Cellular technologies

Cellular technologies

Chondrocytes from iPSC will restore articular cartilage

Cartilage particles obtained from induced pluripotent stem cells are capable of forming full-fledged hyaline cartilage during transplantation into articular cartilage defects.

02.03.2015

Cellular technologies

A new source of cells for corneal regeneration

A group of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medical Sciences has shown that wisdom teeth pulp stem cells can be transformed into corneal stromal cells – keratocytes.

02.03.2015

Cellular technologies

Bioengineered muscles work in a living organism

A new approach of tissue engineering allowed scientists to create a mature skeletal muscle functioning in the mouse body.

27.02.2015

Cellular technologies

The triumph of tolerance: "pink" and "blue" will be able to have children

The project participants believe that technically the possibility of creating the first such embryo will appear in two years. In addition, the technology can be useful for elderly couples.

26.02.2015

Cellular technologies

Will a liver transplant be replaced by cell therapy?

In patients with liver diseases or liver failure, an alternative to organ transplantation has appeared: transplantation of individual hepatocytes. Such a procedure can replace 10% of the liver with healthy cells from a deceased donor.

24.02.2015

Cellular technologies

A three-dimensional model of the bone marrow produces platelets

A unique three-dimensional tissue system made of porous silk protein, reproducing the complex structure and physiological parameters of the bone marrow, produces platelets potentially suitable for clinical use.

19.02.2015

Cellular technologies

Stem cells regenerate the brain after chemotherapy

Nerve stem cell transplantation significantly facilitates the manifestations of severe cognitive impairment after chemotherapy.

18.02.2015

Cellular technologies

A new method of treating Alzheimer's disease shows promise

Scientists from the Karolinska Institute presented the results of the first clinical studies of an innovative method of treating Alzheimer's disease.

17.02.2015

Cellular technologies

Three in a boat

It is possible to prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases with the help of an uncomplicated – in words – procedure, which is based on the use of mitochondria from the "third parent".

12.02.2015

Cellular technologies

An organism-on-a-chip will replace animal models

A new multi-organ chip, reproducing complex metabolic processes of the human body with amazing accuracy, will save the field of biomedical research from the need for animal experiments.

06.02.2015

Cellular technologies

Donor stem cells against heart attack

For the first time in history, Spanish doctors have successfully treated seven patients who suffered severe heart attacks using allogeneic (donor) stem cells.

04.02.2015

Cellular technologies

The first "three-parent" child may be born next year

The relevant law was approved the day before by the lower house of the UK Parliament. In the next two weeks, the bill must be approved by members of the House of Lords.

04.02.2015

Cellular technologies

Hair from stem cells has taken root on the skin of mice

Now the developers of the method plan to proceed to the next stage of research and try to transplant the resulting dermal papilla cells into the human body.

29.01.2015

Cellular technologies

Stem cells specializing in fracture healing

A new type of stem cells – osteochondroreticulocytes – self-renew and give key bone and cartilage cells, including osteoblasts and chondrocytes. When transferred to the fracture area, they contribute to the restoration of the bone.

22.01.2015

Cellular technologies

Almost a real piece of intestine

Another bioengineering product contains important elements of the mucosa of a functioning intestine and is able to absorb compounds such as sugars, as well as maintain intercellular connections.

16.01.2015

Cellular technologies

Self-guided stem cells against diabetes

To direct intravenously injected mesenchymal stem cells to pancreatic islets, the researchers "forced" them to express the HCELL homing molecule.

15.01.2015

Cellular technologies

Contracting human muscles "in vitro"

Miniature human skeletal muscles have been grown in laboratory conditions, capable not only of contracting, but also of responding adequately to external stimuli, such as electrical impulses, biochemical signals and pharmacological preparations.

14.01.2015

Cellular technologies

Melanocytes without intermediaries

Using three transcription factors, scientists directly reprogrammed skin fibroblasts into melanocytes – cells synthesizing the pigment melanin, responsible for skin color.

26.12.2014

Cellular technologies

Human fibroblasts were reprogrammed into germ cell precursors

According to the researchers, it is possible to obtain mature eggs and spermatozoa from them, which in the future may completely change the approach to the treatment of infertility and age-related diseases.

25.12.2014

Cellular technologies

Nociceptive neurons from fibroblasts

Harvard scientists have transformed mouse and human skin cells (fibroblasts) into pain-sensitive neurons that respond to a number of stimuli that cause acute and inflammatory pain.

23.12.2014