The first monkey clones produced by method that made Dolly Sunday, 28 January 2018 The first primate clones made by somatic cell nuclear transfer are two genetically identical long-tailed… Read More

Researchers have succeed in producing photoreceptors from human embryonic stem cells Tuesday, 06 October 2015 Age-related macular degeneration (AMRD) could be treated by transplanting ph… Read More

Study Reveals the Genetic Start-up of a Human Embryo Thursday, 03 September 2015 An international team of scientists led from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet has for the first time… Read More

Once licensed, model likely to accelerate study of Alzheimer’s, autism, more Wednesday, 19 August 2015 Scientists at The Ohio State University have developed a nearly complete huma… Read More

Chemical-only Cell Reprogramming Transforms Human and Mouse Skin Cells into Neurons Friday, 07 August 2015 Two labs in China have independently succeeded in transforming skin cells into… Read More

Scientists discover mechanism that may lead to more efficient reprogramming of somatic cells Wednesday, 05 August 2015 Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to form in … Read More

Recovery of Sensory Function by Stem Cell Transplants Monday, 08 June 2015 New research from Uppsala University shows promising progress in the use of stem cells for treatment of spinal… Read More

Master Orchestrator of the Genome Is Discovered Thursday, 07 May 2015 One of developmental biology’s most perplexing questions concerns what signals transform masses of undifferen… Read More

Salk Institute scientists discover new type of stem cell that could potentially generate mature, functional tissues Thursday, 07 May 2015 In this image, a novel type of human stem cel… Read More

New Clues into How Stem Cells Get Their Identity Wednesday, 06 May 2015 Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have identified one mechanism that explains how some stem cells choose… Read More

First Steps in Basic Biological Process That Could be Harnessed to Make Therapeutic Cells Friday, 17 April 2015 Pioneer factor binding DNA on nucleosome is shown. Credit: Ken Zaret… Read More

Researchers Grow Cardiac Tissue on 'Spider Silk' Substrate Saturday, 11 April 2015 Genetically engineered fibres of the protein spidroin, which is the construction material for spider w… Read More

Researchers map chromosomal changes that must take place before stem cells can be used to produce pancreatic and liver cells  Thursday, 02 April 2015 These are pancreatic cells d… Read More

Stem Cells Age-discriminate Organelles to Maintain Stemness Thursday, 02 April 2015 Tissue stem cells, that continuously renew our tissues, can divide asymmetrically to produce two types… Read More

A pocket-sized device that can rapidly determine the sequence of an organism's DNA has shown its potential in disease detection, according to a study published in the open access, open data… Read More

Stem Cells Make Similar Decisions to Humans Wednesday, 25 March 2015 Pancreas explant.  Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have captured thousands of progenitor cells o… Read More

The International Society for Stem Cell Research has released a statement calling for a moratorium on attempts to apply nuclear genome editing of the human germ line in clinical practice Su… Read More

Pnky, a noncoding RNA found in brain stem cells, may have a broad range of clinical applications Friday, 20 March 2015 A research team at UC San Francisco has discovered an RNA molecule… Read More

Experiments placed Sox9 at the crux of a shift in gene expression associated with hair follicle stem cell identity Friday, 20 March 2015 Stem cells can have a strong sense of identity. T… Read More

Genome's Tale of 'Conquer and Enslave' Saturday, 21 February 2015 Toronto scientists uncovered how viral remnants helped shape control of our genes. If genes were lights on a string o… Read More

NIH-Supported Researchers Map Epigenome of More Than 100 Tissue and Cell Types Thursday, 19 February 2015 Much like mapping the human genome laid the foundations for understanding the ge… Read More

How repurposing non-coding elements in the genome gave rise to the great 'mammalian radiation' Friday, 30 January 2015 Exploring gene regulation in 20 mammals provides insights into… Read More

Two and a Half Thousand Women Could Benefit from Mitochondrial Donation in the UK Thursday, 29 January 2015 Almost 2,500 women of child-bearing age in the UK are at risk of transmitting… Read More

U. Iowa group creates insulin-producing cells that normalize blood-sugar levels in diabetic mice Thursday, 29 January 2015 University of Iowa researchers reprogrammed human skin cel… Read More

Full recovery and normal function restored in mouse models following mild injury Friday, 23 January 2015 This is a neonatal mouse heart showing basal level of proliferating cardiomy… Read More

Do Viruses Make Us Smarter? Monday, 12 January 2015 A new study from Lund University in Sweden indicates that inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an important… Read More

Team Finds a Better Way to Grow Motor Neurons from Stem Cells Tuesday, 01 April 2014 University of Illinois cell and developmental biology professor Fei Wang, left; visiting schol… Read More

Stem cell model shows nerve cells develop, behave and respond to lithium differently – opening doors to potential new treatments Tuesday, 25 March 2014 What makes a person bipolar… Read More

A newly created method of placing stem cell-derived pancreatic cells in capsules under the skin to replace insulin is tested in diabetic disease models Tuesday, 25 March 2014 Microsco… Read More

A New Way to Make Muscle Cells from Human Stem Cells Friday, 21 March 2014 Muscle cells are stained green in this micrograph of cells grown from embryonic stem cells in the lab o… Read More