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Heart Patches of Living Stem Cells

Heart patch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Until heart doctors have a successful strategy for injecting stem cells directly into cardiac tissue to repair damage, this [MORE]

Coating Stem Cells to Target Heart Tissue

Artificial plasma membrane binding construct
Stem cell scientists at the University of Bristol, and colleagues in Australia and France, described their [MORE]

Regenerative Medicine without Stem Cells

Regeneration of lung over 36 hours
As promising as stem cells are for regenerating damaged tissues, they are not without their [MORE]

Gluing Stem Cells

Welding stem cells
In an article titled “Artificial Cell Membrane Binding Thrombin Constructs Drive in situ hydrogel formation,” cell biologists at [MORE]

Stem Cells in Nose Drop Restores Sense of Smell

Nose drops restore smell in mouse
Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine have demonstrated that, in mice, addition [MORE]

Stem Cells to Transplantable Arteries

Growing transplantable arteries
A handful of research groups have succeeded in growing artificial arteries, but this piece reports that scientists at [MORE]

iPSCs in 3-D Culture

Combining 3D culture with iPSCs
This piece, citing research at Corning Life Sciences (Tewksbury, MA), describes two laboratory technologies—induced pluripotent stem [MORE]

Kidney Cell Repair

Amniotic stem cells
Amniotic-fluid derived stem cells has several advantages over other stem cells (including embryonic stem cells) for regenerative medicine.  [MORE]

Stem Cells Restore Sense of Smell

Horizontal basal cells restore smell
“Horizontal basal cells” are stem cells that can repopulate all olfactory tissue including sensory neurons, according [MORE]

Growing Blood Vessels

Blood vessels
For a long time, researchers have assumed that the interior structure of a blood vessel was more crucial than [MORE]

Vascular Organoids

Vascular Organoid illustration
This is another landmark for regenerative medicine.  “After growing the blood vessels in a Petri dish, [researchers at [MORE]

Smart Tissue-Sensing Needle

i2T2 Smart tissue sensing needle
If a poke in the eye makes you shudder, how about a needle in the eye?  [MORE]

Revising Pancreatic Regeneration

GSIS islet beta cells
While regenerative medicine has made strides with growing blood, blood vessel, and bladder from stem cells, pancreatic [MORE]

It Depends on how You Grow Stem Cells

Selective Laminin-Directed Differentiation of Human iPSCs
Stem cell biologists at Osaka University have found that by growing human iPSCs in the [MORE]