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Researchers get stem cell grants
The awards are the third in the agency’s “tools and technology” grants, which encourage researchers to develop new methods and techniques to overcome stumbling blocks in the field.
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Registration open for Childx
Thought leaders from several disciplines will gather at the Stanford campus April 2-3 to discuss how to harness many branches of medicine to solve health problems in pregnancy, infancy and childhood.
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Epigenome mapped for adult, fetal tissues
The epigenome controls gene expression across diverse cell types, and integrates genetic and environmental signals. A new reference map will help interpret the genetic basis for disease.
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Short-lived fish as model for aging
Researchers disabled aging-associated genes in the short-lived African killifish, including one for an enzyme called telomerase, whose absence caused humanlike disease in the animal.
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Weissman receives Brupbacher Prize
Stem cell pioneer Irving Weissman was recognized with the Brupbacher Prize for isolating cancer stem cells, as well as with the McEwen Award for his research on adult stem cells from a variety of human tissues and cancers.
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Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds
Researchers delivered a modified RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cells. Cell proliferation capacity was dramatically increased, yielding large numbers of cells for study.
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Researchers isolate skeletal stem cell
The discovery of a skeletal stem cell in mice sets the stage for new methods to grow cartilage and bone for use in medical therapies.
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Patch could heal, prevent diabetic ulcers
Researchers knew that a drug administered to remove iron from the blood could also overcome diabetic interference with blood vessel formation, but finding the right way to deliver it for this use was the challenge.
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Stem cells go awry in muscular dystrophy
In a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, muscle stem cells express connective-tissue genes associated with fibrosis and muscle weakness, according to a new study.
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Correcting a devastating collagen defect
In laboratory experiments, researchers were able to correct a collagen defect — the source of a blistering skin disease — in stem cells made from patients.