News for Researchers

Lung Regeneration Mechanism Could Impact Pulmonary Fibrosis, COPD Treatment (Pulmonary Fibrosis News)
(Farmington, CN) Stem cells have a major role in the regeneration of damaged lung tissue.

Fast and Efficient Neural Conversion of Human Hematopoietic Cells (Cells)
(Barcelona, Spain) A fast, new and efficient method for generating induced neural cells directly from human hematopoietic cells.

Scientist Patents Technology to Advance Stem Cell Therapeutics (Scicasts)
(Piscataway, NJ) A breakthrough in the area of gene expression for stem cell therapeutics.

UW-Madison Researchers Discover Method To Encourage Self-Renewal Of Stem Cells (Host Madison)
(Madison, WI) Eternal preservation of progenitor cells in the pluripotent stage.

HOXA9 Promotes Hematopoietic Commitment Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (Blood Journal)
(Granada, Spain) Researchers report that HOXA9 plays a significant role in hematopoiesis and luekemogensis.

Molecular Time Signaling Controls Stem Cells During Brain’s Development (Medical XPress)
(Stockholm, Sweden) Karolinska Institute researchers explain how stem cells in the brain change to allow the production of different cell types.

Making Insulin Producing Beta Cells From Stem Cells – How Close Are We? (Euro Stem Cell)
(Copenhagen, Denmark) Using stem cells to create beta cells which produce insulin with hopes of curing diabetes.

UCLA Researchers Identify Unique Protein Key to the Development of Blood Stem Cells (News Wise)
(Los Angeles, CA) UCLA scientists discover a new unique protein which is essential for the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells during human development.

USC Researcher Receives First Broad Fellowship to Study Kidney Stem Cells (News Medical)
(Los Angeles, CA) A USC researcher receives a fellowship to study how stem cells develop into kidneys.