Medical research
A single number helps data scientists find most dangerous cancer cells
Stanford data scientists have shown that figuring out a single number can help them find the most dangerous cancer cells.
Jan 24, 2020
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News tagged with stem cell biology
Oncology & Cancer
Treating colon cancer with vitamin A
A leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, colon cancer is famously resistant to treatment. There are many reasons for this, but one has to do with a group of persisting cancer cells in the colon that cause relapses. Conventional ...
Dec 14, 2015
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Medical research
Old mice regain leg strength after antibody treatment
Muscle stem cells, the cells in muscle fibers that generate new muscle cells after injury or exercise, lose their potency with age. But a study by researchers at Stanford Medicine shows that old mice regain the leg muscle ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Ophthalmology
Promising stem cell approach to correct photoreceptor cell degeneration, which causes visual decline and blindness
A preclinical study using stem cells to produce progenitor photoreceptor cells—light-detecting cells found in the eye—and then transplanting these into experimental models of damaged retinas has resulted in significant ...
Apr 14, 2023
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Medical research
Mouse teeth providing new insights into tissue regeneration
Researchers hope to one day use stem cells to heal burns, patch damaged heart tissue, even grow kidneys and other transplantable organs from scratch. This dream edges closer to reality every year, but one of the enduring ...
Apr 27, 2017
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Medical research
Withholding amino acid depletes blood stem cells, researchers say
A dietary approach to depleting blood stem cells may make it possible to conduct bone marrow transplantations without the use of chemotherapy or radiation therapy, according to researchers at the Stanford University School ...
Oct 20, 2016
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Medical research
Age-resistant quiescent stem cells support muscle regeneration
Researchers from the Computational Biology group at the University of Luxembourg's Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biology (LCSB) participated in an international study focusing on adult stem cells in muscle tissue. The results ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Technologies give high-resolution 'snapshot' of cancer tissues
(Medical Xpress) -- Stanford researchers have melded tools and technologies from engineering, computer science and stem cell biology to analyze hundreds of individual cancer cells and draw the most accurate portrait yet of ...
Nov 21, 2011
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Genetics
Study: Senescence-associated exosomes transfer fibrosis to neighboring cells
A new research paper, titled "Senescence-associated exosomes transfer miRNA-induced fibrosis to neighboring cells," was published in Aging.
Mar 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Digest this: Cure for cancer may live in our intestines
Treating a cancerous tumor is like watering a houseplant with a fire hose—too much water kills the plant, just as too much chemotherapy and radiation kills the patient before it kills the tumor.
Jul 31, 2013
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