POSTS TAGGED AS cell culture

iPSC Transplanted into Parkinson’s Patient

Neurons
Last October, Japanese neuroscientists implanted induced pluripotent stem cells into a Parkinson’s patient.  As described: “Kyoto University stem cell researcher [MORE]

Cambridge University’s “Tubistor” for 3-D Cell Culturing

Tubistor Constant monitoring of cell culture
Rather than putting electrodes into cell masses to monitor their electrical signaling, University of Cambridge [MORE]

Speeding Up Stem Cell Growth

Speeding up stem cell growth
Before stem cell therapies can become more robust, cell culture has to be finely tuned so [MORE]

Turbulence Propels Stem Cells into Platelets

Turbulence activates platelets
In this case, the “martini” is both shaken and stirred.  Japanese stem cell scientists that “turbulence” in a [MORE]

Photoinduced Cycloisomerization

 
Synthesizing carbocyclic 5-8-5 fused-ring-systems
Florida State University biochemists have used UV light to synthesize the carbocyclic ring that should be useful in [MORE]

Automated Cell Culture

eVOLVER
With a relatively inexpensive set up, a bioengineer at Rice University built an automated cell culture prototype that controlled timing, temperature [MORE]

Functional Neurons from T-cells without Induced Pluripotency

Neurons from human immune cells
From Stanford University comes this news: “This new study demonstrates a breakthrough technique that can produce as [MORE]

3D Printed Sugar Tissue Platforms

3D printed bunny of sugar and red dye
One of the compelling uses of 3-D printing is fabricating tissue scaffolds for [MORE]

“A Self-Condensation Cell Culture”

Self-condensation cell culture
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Yokohama City Universityreport a new process called “self-condensation cell culture.”  Quoting directly, “We [MORE]

Regenerating Blood Vessels from Stem Cells

Peripheral Vascular Disease
Critical limb ischemia is an advanced stage of peripheral artery disease, which arises from atherosclerosis. In the worst [MORE]

Stem Cells to Kidney Organoids

 
Robots Generating Kidney Organoids from Stem Cells
University of Washington engineers and clinicians have developed “a robotic system . . . [MORE]

Stem Cells for Neck and Back Pain

Spinal Cord Anatomy
For elders, deteriorating spinal discs are literally a pain in the neck and back. For the medical insurance [MORE]

A “Culture Mold” for Growing Heart Cells

Lab Made Cardiomyocytes
Inducing early stem cells to become a specific tissue cell type is no easy business, but a research [MORE]

Intercellular Artificial Organelles

Artificial Organelle
In many gene therapy trials, viral vectors transform producer cells. But from the beginning, researchers knew viruses were not [MORE]