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Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell.

New project aims to create complete cellular blueprint of zebrafish development

A new imaging project at the Morgridge Institute for Research might be the biology equivalent of a 19th century expressionist painting. Think Van Gogh's "Starry Night," a constellation of tiny lines of color combining into a powerful image.

3 Oct 2018

Aggressive breast cancer hijacks normal protective physiological process to survive

A member of a protein family known for protecting our cells also protects cancer cells in aggressive, metastatic breast cancer, scientists report.

3 Oct 2018

Study sheds light on transport of enzyme involved in stem cell differentiation to DNA

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, Spain, have identified the mechanism by which an important enzyme involved in the differentiation of stem cells is brought to the DNA.

3 Oct 2018

A promising new approach for repairing cleft palate in infants

A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair of cleft palate in infants, reports a paper in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

3 Oct 2018

Scientists perform successful trial of new antibiotic on cancer reoccurrence after surgery

SCIENTISTS fighting cancer have carried out the first successful trial of the effects of the antibiotic Doxycycline on cancer reoccurrence in patients after surgery.

3 Oct 2018

Researchers for the first time differentiate human inner ear cells in laboratory

Researchers from the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have managed for the first time to differentiate human inner ear cells in a laboratory from somatic progenitors and to investigate their origin.

3 Oct 2018

New tool can help researchers split and reassemble proteins

Researchers have developed a computational tool that makes it possible to split proteins and then restore them to functionality.

2 Oct 2018

Study using DFMO shows positive results for children with high risk neuroblastoma

A paper published September 27 in Scientific Reports shows the positive results of a phase II clinical trial using the oral medication DFMO to prevent relapse in children with High Risk Neuroblastoma.

1 Oct 2018

New, more efficient method for generating brain stem cells in the lab

In two newly published papers, a scientific team at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reports on the discovery and implementation of a new, more efficient method for generating an important brain stem cell in the laboratory.

1 Oct 2018

Phase 3 ECHELON-2 clinical trial evaluating ADCETRIS plus CHP meets primary endpoint

Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced today that the phase 3 ECHELON-2 clinical trial met its primary endpoint.

1 Oct 2018

TEAD1 protein appears to be important regulator of tumor migration in glioblastoma

A specific protein called TEAD1 is an important regulator of tumor migration in glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in adults, and deactivating this protein may stop tumor cells from migrating away from the main tumor mass, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published October 1 in the journal Nature Communications.

1 Oct 2018

Engineering organoids from stem cells to model retina diseases

Gray Camp joined the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel as Group Leader in Single Cell Genomics. His group will combine single-cell genomic tools and retina and cerebral "organoids" to explore the development of the human visual system.

28 Sep 2018

Researchers start to understand how to make lab-grown heart cells mature

Scientists at Boston Children’s Hospital have made important steps towards overcoming the hurdles that stand in the way of getting heart muscle to regenerate following engraftment with lab-made heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes).

28 Sep 2018

Researchers find a novel way to tease out key factor involved in heart muscle maturation

Scientists around the world have been trying to replace damaged heart tissue using lab-made heart-muscle cells (cardiomyocytes), either injecting them into the heart or applying patches laced with the cells. But results to date have been underwhelming.

28 Sep 2018

Normal skin is more resilient to cancer than previously thought

Normal skin contains a patchwork of mutated cells, yet very few go on to eventually form cancer and scientists have now uncovered the reason why. Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge genetically engineered mice to show that mutant cells in skin tissue compete with each other, with only the fittest surviving.

27 Sep 2018

CytoSen receives favorable response from FDA to its pre-IND meeting package for CSTD002-NK

CytoSen Therapeutics, a private biopharmaceutical company accelerating innovation in Natural Killer cell therapy, today announced it has received a favorable response from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to its pre-Investigational New Drug meeting package for the proposed Phase 2 trial of CytoSen's adoptive NK cell therapy, CSTD002-NK, for the reduction of relapse in high risk acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome in patients undergoing haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

27 Sep 2018

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Further Reading

New project aims to create complete cellular blueprint of zebrafish development

Aggressive breast cancer hijacks normal protective physiological process to survive

Study sheds light on transport of enzyme involved in stem cell differentiation to DNA

A promising new approach for repairing cleft palate in infants

Scientists perform successful trial of new antibiotic on cancer reoccurrence after surgery

Researchers for the first time differentiate human inner ear cells in laboratory

New tool can help researchers split and reassemble proteins

Study using DFMO shows positive results for children with high risk neuroblastoma

New, more efficient method for generating brain stem cells in the lab

Phase 3 ECHELON-2 clinical trial evaluating ADCETRIS plus CHP meets primary endpoint

TEAD1 protein appears to be important regulator of tumor migration in glioblastoma

Engineering organoids from stem cells to model retina diseases

Researchers start to understand how to make lab-grown heart cells mature

Researchers find a novel way to tease out key factor involved in heart muscle maturation

Normal skin is more resilient to cancer than previously thought

CytoSen receives favorable response from FDA to its pre-IND meeting package for CSTD002-NK

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