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Human urine-derived stem cells have robust regenerative potential
A new study provides the possibility to evaluate the capacity of telomerase-positive human urine-derived stem cells to become a wide variety of other cell types.
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Mouse study shows lab-grown, self-sustainable muscle cells could repair diseases such as muscular dystrophy
A new study highlights how scientists have successfully cultivated human muscle stem cells capable of renewing themselves and repairing muscle tissue damage in mice, findings that could lead to therapeutics to treat muscular dystrophy disorder.
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A revolutionary technique to rejuvenate skin cells
Researchers have developed a new method to rewind the age of skin cells by 30 years without losing their specialised functions.
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Research collaboration to study ageing reversal in liver tissue established
Genflow have announced a scientific research collaboration with the University of Rochester’s Aging Research Center. Together, they will study the ageing process in liver tissue.
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Scientists have shown ageing process can be safely and effectively reversed in mice
New research by the Salk Institute has shown cellular rejuvenation therapy safely reverses signs of ageing in mice.
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Study highlights possibility of using 3D organoids of the cervix to test drugs
A new study modelled chlamydia and HPV co-infection in patient-derived ectocervix organoids to reveal distinct cellular reprogramming.
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Mesenchymal stem cells could be the key to bone regeneration
Scientists have identified a subpopulation of mesenchymal stem cells with enhanced bone fracture healing and differentiation abilities.
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Inhibiting REST gene could be clue to new diabetes treatments
A study has shown that inhibiting the REST gene boosted insulin-producing cells during early pancreas development in animals.
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Mitochondria repair in mice may provide answers on Parkinson’s disease
Researchers used an experimental small molecule that helped restore the removal of damaged mitochondria from brain cells in a mouse model of Parkinson's.
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‘Zombie cells’ may hold answer to spinal cord injury recovery
Portuguese researchers propose targeting senescent cells in zebrafish and mammals could lead to developments in human spinal cord injury repair.
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Stem cells used to enhance immune response to HIV in primates
In non-human primates, researchers have found that mesenchymal stem cells were effective at strengthening the immune response to HIV.
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Using cholangiocyte organoids to regenerate human bile ducts
A team of researchers has shown that injection of cholangiocyte organoids in human livers ex vivo can repair the organs’ bile ducts. In this article, Dr Fotios Sampaziotis explains how his team’s study provides the first proof-of-principle for the efficacy of cellular therapies using organoids in human.
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Engineered stem cells could evade immune system rejection, study shows
By editing out a set of proteins on the surface of human pluripotent stem cells, researchers have ensured they will be not be rejected by the body's immune system.
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Ursolic acid, compound in fruit peels, reverses damage in murine model of MS
Ursolic acid was shown to halt the progression of chronic multiple sclerosis (MS) and reverse the damage already caused in a mouse model of the disease.
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How do stem cells repair damage caused by a heart attack?
Researchers exploring how stem cells can be used discovered that cardiopoietic stem cells could repair in tissue in mouse models of heart attacks.