Category: Stem Cells
Toothless No More – Researchers Using Stem Cells to Grow New Teeth
Written by: David J. Hill 11 days ago
It may be hard to remember what it was like to lose a tooth as a child, but many adults [...]
Retinal Implants Restore Partial Sight To Three Blind
Written by: Peter Murray 16 days ago
The blind really are beginning to see again. After receiving retinal implants in a trial, two people in the UK [...]
Drug To Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease Receives FDA Approval
Written by: Peter Murray 34 days ago
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lily just got FDA approval on a chemical that would enable clinicians to detect a biological marker [...]
Raising The Mammoth – Russian And Korean Scientists Set Out To Bring Back The Extinct Giant
Written by: Peter Murray 62 days ago
South Korean and Russian scientists have agreed on a project right out of “Jurassic Park.” Maybe not as cool as [...]
Transforming Skin Cells into Neurons Leads to New Insights for Alzheimer’s
Written by: Aaron Saenz 86 days ago
Researchers at UC San Diego have created a new weapon in the fight against Alzheimer’s: living neurons in the lab. [...]
Embryonic Stem Cells Used To Improve Vision Of Blind Patients
Written by: Peter Murray 116 days ago
Macular degeneration had left Sue Freeman, 78, legally blind. She couldn’t go for a walk by herself, she couldn’t go [...]
Latest Victory For Regenerative Medicine: Pituitary Grown From Embryonic Stem Cells
Written by: Peter Murray 157 days ago
Chalk up another part of the body that can be grown from stem cells – at least in mice. Scientists [...]
Freezing Life: Cryogenics Is The Last Hope For Many Endangered Species
Written by: Peter Murray 167 days ago
The Great Barrier Reef is dying. As pollution and other man-made influences threaten the reef, which is not expected to [...]
Financial Priorities Force Geron To End Human Trials For Promising Stem Cell Treatment
Written by: Peter Murray 182 days ago
The promise of future stem cell treatments just took a significant hit. Biopharmaceutical trailblazer Geron Corporation just called it quits as [...]
If MacGyver Was A Biologist – Epetri Dish Monitors Cell Growth In Realtime (video)
Written by: Peter Murray 213 days ago
A camera-attached laboratory microscope: $2,500. An imaging chip, a smartphone, and some Lego blocks: $400. Scientists at Caltech, out to [...]
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UK Stem Cell Company Cures Race Horse Tendons, Humans Next
Written by: Constance J. Woodman 437 days ago
In a very unusual breakthrough, a stem cell treatment for racehorses is ready to be tried… on you. British scientists [...]
First Planned Taste Test for Artificial Meat is Probably Doomed
Written by: Aaron Saenz 452 days ago
What does artificial meat taste like? Our chances of learning the answer anytime soon look dismal. Vladimir Mironov at the [...]
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Researchers Turn Skin Cells Into Beating Heart Cells (video)
Written by: Peter Murray 459 days ago
It’s faster, more powerful, and user-friendly. No, I’m not talking about the latest generation tablet, I’m talking about the latest [...]
turtles_allthewaydown
Nehopsa - As you know, science was badly burned on this subject before. It's a pretty extraordinay claim, so until they have extraordinary proof, I imagine [...]
Bento
Well, maybe this can help :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtZTIwSIuGw I like your humor, we will see, I am an 'agnostic' concerning the Ecat. There is something, LENR is real, that's for [...]
nehopsa
...so by now the Greeks should be repaying their national debt/saving on their energy outlays with abundance of free energy. The first commercial free energy power plant [...]