Two Yale graduate students to receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships
...ute of Technology, working to discover the role of stem cells in lung tumor formation. He will carry out graduate study in molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale. Meisha Bynoe was born and raised in the West Indies and earned a bachelor's degree in biology and music at MIT. She conducted r...Stem cell research at Weill Cornell, The Rockefeller University, and Sloan-Kettering
...dical College of Cornell University launched a new stem cell center, the Ansary Center for Stem Cell Thera...focus on finding ways to boost the growth of adult stem cells for therapeutic purposes. Among Weill Cornell's pioneering contributions to stem cell biology ...HHMI awards first Gilliam Graduate Fellowships
...ute of Technology, working to discover the role of stem cells in lung tumor formation. He will carry out graduate study in molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale University. Meisha Bynoe was born and raised in the West Indies and earned a bachelor's degree in biology and music at MIT. Sh...Activation of thermoreceptors mediates raw garlic's burning pungency
...dient and its therapeutic stature in folklore both stem in part from the distinctive pungency associated with its raw, uncooked state. Researchers this week report that this pungency, manifested as a characteristic mixture of burning and prickling sensations and flavor, can be ascribed largely to the effe...$10 million gift establishes Helen L. & Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology
...y research center focusing on the basic biology of stem cells in animal models, a vital platform for the eventual application of stem cells to treat a host of human diseases. Ruth Lehmann, Ph.D., the Julius Raynes Professor of Develop...Double triumph in stem cell quest
...used therapeutic cloning to create human embryonic stem cells that were genetically matched to specific pe... claims to have produced patient-matched embryonic stem cells without resorting to therapeutic cloning. "It would be a much better approach," he says. Verl...Protein helps regulate the genes of embryonic stem cells
...be crucial to the regulation of genes in embryonic stem cells. The protein, called "eed," is needed for an...gnuson said. Another application of epigenetics is stem cell therapeutics, in which any specific tissue type could be derived from stem cells and used to re...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...ppers," she says. "I'd put a male planthopper on a stem and play back a female call, and the male would do the same thing the elephants were doing: He would freeze, then press down on his legs, go forward a little bit, then freeze again. It was just so fascinating to me, and it's what got me to think mayb...Stem cell research in New York City receives pivotal boost from The Starr Foundation
...undation to develop new resources and expertise in stem cell research. The new Tri-Institutional Stem Cel...ic strengths each organization currently brings to stem cell-related research. Of the total gift, $10 million already has been awarded. The gift will enable...New birth defects study - animal tests accurate half the time
... vitro, or test-tube based, technology. "Embryonic stem cell tests (EST) are more effective in detecting potential embryotoxicities than tests using animals," he said. "It is time to admit that animal-based testing is an abject failure," Bailey added. "An estimated 50,000 to 70,000 new chemicals and up ...Natural relaxant protects against asthma, may yield new therapy
...ly kept open. Our findings suggest the disease may stem from a deficit in the natural bronchodilator that normally relaxes airways." The Duke team reported in the May 26, 2005, early online version of the journal Science that it had discovered a natural compound, nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), that helps kee...Eleven gene 'signature' reliably predicts cancer prognosis
EDITORS' PICK The rather new concept of "tumor stem cells" maintains that a rare, stem cell-like population of cancer cells exists among the mix of other cells found in a tumor and that t...JCI table of contents June 1, 2005
...cancer prognosis The rather new concept of "tumor stem cells" maintains that a rare, stem cell-like population of cancer cells exists among the mix of other cells found in a tumor and that t...Mount Sinai Hospital researcher develops Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines
...l has developed Canada's first two human embryonic stem cell lines, giving researchers across the country ...ur step of developing the first Canadian embryonic stem cell lines will ultimately bring Canada and the world closer to treating or curing diseases such as ...Discovery suggests why stem cells run through stop signs
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Everyone knows that stem cells are controversial. Many people know that stem cells can grow into virtually any cell type found in the body, from a red blood cell to a muscle cel...MicroRNA tweaks protein that controls early heart development
...n their understanding of how a progenitor cell, or stem cell, decides to become a heart cell, as well as o...ould provide clues important to understanding both stem cell biology and congenital heart disease. In order for cells to produce the proteins that carry ou...For first time, brain cells generated in a dish
...locks of bones, skin, flesh and organs, the actual stem cell as it exists in the brain has been enigmatic,...e first time what appears to be the true candidate stem cell," said Steindler, a neuroscientist and member of UF's Program of Stem Cell Biology and Regenera...Stem cell training program to make its Stanford debut
... that teaches how to create and maintain embryonic stem cell lines will be offered outside of the Universi...ford University School of Medicine. Among the many stem cell luminaries participating in the event will be one of the most sought-after speakers in the fiel......ation within vision research. Topics will include stem cell biology; scarless wound healing; and control of cell growth and differentiation by gene transfer. The Plenary Speaker will be Fred H. Gage, PhD, of The Salk Institute. Keynote Speakers will be Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, Mark W. J. Ferguson, BSc, D......niversity determine the effect of Wnt signaling on stem cells of the mouse hair follicle in vivo. The res...to anagen transition by reducing the threshold for stem cell activation. Dr. Fuchs explains, "Our prior research led us to suspect that expression of genes ...