Stem cell therapy could help restore debilitating age-related muscle loss
As the name implies, induced pluripotent stem cells can become any type of cell in our body, and scientists have […]
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A type of cell derived from human stem cells that has been widely used for brain research and drug development […] Michael J. Holtzman, MD, director of the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine […] The neurobiological pathophysiology of schizophrenia differs significantly between males and females, according to a new study. The findings suggest a […] Schwann cells form a protective sheath around nerve fibres and ensure that nerve impulses are transmitted rapidly. If these cells […] The discovery that an essential protein plays a protective role during cell division, could open the door to better targeted […] The idea of genetically modifying a patient’s own immune cells and deploying them against infections and tumors has been around […] New research on the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) provides hints to the origins of the puzzling disorder. The […] Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Australia and seven other medical institutions report that an […] Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have, for the first time, […]
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