for genes not previously
studied for having a role in fusing muscle
stem cells.
According to the
study results, YAP is excluded from the nucleus on the soft gels, and its depletion there helps drive the
stem cells onto a brain
cell developmental pathway.
«The hope is that ZPF217 could be used to maintain supplies of therapeutic
stem cells,» said lead
study author Martin Walsh, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Structural and Chemical Biology, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
«In directing
stem cells,
study shows context matters.»
Cancer
cells which arise due to genetic mutations are just such
cells, and there are
studies which suggest that microchimeric
cells may stimulate the immune system to
stem the growth of tumors.
«Our research is the first to
study Zika infection in a mouse model that transmits the virus in a way similar to humans,» explains Alysson R. Muotri, Ph.D., professor and director of the
Stem Cell Program at UC San Diego and co-senior author of the
study.
In a groundbreaking
study that provides scientists with a critical new understanding of
stem cell development and its role in disease, UCLA researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research led by Dr. Kathrin Plath, professor of biological chemistry, have established a first - of - its - kind methodology that defines the unique stages by which specialized cells are reprogrammed into stem cells that resemble those found in the emb
stem cell development and its role in disease, UCLA researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research led by Dr. Kathrin Plath, professor of biological chemistry, have established a first - of - its - kind methodology that defines the unique stages by which specialized cells are reprogrammed into stem cells that resemble those found in the emb
cell development and its role in disease, UCLA researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and
Stem Cell Research led by Dr. Kathrin Plath, professor of biological chemistry, have established a first - of - its - kind methodology that defines the unique stages by which specialized cells are reprogrammed into stem cells that resemble those found in the emb
Stem Cell Research led by Dr. Kathrin Plath, professor of biological chemistry, have established a first - of - its - kind methodology that defines the unique stages by which specialized cells are reprogrammed into stem cells that resemble those found in the emb
Cell Research led by Dr. Kathrin Plath, professor of biological chemistry, have established a first - of - its - kind methodology that defines the unique stages by which specialized
cells are reprogrammed into
stem cells that resemble those found in the emb
stem cells that resemble those found in the embryo.
«This new
study uncovers for the first time the dynamic of
stem cells during wound healing and identifies new molecular players associated with skin regeneration.
In a
study published in
Cell Reports, researchers lead by Cédric Blanpain, MD / PhD, WELBIO investigator and Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, identified a novel lineage - restricted stem cell in the mammary gl
Cell Reports, researchers lead by Cédric Blanpain, MD / PhD, WELBIO investigator and Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, identified a novel lineage - restricted
stem cell in the mammary gl
cell in the mammary gland.
«It's very difficult to
study neural
stem cells in their complex natural environment,» Xie said.
The results of the
study are published in the academic journal
Cell Stem Cell.
The
study results were found using mouse embryonic
stem cells, which are good
cell models for the
study of processes seen in human
stem cells.
«It was particularly exciting to observe that the repair of the skin epidermis involves the activation of very different
stem cells that react the same way to the emergency situation of the wound and have the power to completely restore the damaged tissue», comments Mariaceleste Aragona, the first author of the
study.
Led by researchers at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Heart Institute, the
study demonstrates the gene Gm7325 and its protein — which the scientists named «myomerger» — prompt muscle
stem cells to fuse and develop skeletal muscles the body needs to move and survive.
Although the U.S. government puts stringent restrictions on funding for research on embryonic
stem cells, individual states such as California have set up institutes to perform that work and general
stem cell studies.
«The genetic correction doesn't increase the number of genetic anomalies that you can find in iPS
cells,» says Ludovic Vallier, a
stem -
cell biologist at the University of Cambridge, UK, and one of the
study's co-authors.
This may be one of the most important facets of
studying regeneration in these animals because they provide a completely different approach to tissue regeneration than that offered by
stem cells.
«I think this is the best option we have ever had,» says Renee Reijo Pera, director of Stanford University's Center for Human Embryonic
Stem Cell Research and Education in California, who wasn't involved in the
study.
Now, in a new
study published today, Sept. 8, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison has added a new wrinkle to the
cell differentiation equation, showing that the stiffness of the surfaces on which
stem cells are grown can exert a profound influence on
cell fate.
New treatments for spinal cord injury, including
stem cells, gene therapy and electrical stimulation, are being
studied.
His research group now wants to
study if and how
stem cells are able to modulate the activity of Drosha in order to satisfy demand.
A key protein controls
stem cell properties that could make them more useful in regenerative medicine, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published in the journal Cell Stem C
stem cell properties that could make them more useful in regenerative medicine, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published in the journal Cell Stem C
cell properties that could make them more useful in regenerative medicine, according to a
study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published in the journal
Cell Stem C
Cell Stem C
Stem CellCell.
«This
study signals a big change in thinking, because it provides simple and efficient tools for scientists to
study stem cell creation in a stage - by - stage manner.
This fits with
studies we've conducted in the past in which we found that the gene primes blood
stem cells for leukaemic transformation.»
He says the structure could also offer a new way of
studying blood
stem cells and how blood disorders arise.
Some of the researchers at the centre will
study the differentiation of
stem cells into other
cell types, one group by using human embryonic
stem cell biology and another by
studying early embryo development.
Adding
stem cells from human bone marrow to a broken diabetic bone enhances the repair process, increasing the strength of the newly formed bone, according to a laboratory - based
study presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Dublin.
For example, animal
studies have shown that neurons derived in the lab from human embryonic
stem cells improve Parkinson's symptoms; however, any residual
stem cells associated with those neurons could form masses of unwanted
cells.
First, do the plaintiffs, scientists
studying adult
stem cells, have the right to bring this case?
The researchers added human bone marrow
stem cells from a non-diabetic donor to a bone fracture in laboratory pre-clinical
studies.
In a
study in the current issue of the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, researchers treated these
stem cells with leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), which effectively maintained the undifferentiated state of the satellite
cells and enhanced their transplantation efficiency.