Blood cancers such as leukemia are caused by genetic changes in the blood-forming stem cells of the bone marrow. Scientists ...

Efficient cell line development remains one of the most critical challenges in biotherapeutic manufacturing. Achieving stable ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

T cell development is a tightly regulated process that transforms immature thymocytes into mature T cells with distinct functionalities. In the thymus, precursor cells undergo a series of selection ...

Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team ...

Korean biotechnology company, Nature Cell, is planning to open a stem cell facility in Baltimore, bringing 500 new jobs, the ...

Epigenetics is the study of how our cells alter their function by modifying gene expression in our genetic code or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In our cells, DNA is constantly being used to generate ...

Using computer-designed proteins, researchers at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine have shown they can direct human stem cells to form new blood vessels in the lab. Their findings ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

Researchers identified a key receptor that primes the formation of autoreactive B cells. Disrupting this pathway may be a ...

Pulmonary fibrosis—also known in technical terms as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)—is a rare but life-threatening ...

The footprint of death (also referred to as FOOD in the study) may help guide the immune cells to the exact spot to clear ...