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News tagged with skin cells
Researchers directly turn mouse skin cells into neurons, skipping IPS stage
Jan 27, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even Superman needed to retire to a phone booth for a quick change. But now scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have succeeded in the ultimate switch: transforming mouse ...
Scientists identify molecule that inhibits stem cell differentiation
Jan 19, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have now identified a molecule that helps stem cells know whether to self-renew to create more stem cells, or to differentiate into specialized, non-dividing adult skin cells.
How sunlight causes skin cells to turn cancerous
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Most skin cancers are highly curable, but require surgery that can be painful and scarring.
Study identifies a protein complex possibly crucial for triggering embryo development
Jan 06, 2010 |
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The DNA contained within each of our cells is exactly the same, yet different types of cells - skin cells, heart cells, brain cells - perform very different functions. The ultimate fate of these cells is encoded ...
Scientists develop technique to determine ethnic origin of stem cell lines
Dec 29, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed a straightforward technique to determine the ethnic origin of stem cells.
Study redefines placebo effect as part of effective treatment
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Researchers used the placebo effect to successfully treat psoriasis patients with one quarter to one half of their usual dose of a widely used steroid medication, according to an early study published online today in the ...
New ethical questions are being raised in stem cell research
Dec 10, 2009 |
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A groundbreaking discovery two years ago that turned ordinary skin cells back into an embryonic or "pluripotent" state was hailed as the solution to the controversial ethical question that has plagued stem-cell science for ...
Researchers identify new stem cell
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell in the skin that acts surprisingly like certain stem cells found in embryos: both can generate fat, bone, cartilage, and even nerve cells. These newly-described ...
Clinical trials of spray-on skin to start in US
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Clinical trials comparing a spray-on skin product with skin grafts will start in the US in December. The trials, which are partly funded by a US army grant of $1.4 million, will last about a year and will ...
Scientists develop novel method to generate functional hepatocytes for drug testing
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Scientists have for the first time produced liver cells from adult skin cells using the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology.
Skin cells may provide early warning for cancer risk elsewhere in body
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While some scientists have argued that cancer is such a complex genetic disease that you'd have to sequence a person's complete genome in order to predict his or her cancer risk, a University of California, ...
Researchers Studying How Genetic Disorder Develops -- In a Petri Dish (w/ Video)
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With new stem cell lines generated directly from the cells of patients, researchers are able to study how the genetic disorder known as Angelman syndrome develops.
Liver cells grown from patients' skin cells
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Scientists at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have successfully produced liver cells from patients' skin cells opening the possibility of treating a wide range of diseases that affect liver function. ...
Team reports major step forward in cell reprogramming
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers has made a major advance toward producing induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, that are safe enough to use in treating diseases ...
Merkel cell originates from skin, not the neural crest: study
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine assistant professor of pediatrics, neurosciences and otolaryngology, Stephen M. Maricich, M.D., Ph.D., and his team found that Merkel cells originate in the skin, not the ...
