Innovation, Technology, and IP News

Scientists at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new type of stem cell in the adult brain. These cells have the ability to proliferate and turn into several... Read More »

Collaborative research utilizes 'social networking' science to identify IQ gene   Everyone has been talking about a new study that links... Read More »

A team of researchers from the Tokyo University of Science, Showa University School of Dentistry and Kitasato University School of Medicine in Japan has applied organ ... Read More »

University of Colorado (CU) researchers have found that lack of a specific gene interrupts neural tube closure, a condition that can cause death or paralysis... Read More »

A research team from UCLA has demonstrated that stem cells that were genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells can attack HIV cells in living organisms... Read More »

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have outlined the developmental process that ensures certain stem cells will become T cells, immune... Read More »

Researchers are evaluating the effectiveness of using stem cells derived from a patient’s own pelvic bone marrow to help improve heart muscle function after a... Read More »

Scientists from the Bonn Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn have directly converted human skin and umbilical cord cells into nerve... Read More »

Researchers at Edinburgh University are working with a Harvard Medical School team in Boston to be first in the world to fertilize human eggs created from stem cells... Read More »

Here are the top medical headlines of the week! Gene sequencing may not actually be useful in determining health risks Over the past several years the world... Read More »

Harvard stem cell researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have taken a critical step in the discovery of a drug to control cystic fibrosis (CF), a fatal lung... Read More »

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a new technique for growing stem cells that would make large-scale stem cell manufacturing possible. Stem... Read More »

A new stem cell line generated by researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia can develop into numerous types of specialized cells, including... Read More »

Yale researchers described how three genes within human embryonic stem cells regulate development in the April 6 issue of Cell Stem Cell. Embryonic stem cells form... Read More »

Researchers have discovered how arsenic exposure can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Michael Waalkes and his team at the National ... Read More »

A new technique for improving delivery of stem cells may lead to better and faster tissue repair, a breakthrough with promise for sports medicine and military... Read More »

Scientists have discovered a new technique that could help in the advancement of cancer vaccines. For the study, a research team extracted stem cells from two mouse... Read More »

Researchers at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have identified a new population of intestinal stem cells that provide additional clues to colon cancer. With the... Read More »

New research presented at the 2012 American College of Cardiology Meeting has shown that stem cells derived from a patient’s own bone marrow can help heart... Read More »

Shortly after a mouse embryo starts to form, some of its stem cells undergo a dramatic metabolic shift to enter the next stage of development, researchers report... Read More »