News tagged with cell lines
Two lines account for most human embryonic stem cell research
Aug 07, 2009 |
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For the past eight years, scientists who wanted to use federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells had to restrict their studies to 21 cell lines approved by the National Institutes of Health. But an analysis ...
Researchers find micro RNA plays a key role in melanoma metastasis
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Scientists have long wondered how melanoma cells travel from primary tumors on the surface of the skin to the brain, liver and lungs, where they become more aggressive, resistant to therapy, and deadly. Now, scientists ...
Stress May Hasten The Growth Of Melanoma Tumors But Common Beta-Blocker Medications Might Slow That Progress
Jan 30, 2009 |
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For patients with a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer - malignant melanoma - stress, including that which comes from simply hearing that diagnosis, might amplify the progression of their disease.
Researchers discover Achilles' heel in pancreatic cancer
Nov 06, 2008 |
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UC Davis Cancer Center researchers have discovered a metabolic deficiency in pancreatic cancer cells that can be used to slow the progress of the deadliest of all cancers.
Stem cell research puts interstate rivalry on hold
Sep 04, 2008 |
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Victoria and New South Wales have put aside their competitive interstate rivalry to collaborate on a stem cell research project, as announced by Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical ...
Scientists create 20 disease-specific stem cell lines
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Aug 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard Stem Cell Institute researcher George Q. Daley, associate director of the Stem Cell Program at Children's Hospital Boston, has with HSCI colleagues Chad Cowan and Konrad Hochedlinger of Massachusetts ...
Scientists replicate diseases in the lab with new stem cell lines
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Aug 07, 2008 |
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A set of new stem cell lines will make it possible for researchers to explore ten different genetic disorders—including muscular dystrophy, juvenile diabetes, and Parkinson's disease—in a variety of cell and tissue types ...
Stem cell research to benefit horse owners and trainers
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Oct 21, 2008 |
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In a potential breakthrough for the performance horse industry (such as racing and polo), Melbourne scientists are aiming to harness stem cells to repair tendon, ligament, cartilage and bone damage in horses.
Deep sequencing study reveals new insights into human transcriptome
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Jul 08, 2008 |
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In a collaborative project scientists from the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin (MPI MolGen), Germany and Genomatix with a business in Munich, Germany and Ann Arbor, MI, USA, applied next generation sequencing ...
