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Study evaluates stem cells' ability to prevent major cause of death in preterm infants
A phase 2 clinical trial whose results were released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine might point to a way
Scientists study how a single gene alteration may have separated modern humans from extinct hominins
As a professor of pediatrics and cellular and molecular medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Alysson
Brain waves detected in mini-brains grown in a dish
Scientists have created miniature brains from stem cells that developed functional neural networks. Despite being a million times smaller than
E. coli’s secret weapon in launching infections
Most types of Escherichia coli are harmless, but the ones that aren’t can cause severe life-threatening diarrhea. These problematic bacteria
Mini kidneys grown from stem cells give new insights into kidney disease and therapies
An international team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has grown ‘miniature kidneys’ in the laboratory
Bacteria made to mimic cells, form communities: Synthetic biologists prompt dividing bacteria to differentiate like stem cells
Rice University scientists have found a way to engineer a new kind of cell differentiation in bacteria, inspired by a
Gut throws cells overboard when chemical insults build up
A team of Duke researchers has discovered that cells lining the gut of zebrafish — and probably humans too —
Lung cell patches its own DNA on the fly to survive influenza: Resilient cells make lung less hospitable to viruses, but may be double-edged sword
Scientists at Duke University have identified one kind of lung cell that can hustle to repair its damaged DNA and
Genome research shows that the body controls the integrity of heritable genomes
Scientists have presented new findings that challenge established concepts of genetic inheritance. They have proven that somatic cells of the