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Following your lead – help choose the next stem cell awareness campaign
In the fall, the Canadian Stem Cell Foundation launched the Stem Cell Charter that has been signed by over 3,000 people worldwide. (If you haven’t signed, click here to add your support.) A main focus of the Foundation is to raise awareness about the importance of stem cell science and help to educate the public. […]
Encouraging cell development to reduce the long-term impacts of heart failure
Heart failure is a serious yet relatively common condition that limits the ability of the human heart to properly supply the body with blood. The odds of heart failure increase as we age, so finding treatment options is becoming increasingly important as the population ages, particularly given the high cost of current heart failure treatment. […]
DNA damage necessary for cell development
Canadian scientists have discovered that stem cells intentionally damage their own DNA in order to regulate development. The breakthrough findings clear up the mystery of how cell death proteins actually promote cell differentiation and cell development. The study, led by Dr. Lynn A. Megeney of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, published in the Proceedings of […]
Looking for clues to understand and treat progeria
The answers to many childhood diseases may be held deep within our cells. Dr. William Stanford, a stem cell researcher at the University of Toronto and co-Director of the Ontario Human iPS Facility, has been looking at the mechanisms that determine whether and how a stem cell will differentiate in hopes of finding treatments for […]
iPS cells named “Method of the Year” in 2009
The journal Nature Methods recently announced induced pluripotent stem cells as Method of the Year 2009 for its potential for biological discovery. In the few short years since their discovery by Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka, iPS cells have become one of the most studied – and promising – cell types to model disease. iPS are […]
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