Reprogramming cells, long term
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers, representing five Harvard departments and affiliated institutions as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have demonstrated that...
View ArticlePain and itch neurons grown in a dish
Jonathan Storey/Getty Images Sensations such as itching and pain are detected by specific proteins on a nerve cell’s surface. Nerve cells that transmit pain, itch and other sensations to the brain...
View ArticleLoss of a chemical tag on RNA keeps embryonic stem cells in suspended animation
7 hours ago by Stuart Wolpert A team of scientists that included researchers from UCLA has discovered a novel mechanism of RNA regulation in embryonic stem cells. The findings are strong evidence that...
View ArticleThe obesity pill that could replace exercise by turning 'bad' fat to 'good'
Harvard scientists claim to have made a breakthrough in the obesity crisis Discovery could be ‘the first step towards a pill that replaces the treadmill’ Team found two compounds that turn white ‘bad’...
View ArticleBUSINESS WIRE: The 1st Meeting of the Series Bridging Biomedical Worlds:...
MITTEILUNG UEBERMITTELT VON BUSINESS WIRE. FUER DEN INHALT IST ALLEIN DAS BERICHTENDE UNTERNEHMEN VERANTWORTLICH. PARIS –(BUSINESS WIRE)– 13.10.2014 — Stem cells hold great promise for treating a...
View ArticleProteins drive cancer cells to change states
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 15-Dec-2014 Contact: Sarah McDonnell s_mcd@mit.edu 617-253-8923 Massachusetts Institute of Technology @MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new study from MIT implicates a family of RNA-binding...
View ArticleNew Organ Liver Prize Gathers Momentum
Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 04, 2015 New Organ, a collective initiative for biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine, announced today that two new teams have joined the field competing for...
View ArticleStem cells offer promising key to new malaria drugs: US research
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Human stem cells engineered to produce renewable sources of mature, liver-like cells can be grown and infected with malaria to test potentially life-saving new...
View ArticleActivating genes on demand: Possible?
When it comes to gene expression — the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of proteins and other molecules that we need for development and survival — scientists...
View ArticleThe International Society for Stem Cell Research announces annual meeting...
CHICAGO — The International Society for Stem Cell Research’s 13th annual meeting will take place June 24-27, 2015 at the Stockholmsmssan Exhibition and Convention Center in Stockholm, Sweden. The...
View ArticleProtein that repels immune cells protects transplanted pancreatic islets from...
Transplanting islets encapsulated with CXCL12 restores blood sugar control without immunosuppression in animal models of diabetes An approach developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)...
View ArticleAsymmetrex Opens Up 5th World Congress on Cell and Stem Cell Research in...
Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 24, 2015 The opening keynote address presented by Asymmetrex, LLC to an assembled audience of about 100 international experts in stem cell science, medicine, and engineering...
View ArticleDr. Owen Witte recognized with AACR G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award
PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is honoring Owen N. Witte, MD, founding director of the Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell...
View ArticleNovel Stem Cells and Vesicles …– Rhode Island Hospital
Scheduled Speakers View a list of scheduled presentation titles Jason Aliotta, MD Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Graca Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD Wake Forest/Institute for Regenerative...
View ArticleStem Cell Therapy for Pets – 7News Boston WHDH-TV
BOSTON (WHDH) – If you have a pet, you know they are like a member of the family. If they are in pain, you want to do whatever you can to help. Veterinarians in Massachusetts are using stem cells to...
View ArticleVariations in cell programs control cancer and normal stem …
September 3, 2015 Tags: Weinberg LabStem Cells + Therapeutic CloningCancer CAMBRIDGE, Mass. In the breast, cancer stem cells and normal stem cells can arise from different cell types but tap into...
View ArticleEmbryonic stem cell – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are pluripotent stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an early-stage preimplantation embryo.[1][2] Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 45...
View ArticleStem cell controversy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The stem cell controversy is the consideration of the ethics of research involving the development, usage, and destruction of human embryos. Most commonly, this controversy focuses on embryonic stem...
View ArticleScientists engineer toxin-secreting stem cells to treat …
Proof-of-concept study highlights new therapeutic use of engineered human stem cells Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a new way to use stem cells in...
View ArticleChapter 3: On the Job: Cellular Specialties: Inside the …
Chapter 3: On the Job: Cellular Specialties By Alison Davis Liver cells look almost nothing like nerve cells. Muscle cells bear little physical resemblance to white blood cells. Yet every cell (with...
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