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January 28, 2020

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Solving a Biological Puzzle: How Stress Causes Gray Hair

Jan. 22, 2020 — Scientists have found evidence to support long-standing anecdotes that stress causes hair graying. Researchers found that in mice, the type of nerve involved in the ... read more

Tendon Stem Cells Could Revolutionize Injury Recovery

Nov. 26, 2019 — The buildup of scar tissue makes recovery from torn rotator cuffs, jumper's knee, and other tendon injuries a painful, challenging process, often leading to secondary tendon ruptures. New research ... read more

A Swifter Way Towards 3D-Printed Organs

Sep. 6, 2019 — Twenty people die waiting for an organ transplant every day in the US, but lab-grown organs so far lack the cellular density, vasculature, and functions required to make them viable replacements. The ... read more

Brain Waves Detected in Mini-Brains Grown in a Dish

Aug. 29, 2019 — Scientists have created miniature brains from stem cells that developed functional neural networks. Despite being a million times smaller than human brains, these lab-grown brains are the first ... read more

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First Treatment for Pain Using Human Stem Cells a Success

Jan. 23, 2020 — Researchers have used human stem cells to make pain-killing neurons that provide lasting relief in mice, without side effects, in a single treatment. The next step is to perform extensive safety ... read more

Cancer Study May Accidentally Help Researchers Create Usable Blood Stem Cells

Jan. 16, 2020 — A new study shows that cancer-causing MLL gene may also push pluripotent stem cells to make hematopoietic stem cells, a strong step in the ... read more

Artificial Muscle Sheets Transform Stem Cells Into Bone

Jan. 13, 2020 — Specifically programmed materials can, under specific conditions, encourage stem cells to transform into bone cells. To do this, scientists implemented a so-called shape-memory polymer in stem cell ... read more

Cellular Clock Regulating Human Spine Development

Jan. 8, 2020 — After decades of effort, scientists use induced pluripotent stem cells to model human spine development. Findings provide proof of existence of a segmentation clock in humans guiding spine formation. ... read more

Human Immune Cells Produced in a Dish in World First

Jan. 8, 2020 — A research team has reproduced and visualized the earliest developmental steps in human immune cell production in the laboratory and are now set to advance our understanding of childhood diseases ... read more

New Protocol to Generate Intestinal Organoids in Vitro

Jan. 10, 2020 — Researchers have developed a new way to generate groups of intestinal cells that can be used, among others, to make disease models in the lab to test treatments for diseases affecting the ... read more

Recurrent Miscarriage: Diabetes Drug Could Lead to New Treatment

Jan. 9, 2020 — A drug designed to tackle diabetes could also be repurposed as the first treatment to prevent miscarriage by targeting the lining of the womb itself, according to a clinical ... read more

Rejuvenating the Brain With Stem Cells

Jan. 9, 2020 — The older we get the more our brains will find it difficult to learn and remember new things. The research group used a method to stimulate the small pool of neural stem cells that reside in the ... read more

Plant-Derived SVC112 Hits Cancer Stem Cells, Leaves Healthy Cells Alone

Jan. 8, 2020 — Study shows drug SVC112 stops production of proteins that cancer stem cells need to survive and ... read more

Mouse Pups Born from Eggs Derived from the Granulosa Cells That Surround Oocytes

Dec. 24, 2019 — By introducing a chemical cocktail to granulosa cells, researchers induced the cells to transform into functional oocytes in mice. Once fertilized, ... read more