China launches ‘human artificial embryos’ to space in bid to see whether reproduction is possible off-world
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Chinese scientists grow heart’s ‘master conductor’ that could replace pacemaker
Scientists in Shanghai have used stem cells to create the world’s first laboratory-grown sinoatrial node – the tiny…
Hebrew University study shows how your body’s stem cells fight Salmonella
A breakthrough study published on Tuesday by Hebrew University shows that stem cells in the gut actively defend…
Scientists Say They’ve Invented a Serum That Activates a Dormant Ability to Regrow Lost Limbs in Mammals
For millennia — since at least the time of Aristotle — medical thinkers have pondered why certain animals…
Humans May Have Hidden Regenerative Powers, New Study Suggests
A conceptual graphic shows how growth factors BMP2 and FGF2 are applied to the injury site to stimulate…
A new combined therapy to boost the immune system against cancer
Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer…
Scientists find that human embryos are vulnerable to COVID
A University of California, Riverside study reports that cells in the earliest stages of human development could be susceptible to…
Scientists Discover Stem Cells That Could Regrow Teeth and Bone
A newly discovered pair of stem cell lineages drives the formation of both tooth roots and the bone…
This organoid can menstruate — and shows how tissue can repair itself
Gynaecological disorders such as endometriosis could be studied using endometrium organoids.Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock Researchers have developed organoids that can…
New cord blood approach boosts survival in blood disease patients
A new way of using umbilical cord blood for treating blood diseases could make the treatment more accessible…
Damon Runyon supports young scientists driving cancer research innovation
The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named 13 new Damon Runyon Fellows, exceptional postdoctoral scientists conducting basic and…
Pseudogene lncRNAs regulate cancer stem cell behavior and signaling
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a critical subpopulation within tumors, drive cancer initiation, progression, metastasis, relapse, and resistance to…