Angiogenesis is essential for many physiological processes and also ... In keeping with this growing trend this special issue features 10 stem cell papers. Using an improved purification approach ...

A new study using stem cell-based models has shed new light on how the human embryo begins to develop, which could one day benefit the development of fertility treatment.

Bone-marrow-derived stromal cells are the functional components of the haematopoietic stem cell (HSC ... have anti-proliferative features that are in common with physiological stromal niches.

Researchers don't have to turn back the clock with this new stem cell breakthrough. Illustration by Scott Bakal You started out as a single cell. It divided, and so did its daughters and ...

Our laboratory aims at exploiting recent advances in stem cell biology to develop radically new therapies for degenerative disease and cancer. The main focus in the lab is on the biology and ...

This Stammzell gave rise through repeated divisions to the approximately two hundred different cell types that make up a human body: from muscle cells to red blood cells, neurons to the liver. This ...

Within the tumor, physiological ... cell survival factors) and extrinsic radiosensitivity factors (e.g., hypoxia and microenvironment interactions). Clonogens of some tumors exhibit features of ...

taking on the specialized features and amplified genomes of mature hepatocytes. “This fits the definition of stem cells,” Nusse says. As expected, the liver stem cells required Wnt signals to maintain ...

New medical discoveries show that stem cell treatment may help patients cope with both bone problems and brain diseases. Recent studies have also shown that stem cell therapy could reduce heart ...

Xylem cell They transport water and minerals up the stem to leaves and flowers. Dead cells are joined end to end to form a continuous tube. They have no cytoplasm. Their walls contain lignin for ...