Preterm infants are receiving more and more exquisite and accurate care to ensure both their survival and that their quality of life does not suffer because they were born early.
In 2012, Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka was leading an unprecedented advance in regenerative medicine by regressing human adult cells to their embryonic state.
A team from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) led by Manuel Serrano has been the first in the world to make adult cells of a living organism regress in their evolutionary development until they recover characteristics of embryonic stem cells. As the authors of the work explain in the journal Nature, the research has also revealed that these embryonic stem cells obtained directly inside the body have a broader differentiation capacity than those obtained through in vitro culture.
The first hamburger made entirely in a laboratory has cost 250,000 euros, an exaggerated investment when the cost of production in the old-fashioned way does not exceed 20 euros. However, this creation by a team of scientists from the University of Maastricht has been a real milestone for science as it is the first hamburger produced from stem cells. This advance lays the foundation for a future "test tube" market.
Growing your own urine could in the future be a way to obtain stem cells to cure all kinds of diseases, according to a study carried out by the Institute of Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University (USA) and published in the journal Stem Cells.
For the first time in history, it has been possible to produce in vitro and from induced pluripotent cells (iPS) a three-dimensional and vascularized fragment of human liver that, after being transplanted into the skull and abdomen of mice, performs functions of the entire organ . According to the Japanese scientists who are the authors of the study, echoed by the SINC agency, in ten years clinical trials of transplant therapy with organ fragments may begin in humans.
Does muscle turn to fat if you stop exercising? Are mornings the best time to exercise because more calories are burned? Do the stiffness disappear by drinking water with sugar? Does doing sports increase your appetite? False myths about physical exercise and sports.
Wisdom teeth, also called 'third molars', are almost always a hindrance: in many cases they have to be extracted and it is rare for the person who does not suffer discomfort when these late teeth begin to appear. However, an investigation carried out by researchers from the International University of Catalonia has just shown that wisdom teeth are not so useless, since they contain populations of stem cells from which different tissues such as bone, liver can be regenerated and the neuronal.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
