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Stem Cells
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Fasting can reduce weight — but also hair growth
Human hairs sprout from follicles, which contain stem cells that are sensitive to dietary changes (artificially coloured).Credit: Dr…
From enshittocene to virome, science and technology’s words of 2024
Strembryo Until recently, scientists studying the earliest moments of human development relied on embryos donated by people undergoing…
Ageing of stem cells reduces their capacity to form tumours
Nature, Published online: 04 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03721-7 The discovery that the ageing of lung stem cells drives iron…
These Stem Cell Treatments Are Worth Millions. Donors Get Paid $200
“If you are a student and you live on $700 as a monthly budget, $200 extra is nice,”…
What’s the secret to living to 100? Centenarian stem cells could offer clues
Credit: Nicolas Lambert/BELGA/AFP via Getty Scientists in Boston, Massachusetts have made reprogrammed stem cells from the blood of…
A sliver of lab-grown wood has been made from stem cells
Plant stem cells growing in culture New Dawn Bio What may be the world’s first piece of lab-grown…
Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers
“Today’s ecosystem is based around living volunteers,” Ossium’s CEO and cofounder, Kevin Caldwell, says. While the US organ…
World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people
Three people with severely impaired vision who received stem-cell transplants have experienced substantial improvements in their sight that…
Disease background influences fate of transplanted stem cells
NEWS AND VIEWS 23 October 2024 Gene-edited stem cells can be used in regenerative therapies to treat diverse…
Intestinal tuft cells act as reserve stem cells after injury
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 23 October 2024 The mechanisms that compensate for the loss of intestinal stem cells after injury…