Medical research
Winding back the clock with kidney stem cells
Stem cell research courts both controversy and support in the community- depending on your viewpoint.
May 16, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A potential Diamond-Blackfan anemia treatment swims into view
Zebrafish, besides being popular in aquariums, make good stand-ins for studying human diseases. They share about 70 percent of their genes with humans, and can be studied at a mass scale, enabling scientists to test hundreds, ...
Dec 6, 2019
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Medical research
First US embryonic stem cell trial is halted
The first-ever trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat paralysis has been halted due to high costs and the company will focus instead on new cancer treatments, Geron said Tuesday.
Nov 15, 2011
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Neuroscience
Fucoidan can alleviate cerebrovascular damage in type 2 diabetes mice
Fucoidan, a kind of sulfated polysaccharide present in brown algae, is considered as a promising therapeutic agent because of its multiple bioactivities.
Jul 20, 2022
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Medical research
In a dish, a mouse, crafted from stem cells, begins to form
The tiny mouse embryo has a heart that beats. Its muscles, blood vessels, gut and nervous system are beginning to develop. But this embryo is unusual: It was made in a lab, out of mouse embryonic stem cells, and represents ...
Jun 29, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Technology to screen embryos before implantation falls short
The healthy development of an embryo created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) depends on whether most, if not all, of the cells have the proper number of chromosomes. With pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS) technology, ...
Mar 31, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Embryo-analysis technique may boost in vitro fertilization success
(Medical Xpress)—Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have devised a two-part approach to identify developing human embryos most likely to result in successful pregnancies. The technique could transform the ...
Dec 5, 2012
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Immunology
Artificial thymus tissue enables maturation of immune cells
The thymus plays a key role in the body's immune response. It is here where the T lymphocytes or T cells, a major type of immune defence cells, mature. Different types of T cells, designated to perform specific tasks, arise ...
Mar 29, 2012
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Medical research
UK issues guidelines for use of stem cell-based embryo models in research
Stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) are three-dimensional biological structures that mimic aspects of early human embryo development. They can be created in the lab from stem cells, and can provide new insights into critical ...
Jul 3, 2024
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Genetics
Perspectives on gene editing
Medicine is at a turning point, on the cusp of major change as disruptive technologies such as gene, RNA, and cell therapies enable scientists to approach diseases in new ways. The swiftness of this change is being driven ...
Jan 10, 2019
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