Medical research
Stem cells control their own fate, making lab-grown tissues less effective
Tissues grown in the lab from stem cells may fail to live up their therapeutic promise because the cells choose their own fate.
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists uncover why very few of the many mutated cells in our skin go on to eventually form cancer
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 ...
Sep 27, 2018
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Skin wounds in older mice are less likely to scar
Researchers have discovered a rare example in which the mammalian body functions better in old age. A team at the University of Pennsylvania found that, in skin wounds in mice, being older increased tissue regeneration and ...
Sep 25, 2018
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Tissue-engineered human pancreatic cells successfully treat diabetic mice
Researchers tissue-engineered human pancreatic islets in a laboratory that develop a circulatory system, secrete hormones like insulin and successfully treat sudden-onset type 1 diabetes in transplanted mice.
May 8, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Molecular pathway offers treatment targets for pulmonary fibrosis, related conditions
A study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto has identified a molecular pathway that appears to be critical to the development of fibrosis - scarring ...
Nov 15, 2017
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Good cellular neighbors combat incipient cancers
Scientists have spent decades studying the nature of tumor cells, but few have looked to see what was happening in the surrounding tissue.
Aug 2, 2017
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Stanford manufactures gene-engineered cells to cure the incurable
To the list of cool new things made in Silicon Valley, add this: Life, improved.
Dec 26, 2016
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Engineered blood vessels grow in lambs
In a hopeful development for children born with congenital heart defects, scientists said Tuesday they had built artificial blood vessels which grew unaided when implanted into lambs, right into adulthood.
Sep 27, 2016
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Micro heart muscle created from stem cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have invented a new way to create three-dimensional human heart tissue from stem cells. The tissue can be used to model disease and test drugs, and it opens the door for a precision ...
Apr 20, 2016
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Technicolor zebrafish reveal how skin heals
Scientists can now watch how hundreds of individual cells work together to maintain and regenerate skin tissue, thanks to a genetically engineered line of technicolor zebrafish.
Mar 21, 2016
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