Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
The most common CRISPR-Cas9 system used by biomedical scientists to edit genes is derived from Streptococcus pyogenes; however, a team of scientists have developed a much smaller CRISPR-Cas9 system –…
Biomaterials that mimic the characteristics of bone marrow can alter the development of blood cells, say researchers at the University of Illinois. The technique developed by the researchers could potentially…
A multidisciplinary team of researchers have discovered that stem cells can be used to generate epicardium cells – the cells that cover the external surface of the heart. Unlike many…
What makes stem cells decide whether they should make more stem cells or differentiate into other cells? According to researchers at New York’s Rockefeller University, it is the distribution of…
A team of researchers have succeeded in growing lung cells from stem cells in vitro. The research could potentially lead to an innovative new treatment for Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disorder…
Growing mature cardiomyocytes – heart muscle cells – from embryonic stem cells in vitro has proved problematic for researchers. While cardiomyocytes can be grown, those cells do not mature in…
The use of stem cells for the treatment of baldness has attracted considerable attention in recent years. While there are surgical treatments for baldness that involve grafting and drugs that…
An innovative technique of using induced pluripotent stem cells to treat heart damage and to repair cartilage has been developed by Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, Ph.D., and Kazutoshi Takahashi, Ph.D. However,…
Researchers at UMass Amherst have developed a new technique that greatly enhances the effectiveness of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool. The team are using nanoparticles to improve delivery of CRISPER-Cas9…
A new Porcn inhibitor that was developed for the treatment of cancer has surprised scientists by having an unintended effect on cardiomyocytes, suggesting the treatment could also be used to…