Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have modelled the first step in human development in a laboratory with the goal of better understanding how organs form. With this knowledge, they hope to create more authentic organoids that can be used for drug testing, disease modelling, and potentially even transplantation. The new study, published in eLife, is
Scientific Researchers from UW Medicine in Seattle have successfully used human stem cells to restore heart function in monkeys with heart failure. The results of which suggest that the technique could be effective in patients with heart failure, which is currently the leading cause of death worldwide. “The cells form new muscle that integrates into
Since their discovery in 2006, induced pluripotent stem cells provided hope for many diseases. But further research of the complex regulation of pluripotent stem cell identity revealed unexpected difficulties. A team of researchers at the Cluster of Excellence CECAD in Cologne, has now found an efficient way to produce neurons from pluripotent stem cells. As
