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Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have developed a new drug cocktail that can convert cells into totipotent stem cells, the very seeds of life. These cells can differentiate into any cell in the body, potentially bypassing the need for sperm … Continue reading Drug cocktail makes stem cells that could grow organisms from scratch
Stem cells that can be engineered to take on different properties continue to show huge potential in all areas of medicine, ranging from Parkinson’s disease treatments to regenerative therapies for injured tendons. Scientists adapting this technology f… Continue reading Pre-made stem cells may be pulled off the shelf to treat aggressive cancer
Stem cells that can be engineered to take on different properties continue to show huge potential in all areas of medicine, ranging from Parkinson’s disease treatments to regenerative therapies for injured tendons. Scientists adapting this technology f… Continue reading Pre-made stem cells may be pulled off the shelf to treat aggressive cancer
Stem cell therapies are showing huge promise in a lot of areas, but one application that has scientists particularly excited is in next-generation treatments for Parkinson’s disease. A team experimenting in this area has demonstrated how implanting carefully cultivated stem cells into rats can bring about remarkable recovery from motor symptoms typical of the disease, and are now setting their sights on upcoming human trials.
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Continue reading Stem cell therapy set for human trials after reversing Parkinson’s in rats
Type 1 diabetes can be a rare but serious side effect of a cancer treatment that use what are known as immune checkpoint inhibitors. In a new study in mice, researchers in Japan have shown that administering stem cell therapy could help prevent this.Co… Continue reading Stem cells could help prevent diabetes onset from cancer immunotherapy
Tendon injuries are painful and don’t always heal properly. Researchers at the Terasaki Institute have now shown that silk scaffolds loaded with stem cells can help tendons regenerate more effectively.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Ten… Continue reading Stem-cell-loaded silk scaffolds speed healing of injured tendons
Through experimentation with a highly promising anti-aging technique, scientists at the UK’s Babraham Institute have demonstrated a new way of turning back the clock in human skin cells. These cells functioned like cells 30 years younger, but in what r… Continue reading “Time jump” anti-aging method gives specialized cells a 30-year refresh
The benefits of leading an active lifestyle are wide-ranging and increasingly well-established, but there is still plenty we can learn by drilling into the details of its long-term impacts on the human body. A new study has plugged a gap in our knowled… Continue reading Lifelong exercise found to preserve stem cell counts in aging muscles
Researchers have found that the “mother” of all stem cells, known as totipotent stem cells, have a much slower rate of DNA replication, which helps improve their efficiency at differentiating into other cells. Putting the brakes on DNA replication in l… Continue reading “Mother of stem cells” boast better efficiency when they slow down
Regrowing or replacing bone lost to disease is tricky and often painful. In a new study Australian researchers have found a relatively simple way to induce stem cells to turn into bone cells quickly and efficiently, using high-frequency sound waves.Con… Continue reading Sound waves convert stem cells into bone in regenerative breakthrough