Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. iPS cells becoming foot soldiers of drug discovery. Here at The Stem Cellar we write often about the power of iPS-type stem cells to model … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: reality check on chimeras, iPS cells for drug discovery and cell family history
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Stem cell stories that caught our eye: back repair, stem cell aging, babies for same sex couples, chimeras
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Getting the right cells for back repair. We often write that stem cells found in fat tissue can form bone, cartilage and other connective tissue. … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: back repair, stem cell aging, babies for same sex couples, chimeras
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: growing better bone, synthetic diaphragms, nerves that make music
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. A better way to grow bone. The term hydrogel gets tossed around a lot in tissue engineering discussions. The porous, generally pliable materials used to … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: growing better bone, synthetic diaphragms, nerves that make music
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: making vocal cords, understanding our brain and the age of donor cells matters
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Tissue engineered vocal cords. A report from the University of Wisconsin that researchers there had grown new vocal cords got quite a bit of play … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: making vocal cords, understanding our brain and the age of donor cells matters
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: three teams refine cell reprogramming, also stem cell tourism
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Why stem cells in the lab don’t grow up right. A classic cartoon among stem cell fans shows a stem cell telling a daughter cell … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: three teams refine cell reprogramming, also stem cell tourism
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: mini-brains in a dish, blood stem cells and state funded stem cell research
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Great review of brains in a dish. The veteran Associated Press science journalist Malcolm Ritter produced the most thorough overview I have seen of the … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: mini-brains in a dish, blood stem cells and state funded stem cell research
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Fertility after chemo, blood shortages, modeling kidney disease and “good” stress
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Fertility restoration after chemo—Maybe. A research paper presented at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine annual meeting in Baltimore this week got considerable attention on … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Fertility after chemo, blood shortages, modeling kidney disease and “good” stress
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: sleepy stem cells, pig organ donors, therapy in the womb and dementia
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. A rested stem cell is a better stem cell. A bone marrow stem cell donor who has a sleep deficit of as little as four … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: sleepy stem cells, pig organ donors, therapy in the womb and dementia
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: better heart muscle, first patient with eye cell patch, brain cross talk and gut bugs
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Growing better heart muscle in the lab. While researchers have been able to grow beating heart cells from stem cells in a dish for many … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: better heart muscle, first patient with eye cell patch, brain cross talk and gut bugs
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: lab-grown kidneys that work, finding blood stem cells’ home and colitis
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Lab grown kidneys able to take a leak. While a few teams have been able to grow parts of kidneys in the lab using stem … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: lab-grown kidneys that work, finding blood stem cells’ home and colitis
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