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Stem Cell Implants Improve Monkeys’ Grip After Spinal Cord Injury
Thousands of axons grew from the transplants and connected to damaged primate tissue, the first such demonstration in primates.
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This one, newly discovered cell can remake a whole animal
Planaria are master regenerators, thanks to a certain type of stem cell.
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Researchers claim major breakthrough in the fight to cure cystic fibrosis
Adelaide researchers believe their breakthrough in stem cell transplantation therapy, developed in mice, could eventually provide a cure for cystic fibrosis.
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Researchers regenerate muscle cells in mice with muscular dystrophy
Refined cells from a type of benign tumor regenerated skeletal muscle stem cells in mice with muscular dystrophy, according to a new study.
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Cells recall the way they were
Adult tissues retain — and can recover — a memory of their early development, which might be a game-changer for cancer and regenerative medicine
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Pony Selfie Break
A pony named Memory is helping researchers develop treatments for osteoarthritis. She’s also involved in a study to better understand the healing process. The approach uses stem cells to promote recovery when animals are wounded. Memory has also been part of a study aimed at developing novel treatments for septic…
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Frog
Xenopus (African clawed frog) is a model organism building our knowledge of vertebrate embryology and development, basic cell and molecular biology, genomics, neurobiology, toxicology and human disease. Researchers work with frogs to investigate how internal mechanisms affect embryonic development, how they adapt to environmental stress, and the causes of specific…
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Mouse
Mice are the foundation for numerous advances in medicine, including therapies for cancer, heart disease, hypertension, metabolic and hormonal disorders, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, glaucoma, skin pigmentation diseases, blindness, deafness, neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, birth defects, and psychiatric disorders including anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.
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The tiny fish that has helped unlock the mysteries of human disease
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In 1993, Leonard Zon had 110 fish tanks and an idea. Zon, a professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at Harvard University, thought to study human diseases in zebrafish. The freshwater fish, native to the streams and rice paddies of India and Myanmar, struck him as…
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