Abstract Corneal wound healing is a complex process that occurs in response to various injuries and commonly used refractive surgery....
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Expansion and Purification Are Critical for the Therapeutic Application of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Myogenic Progenitors
Highlights Tested CDM muscle differentiation protocol generates a heterogeneous population The population does not contribute to myofiber formation in vivo Regulated...
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Assessing the Safety of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Their Derivatives for Clinical Applications
Pluripotent stem cells may acquire genetic and epigenetic variants during culture following their derivation. At a conference organized by the...
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Using your own stem cells to help your body heal osteoarthritis
The truth came crashing home last year—a perfect storm of faulty genetics, the unrelenting march of age, and every athletic...
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Mechanoresponsive stem cells to target cancer metastases through biophysical cues
A stiff punishment for tumors In patients, tumor cells do not grow in isolation, and their behavior is regulated not...
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Diffusion dynamics play an essential role in regulating stem cells and tissue development
Gradients of molecular signaling factors play an essential role in numerous events in embryonic development, from patterning limb and organ...
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Magic helps unmask how the brain works
Tricks and illusions, once the domain of magicians, are helping scientists unveil how the brain works. Here’s one you can...
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Dementia: New substance improves brain function
The protein amyloid beta is believed to be the major cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Substances that reduce the production of...
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Trigeminal nerve stimulation shows promise for management of traumatic brain injury
Researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the department of neurosurgery at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine,...
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A new insight into Parkinson’s disease protein
Abnormal clumps of certain proteins in the brain are a prominent feature of Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, but the...