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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.

Base editing shows promise for treating sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia

Gene therapy that alters hemoglobin genes may be an answer to curing sickle cell disease (SCD) and beta thalassemia.

3 Jul 2023

Tiny sea creature offers new clues to regeneration and aging

Insights into healing and aging were discovered by National Institutes of Health researchers and their collaborators, who studied how a tiny sea creature regenerates an entire new body from only its mouth.

30 Jun 2023

New method could revolutionize the delivery of antioxidants to stem cells

As we age, our bodies change and degenerate over time in a process called senescence. Stem cells, which have the unique ability to change into other cell types, also experience senescence, which presents an issue when trying to maintain cell cultures for therapeutic use.

27 Jun 2023

Senescent cells unlock the secret to luscious hair growth

The study findings indicate a peculiar pathway of regulation of hair growth by hair stem cells that is mediated by dermal melanocytes in senescence.

25 Jun 2023

Eliminating cancer cell repopulation may be the key to curing cancer

A new research perspective was published in Oncoscience (Volume 10) on June 1, 2023, entitled, "Cancer cell repopulation after therapy: which is the mechanism?"

23 Jun 2023

Experts call on leading institutions to review support for disgraced transplant surgeon

It's time for some of the world's best hospitals and research institutes to launch full and independent investigations into their support for disgraced transplant surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, argue experts in The BMJ today. Responses from those concerned are also published.

22 Jun 2023

New standard more effective at preventing graft-versus-host disease

Clinicians have a new standard for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prevention after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to results from a phase III study published June 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

22 Jun 2023

Brain organoids provide new insights into HSV-1 encephalitis

The herpes simplex virus-1 can sometimes cause a dangerous brain infection. Combining an anti-inflammatory and an antiviral could help in these cases, report scientists with the Rajewsky and Landthaler labs and the Organoid Platform at the Max Delbrück Center in Nature Microbiology.

22 Jun 2023

Newborn screening facilitates early identification of infants with severe combined immunodeficiency

Introducing widespread screening of newborns for a deadly disease called severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID, followed by early treatment boosted the five-year survival rate of children with the disorder from 73% before the advent of screening to 87% since, researchers report.

20 Jun 2023

Researchers use an unprecedented stem cell zoo to study developmental time

In humans, pregnancy lasts around nine months. In mice, only 20 days, and in rhinoceroses, as long as 17 months. Although many mammalian species go through the same stages during embryo development, the speed of development differs substantially across animals.

20 Jun 2023

Could mutated blood cells hold the key to lower Alzheimer's risk?

Researchers tested whether clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) status was associated with Alzheimer's disease.

19 Jun 2023

Neurodevelopmental disruptions could pave the way for Alzheimer's disease

In the cerebral cortex, neurogenesis – the formation of neural cells from stem cells – begins in the fetus from 5 weeks gestation and is almost complete by 28 weeks.

16 Jun 2023

MSU and Corewell Health researchers team up to study the health effects of lead poisoning

Researchers with Michigan State University and Corewell Health are partnering to study the health effects of lead poisoning in the Grand Rapids area where about one in 10 children has elevated lead levels in their blood, according to state data.

16 Jun 2023

Understanding the developmental link: vitamin D's role in metabolic disease risk

Study showed that transplanting fetal hematopoietic stem cells exposed to vitamin D deficiency induces diabetes.

14 Jun 2023

10 postdoctoral fellows from Latin America receive Pew funding for biomedical research

The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced the 2023 class members of the Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences.

13 Jun 2023

International researchers put forward landmark proposal to diagnose, treat heart disease with neuromodulation technologies

Professor Kalyanam Shivkumar of David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in collaboration with Professor David Paterson, of Oxford University has been awarded a prestigious Leducq International Network of Excellence Program Award of $8 million to set up a major new transatlantic network linking world leading researchers from the United States and Europe to develop bioelectronics and therapies that target the nervous system to treat heart diseases.

13 Jun 2023

Using heart and lung stem cells to better understand how COVID-19 impacts different organs

Researchers have used heart and lung stem cells infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how the disease impacts different organs, paving the way for more targeted treatments.

13 Jun 2023

Maximizing the function and potential of stem cell-based treatments for patients with Type 1 diabetes

Following encouraging results from pre-clinical research and a recent clinical trial on stem cell-based treatments for patients with Type 1 diabetes, researchers are now working on maximizing the function and potential of stem cell-based treatments for future application in patients.

13 Jun 2023

Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy linked to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in offspring

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a process in immune cells that links vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in offspring.

13 Jun 2023

Study reveals biologically validated imaging-based evidence of medically induced myelin repair

A decade after UC San Francisco scientists identified an over-the-counter antihistamine as a treatment for multiple sclerosis, researchers have developed an approach to measure the drug's effectiveness in repairing the brain, making it possible to also assess future therapies for the devastating disorder.

13 Jun 2023

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Base editing shows promise for treating sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia

Tiny sea creature offers new clues to regeneration and aging

New method could revolutionize the delivery of antioxidants to stem cells

Senescent cells unlock the secret to luscious hair growth

Eliminating cancer cell repopulation may be the key to curing cancer

Experts call on leading institutions to review support for disgraced transplant surgeon

New standard more effective at preventing graft-versus-host disease

Brain organoids provide new insights into HSV-1 encephalitis

Newborn screening facilitates early identification of infants with severe combined immunodeficiency

Researchers use an unprecedented stem cell zoo to study developmental time

Could mutated blood cells hold the key to lower Alzheimer's risk?

Neurodevelopmental disruptions could pave the way for Alzheimer's disease

MSU and Corewell Health researchers team up to study the health effects of lead poisoning

Understanding the developmental link: vitamin D's role in metabolic disease risk

10 postdoctoral fellows from Latin America receive Pew funding for biomedical research

International researchers put forward landmark proposal to diagnose, treat heart disease with neuromodulation technologies

Using heart and lung stem cells to better understand how COVID-19 impacts different organs

Maximizing the function and potential of stem cell-based treatments for patients with Type 1 diabetes

Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy linked to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in offspring

Study reveals biologically validated imaging-based evidence of medically induced myelin repair

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