Stem Cells News

April 23, 2024

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Apr. 11, 2024 — Neural crest cells -- embryonic pluripotent cells within the facial primordium -- may be necessary for forming proper animal facial structures. Researchers have produced neural crest cell-rich aggregates from human pluripotent stem cells and ...

New Way to Generate Human Cartilage

Apr. 10, 2024 — University of Montana researchers and their partners have found a new method to generate human cartilage of the head and ...

An Hereditary Liver Disease Cured With the Help of Gene Scissors

Apr. 4, 2024 — Researchers have succeeded in correcting a gene defect that causes a hereditary liver disease and its adverse effects on ...

Familial Alzheimer's Disease Transferred Via Bone Marrow Transplant in Mice

Mar. 28, 2024 — Familial Alzheimer's disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant, researchers show. When the team transplanted bone marrow stem cells from mice carrying a hereditary version of Alzheimer's disease into normal lab mice, the recipients ...

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Pressure in the Womb May Influence Facial Development

Apr. 22, 2024 — Physical cues in the womb, and not just genetics, influence the normal development of neural crest cells, the embryonic stem cells that form facial features, finds a new ...

Organoids Reveal How to Protect the Brain Against Dementia and ALS Following Traumatic Injury, According to Study

Apr. 4, 2024 — A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can quadruple your risk for developing dementia and increase your chances of developing neurodegenerative diseases ...

New Tool Provides Researchers With Improved Understanding of Stem Cell Aging in the Brain

Mar. 27, 2024 — Researchers can use the light naturally thrown off by biological specimens to better study the different states of stem cells in the nervous system, ...

Two Keys Needed to Crack Three Locks for Better Engineered Blood Vessels

Mar. 21, 2024 — Biomedical researchers discovered two proteins that differentiate stem cells into the components of blood vessels. This finding has implications for drug testing and other clinical ...

Vitamin A May Play a Central Role in Stem Cell Biology and Wound Repair

Mar. 7, 2024 — Retinoic acid, the active state of Vitamin A, appears to regulate how stem cells enter and exit a transient state central to their role in wound ...

Degree of Cell Crowding in the Early Human Embryo Influences Cell Identity Decision, New Culture System Finds

Mar. 4, 2024 — Collaborative work has developed a cell culture system that differentiates human pluripotent stem cells to amniotic ectoderm and surface ectoderm ...

Human Stem Cells Coaxed to Mimic the Very Early Central Nervous System

Feb. 26, 2024 — The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and ...

Nutrients Direct Intestinal Stem Cell Function and Affect Aging

Feb. 12, 2024 — The capacity of intestinal stem cells to maintain cellular balance in the gut decreases upon aging. Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of action between the nutrient adaptation of intestinal ...

Artificial Cartilage With the Help of 3D Printing

Feb. 12, 2024 — Growing cartilage tissue in the lab could help patiens with injuries, but it is very hard to make the tissue grow in exactly the right shape. A new approach could solve this problem: Tiny spherical ...

Scientists Develop a Low-Cost Device to Make Cell Therapy Safer

Feb. 7, 2024 — A tiny microfluidic device can improve cell therapy techniques for spinal cord injury patients. The device can remove a large percentage of stem cells that have not yet fully become spinal cord ...

Researchers Identify Enzyme Key to Training Cells to Fight Autoimmune Disorders

Feb. 27, 2024 — Researchers recently released a first-of-its-kind study that focuses on the rare autoimmune disorder aplastic anemia to understand how a subset of cells might be trained to correct the overzealous ...

From Growing Roots, Clues to How Stem Cells Decide Their Fate

Feb. 9, 2024 — Researchers have captured time-lapse videos of stem cells dividing in growing plant roots. By watching how the cells divide in response to certain chemical signals over time, the team is uncovering ...

Scientists Uncover a Crucial Link Between Cholesterol Synthesis and Cancer Progression

Feb. 2, 2024 — A study has found an important connection between cancer, stem cells and the building blocks of cholesterol. Specifically, the research reveals how the enzyme FAXDC2 influences cancer cell growth and ...

Researchers Hack Neurons' Internal Clocks to Accelerate the Study of Neurological Diseases

Jan. 31, 2024 — New research has uncovered a way to 'hack' neurons' internal clocks to speed up their development. The approach promises to accelerate research into neurological ...

How Gene Activity Modulates the Amount of Immune Cell Production in Mice

Jan. 26, 2024 — Researchers describe how specific gene activity could potentially enhance immune cell production. The researchers wanted to understand the mechanism of why some hematopoietic stem cells produce more ...

Genetically Modified Pluripotent Stem Cells May Evade Immunological Rejection After Transplantation, Study Shows

Jan. 11, 2024 — One of the biggest barriers to regenerative medicine is immunological rejection by the recipient, a problem researchers are one step closer to solving after genetically modifying pluripotent stem ...

How 'Pioneers' Blaze the One Trail That Determines Cell Fate

Jan. 10, 2024 — A new CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) model explores how the pioneer transcription factor FOXA controls human endoderm differentiation during liver development, and how the pioneer transcription factor ...

Scientists Develop a Game-Changing Organoid Model to Study Human Cerebellar Development and Disease

Jan. 4, 2024 — Scientists have developed a novel human brain organoid model that generates all the major cell types of the cerebellum, a hindbrain region predominantly made up of two cell types necessary for ...

The Future of Canine Stem Cell Therapy: Unprecedented, Painless, and Feeder-Free

Dec. 21, 2023 — Scientists have developed an efficient, non-invasive, and pain-free method to generate canine-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). They identified six reprogramming genes that can boost canine ...

Immune System Plays Crucial Step in Creating Blood Stem Cells

Dec. 19, 2023 — A microbial sensor that helps identify and fight bacterial infections also plays a key role in the embryonic development of blood stem cells, valuable new insight in the effort to create ...

New Discovery Could Aid Regenerative Heart Therapies

Dec. 18, 2023 — Researchers identify RBFox1 as a key intrinsic regulator of heart muscle cell maturation, overcoming a major limitation in cardiac regenerative therapy and disease modelling and demonstrating for the ...

Understanding the Risk of Cell Therapy for Heart Repair

Dec. 13, 2023 — A type of cell that plays a crucial role in tissue repair after a heart attack may also inadvertently be why cutting-edge cell therapies cause an increased risk of rhythm disorders, according to a ...

The Pedigree of Brain Cells

Dec. 13, 2023 — The superior colliculus in the mammalian brain takes on many important tasks by making sense of our environment. Any mistakes during the development of this brain region can lead to severe ...

Stem Cell Study Reveals How Infantile Cystinosis Causes Kidney Failure -- And How to Cure It

Dec. 11, 2023 — New research has identified how a misstep in the genesis of a key component of the kidney causes infantile cystinosis, a rare disease that significantly shortens the lifespan of patients. The work ...

Novel Stem Cell Therapy Using Technology from mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines May Stimulate Natural Repair in Treatment of Chronic and Acute Liver Disease

Dec. 7, 2023 — New research has found evidence that a novel stem cell treatment, using mRNA technology encapsulated into nanoparticles (LNP) that was successfully used to produce the COVID-19 vaccines, may boost ...

Novel and Promising Pancreatic Cancer Organoids for Effective Screening of Anticancer Drugs

Dec. 7, 2023 — The treatment of pancreatic cancer, an aggressive form of cancer associated with high mortality rates, is challenging owing to limited options and anticancer screening models. High mortality has been ...

Revolutionizing the Treatment of Parkinson's Patients

Dec. 5, 2023 — The future treatment of Parkinson's Disease has undergone tremendous development in recent years. Now, a breakthrough in research has emerged, delivering the strongest results for both ...

Early-Stage Stem Cell Therapy Trial Shows Promise for Treating Progressive MS

Nov. 27, 2023 — An international team has shown that the injection of a type of stem cell into the brains of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is safe, well tolerated and has a long-lasting ...

Stem Cell-Based Treatment Controls Blood Sugar in People With Type 1 Diabetes

Nov. 27, 2023 — An innovative stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels and reduce dependence on daily insulin injections, according to new clinical trial ...

Decoding Cell Fate: Key Mechanism in Stem Cell Switch Identified

Nov. 24, 2023 — Stem cells can differentiate to replace dead and damaged cells. But how do stem cells decide which type of cell to become in a given situation? Using intestinal organoids, scientists identified a new ...