POSTS TAGGED AS stem cells

Stem Cells in Cardiac Pacemaking

ECG – stem cells to pacemaker cells
About 600,000 people have implanted cardiac pacemakers to treat arrhythmias and low heartbeat.  Cardio-innovators [MORE]

Rejuvenating Old Cells

Old Human Cells Rejuvenated With Stem Cell Technology
“Old human cells return to a more youthful and vigorous state after being [MORE]

High Efficiency Gene Editing of Human Stem Cells

BIG TREE gene editing
To deal with the problem of off target gene editing, researchers at Arizona State University have found [MORE]

First Implant of Lab Grown Heart Cells into a Human Patient

iPS-derived cardiomyocytes
“In what is a world-first and potentially the dawn of a new medical technology to treat damaged hearts, scientists [MORE]

Pain-Killing Nerve Transplants

Pain killing neurons from stem cells
“To make the pain-killing neurons, we [at the University of Sydney, Australia] take human stem [MORE]

Magnetic Microbots in Restoring Knee Cartilage

Cartilage repair with microbots and stem cells
Bioengineers at Chonnam National University in South Korea and at the Korea Institute of [MORE]

Bioprinted Functional Liver Organoid

Creating liver organoids with 3D printing
“Using human blood cells, Brazilian researchers have succeeded in obtaining hepatic organoids (“mini-livers”) that perform [MORE]

Culturing Human Immune Cells

Human immune cells produced in a dish
Before lymphocytes are present in bone marrow, they are found in embryonic development of [MORE]

Artificial Muscle Sheets and Bone Regeneration

Artificial muscle sheets transform stem cells into bone
By manipulating a tissue culture scaffold, German biochemists were able to regenerate bone [MORE]

Making Organoids More Complex

Organoid models
Creating functional organoids from iPSCs is a step toward growing full sized functional transplantable organs.  But thus far, organoids [MORE]

Silkworm Proteins for Bioprinting Organs

Wild silkworm species Antheraea assamensis
Collagen is a common ingredient in inks for bioprinting, but in India scientists have shown the possibility [MORE]

The Regenerated Heart

Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Mitosis With Complete Cytokinesis
Toward natural heart regeneration, Van Andel Institute scientists assert: “Markers of cell cycle progression based [MORE]

Healthcare’s Innovation Frontier

Virtual reality for rehab
Time magazine has a list of twelve healthcare innovations that will have impact this year: drone delivered [MORE]

Are Brain Organoids Accurate Models?

Human brain organoid
“. . . [A] stem cell biologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and his team demonstrate [MORE]