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New Mayo Clinic stem cell research to take flight into space
By Lynda De Widt - Mayo Clinic - A Mayo Clinic research experiment will be part of a payload that launches into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 29, subject to weather conditions and other factors. The research team from the...
World’s first IVF rhino pregnancy ‘could save species’
By Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis - BBC News Science - A fertility breakthrough has offered hope for saving the northern white rhino from extinction - there are only two of the animals left on the planet. Scientists have achieved the world's first IVF rhino...
How Stem Cell Embryo Models Won Method of the Year
By Technology Networks - A collection of ingenious biological tools for studying the genesis of life has been awarded Nature Methods’ coveted Method of the Year award for 2023. A collection of ingenious biological tools for studying the genesis of life has been...
Noninvasive technique reveals how cells’ gene expression changes over time
By Anne Trafton - MIT News - MIT researchers can now track a cell’s RNA expression to investigate long-term processes like cancer progression or embryonic development. Sequencing all of the RNA in a cell can reveal a great deal of information about that cell’s...
Mapping the Genome of Oral Stem Cells Holds Hope for Regenerative Medicine
By Technology Networks - “Dental pulp and periodontal ligament stem cells both have the potential to develop into any type of cell in the body.” A team of researchers from the ADA Forsyth Institute and University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill used single-cell...
Could natural killer cells transform Alzheimer’s treatment?
By Labiotech - This week on the podcast, we have a conversation with Dr Paul Song, CEO of NKGen Biotech, a company with its sights set on changing the Alzheimer’s disease treatment landscape with natural killer cells. The company’s natural killer (NK) cell Alzheimer’s...
Researchers genetically modify stem cells to evade immunological rejection
By University of Arizona Health Services - One of the biggest barriers to regenerative medicine is immunological rejection by the recipient, a problem researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are one step closer to solving after genetically modifying...
Mayo Clinic engages Cerebras to deliver potent computing power, scale AI transformation
By Samiha Khanna - Mayo Clinic News Network - ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic, the world’s No. 1 hospital and a global leader in advancing trusted generative artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare applications, has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with...
Closing in on the ultimate quest to regenerate insulin in pancreatic stem cells
By Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute - Researchers are zeroing in on the ultimate quest to regenerate insulin in pancreatic stem cells and replace the need for regular insulin injections. Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute researchers have demonstrated in a Nature...
Stem Cell Investigations to Improve Cancer Treatment Among Payloads Flying on Axiom Space’s Third Private Astronaut Mission
By ISS National Laboratory - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL) – More than two dozen investigations sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory, many of which focus on the life sciences, will fly on Axiom Space’s third private astronaut mission to...
Gut Bacteria Can Protect Stem Cell Transplant Patients from Harmful Immune Reactions
By Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News After stem cell transplantation, donated immune cells sometimes lead to graft versus host disease (GvHD). Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Universitätsklinikum Regensburg (UKR) report...
“Supercharging” CAR T-Cells Could Advance Cancer Treatment
By Technology Networks A bioengineered "supercharged" immune cell has been designed that is particularly efficient at targeting cancer cells. At EPFL's School of Engineering, Professor Li Tang's Laboratory of Biomaterials for Immunoengineering has made significant...