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In Search of True Stem-like Cells

Monday, October 12th, 2009 - 13:59:05 - Ehud Rattner

Live-cell fluorescence imaging identifies bona fide reprogrammed cells. The next tools for reprogramming cells to an embryonic-like state might just...

Mice Made From Induced Stem Cells

Friday, July 24th, 2009 - 18:33:18 - Anuradha Menon

Two teams of Chinese researchers have created live mice from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, answering a lingering question about the...

An Alternative Way to Make Stem Cells

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 - 14:12:39 - Anuradha Menon

iZumi Bio, is pursuing a technology as new and full of promise as the lab itself--a technology that's moving faster than the company can fill its...

Reprogram Stem Cells into Eggs and Sperm

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 - 18:25:48 - Anuradha Menon

For the first time, UCLA researchers have reprogrammed human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into the cells that eventually become eggs and...

Rat Embryonic Stem Cells Created

Thursday, December 25th, 2008 - 17:50:44 - Ehud Rattner

Genetically engineered rats should follow soon, providing new models of human disease. Rat pluripotent stem cells - the essential ingredient for...

Single Virus Used to Convert Adult Cells

Saturday, December 20th, 2008 - 14:23:56 - Ehud Rattner

Whitehead Institute researchers have greatly simplified the creation of so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, cutting the number of viruses...

Advance in Pluripotent Cell Creation

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 - 12:11:12 - Anuradha Menon

A team of Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists has taken an important step toward producing induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells that are...

Heart Cells Generated from Skin Cells
Friday, May 16th, 2008 - Asaf Peer
Researchers at UCLA have successfully derived mice skin cells into a variety of heart tissue and blood cells. All the cells...