by Chris Kamel | Sep 14, 2010
When cells are subject certain types of mild stress, it activates a protein called NF-κB and downstream pathways that can lead to future stress resistance in a process called pre-conditioning. This is useful for preparing cells for transplant into harsh environments....
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Sep 10, 2010
The US Court of Appeals in Washington DC yesterday suspended a recent temporary injunction issued by a federal district judge against the use of federal funds for hESC research. Read my earlier post on the injunction. The suspension is temporary, and is intended to...
by Stem Cell Network | Sep 8, 2010
This year marks the third annual Cells I See art contest, and it’s ramping up to be another hotly contested battle to see who wins the highly coveted grand prize for the best stem cell-inspired art. This year, it’s $500 cash, courtesy of contest sponsor...
by Chris Kamel | Sep 2, 2010
One of the coolest breakthroughs of the last five years is the ability to reprogram adult, differentiated cells into pluripotent cells, effectively allowing us to change one cell type into virtually any other. Reprogramming is achieved by expression of a set of genes...
by David Kent | Aug 31, 2010
This month, the food supply chain in the UK dropped the ball, and unbeknownst to the final consumer, meat from the offspring of a cloned animal ended up on dinner plates.This caused a stir in a country that has traditionally been quite wary of genetically modified...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Aug 26, 2010
On August 23, 2010, United States federal district judge Royce C. Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction that overturned President Obama’s recent reform of US federal policy on human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. The injunction — which will remain...
by Stem Cell Network | Aug 25, 2010
Right now, you’re seeing this blog post thanks to your cornea. In concert with your eye’s lens, the cornea refracts light and allows you to distinguish the letters on this page from the background. But your cornea is vulnerable to disease — clouding...
by Allison Van Winkle | Aug 16, 2010
There are currently over 100,000 people in the United States on the waiting list for an organ transplant. Between January and March of 2010, fewer than 7,000 patients received transplants. Imagine, as an alternative to donated live tissue, a tissue-engineered...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Aug 11, 2010
The U.K. Government has announced plans to dissolve the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) – two independent regulators primarily responsible for stem cell research oversight in the U.K. – and to transfer their...
by David Kent | Aug 4, 2010
While many would argue that inspiring discovery and critical examination are losing the battle to fact regurgitation and grades in school systems everywhere, it seems that the British populous still appears to think that science is much more interesting than do most...
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