Stem Cells

A proposal for embedded ethics to facilitate ethically responsible research with stem-cell-based embryo models

Researchers have discovered why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not

The identification of active substances could offer new approaches to combating pancreatic cancer

The transcription factor TAF4A preserves nuclei in muscle stem cells and initiates muscle regeneration after injury

Not only neurons, but also oligodendrocytes are essential

Scientists mapping how nutrients and lipids shape bone marrow blood stem cells from health to aging and leukemia

Dresden researchers develop next-generation organoid model to better understand liver disease

The detection of peripheral neural stem cells could transform the treatment of Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injuries

Healing a broken heart

April 02, 2025

How a vitamin A metabolite could help myocardial infarction patients by modulating blood stem cell activity

Proteins that regulate animal stem cells are much older than animals themselves

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A proposal for embedded ethics to facilitate ethically responsible research with stem-cell-based embryo models

Researchers have discovered why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not

The detection of peripheral neural stem cells could transform the treatment of Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injuries

Proteins that regulate animal stem cells are much older than animals themselves

Lifelong vascular growth drives increase of blood cell production

Humans could also possess a mechanism to temporarily slow down the development of an embryo

Artificial transcription factor reprograms cells of human and different animal species with high efficiency

In mice reprogramming of energy metabolism restores cardiac function after infarction

Max Planck researchers identify epithelial stem cells that control the growth of the thymus at different stages of life

Coronavirus not only infects the human retina, but can also replicate in it

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First complete genome assembly of planarian flatworm reveals treasure trove on the function and evolution of genes

Stem cells sense neighbourhood density to make decisions on their behaviour

Scientists discover that three-dimensional liver buds grown in a dish from stem cells mimic the molecular signatures observed during the natural development of human liver

Hematopoietic stem cells adhere to net-like blood vessels and transmigrate

A single nucleotide substitution likely contributed to the evolutionary expansion of the human neocortex

After 20 years of searching scientists discover the mystic gene controlling vessel and blood cell growth in the embryo

The human geneticist Stefan Mundlos warns against intervention in the human germline made possible by the CRISPR/Cas ‘gene scissors’

Following the traces of evolution: Max Planck Researchers find a key to the reproduction of brain stem cells

Researchers have developed a new method to reproduce large genomic rearrangements in mice

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Heart regeneration

Video July 21, 2016

Newts possess the ability to regenerate even parts of their hearts. The key to this amazing skill are dedifferentiated cells. Thomas Braun wants to uncover how mature heart cells can rewind their development program and be returned to an earlier, more primitive state.

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