Induced vascular progenitor cells enhance functional recovery in ischemic vascular disease model
A research team, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has succeeded in generating bipotential self-renewing iVPCs by direct lineage conversion.
iPSC differentiation controlled by terahertz pulses
Researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS; Japan) and Tokai University (Tokyo, Japan) have developed a novel tool that uses pulses of terahertz light to alter gene expression in stem cells – paving a new avenue for the development of stem cell research and regenerative therapy.
Larger and faster organoid growth achieved using cell squeezing
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston Children’s Hospital (both MA, USA) have revealed that physically squeezing cells (also referred to as cell squeezing), in addition to crowding their contents, can trigger them to grow and divide faster than they normally would.
Scientists regenerate skin with stem cells to see how DNA defects in kids cause cancer
Physicians and scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center used new stem cell technology to regenerate and study living patient-specific skin in the lab, giving them a precise close up view of how inherited DNA defects cause skin damage and deadly squamous cell carcinoma in children and young adults with Fanconi anemia (FA).
Young’ stem cells identified in old mice using a new approach
A collaborative study involving researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center (Sweden) and University College London (UK) has identified a novel method of isolating ‘young’ stem cells present in old mice. Their research demonstrates that activity of mitochondria may be a stronger indicator of stem cell fitness than age.
'SILENT' MUTATIONS GAVE THE CORONAVIRUS AN EVOLUTIONARY EDGE
We know that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 crisis lived harmlessly in bats and other wildlife before it jumped the species barrier and spilled over to humans.
Muscle stem cells could retain high regenerative capacity until geriatric age, study reveals
In a recent collaboration, a group of researchers has identified a physiological mechanism in mice that could maintain the regenerative capacity of muscle stem cells until geriatric age.
Blocking energy pathway reduces graft-versus-host disease while retaining anti-cancer effects of T-cells
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers identified that blocking an alternative energy pathway for T-cells after hematopoietic stem cell transplant helps reduce graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in an animal model of leukemia.
