Muscle damage is a common side effect of radiation therapy for cancer treatment, and is made worse because the very
Category: Stem cells
Genetically Encoded Sensor Isolates Hidden Leukemic Stem Cells
All stem cells can multiply, proliferate and differentiate. Because of these qualities, leukemic stem cells are the most malignant of
New mechanism of bone growth discovered
In a paper published in the journal Nature, an international research team led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report
A human brain model in a petri dish?
Research scientists around the world are now able to investigate the structural, cellular and developmental intricacies of the human brain
Scientists are looking for a way to cut off melanoma’s escape routes
Melanoma is an extremely dangerous cancer, which spreads quickly and is relatively hard to treat. One of the more effective
How intestine repairs itself
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have
Links between high cholesterol diet and colon cancer
New UCLA research could help explain the link between a high-cholesterol diet and an elevated risk for colon cancer. In
How alcohol damages DNA and causes cancer
Scientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases the risk of cancer,
Gene therapy may kill HIV
Gene therapy may have the potential to eradicate HIV in people infected with the virus, new animal research suggests. The
Gene therapy can destroy HIV infected cells
Through gene therapy, researchers engineered blood-forming stem cells (hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, or HSPCs) to carry chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) genes
