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Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell.

Epigenetic DNA Methylation Clocks Track Gradual Cellular Rejuvenation Across Fifty Days

Researchers from the University Hospital of Bonn and the University of Bonn have succeeded in dramatically rejuvenating human cells in a test tube. To do so, they directly reprogrammed red blood cell precursors into stem cells from which neurons can be derived. During this process, the molecular clocks that indicate a cell's age were reset.

10 Oct 2026

Mission Success: Australian Cancer Research Returns From Space

Human stem cells from Adelaide University’s Centre for Cancer Biology have successfully travelled to the edge of space and back as part of a landmark mission for Australian cancer research.

9 Oct 2026

Prime Editing Generates Genomic Ticker Tapes Tracing Millions of Developing Cells

Growing inside each of us is a cellular family tree.

9 Oct 2026

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a previously unrecognized protective role for microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in Parkinson's disease.

8 Oct 2026

Novel Two-Dimensional Mapping Combines Generation Probability with Somatic Hypermutation

A research team led by Associate Professor Yohei Funakoshi, Associate Professor Kimikazu Yakushijin, and Professor Hironobu Minami of the Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology at Kobe University Hospital, together with Associate Professor Goh Ohji of the Division of Infectious Disease Therapeutics and Takaji Matsutani of Anymics Inc., has developed the pGen-SHM plot.

5 Oct 2026

Lifeblood, UQ and SMART CRC Pump New Life Into Lab-Grown Blood Production

Lifeblood researchers are among only a few research groups in the world who are already growing fully functional red blood cells from donor stem cells in the lab but producing them in quantities large enough for use in patients is inefficient and expensive.

29 Sep 2026

AI Decodes Spatial DNA Packaging Patterns Invisible to Researchers

Aging progressively affects the functioning of our body and, among other things, deteriorates the ability of the hematopoietic system- the set of organs and tissues responsible for producing blood cells- to maintain adequate blood cell production.

28 Sep 2026

Engineered 3D miBrains Model Human Neurovascular Units and Pathology

Mount Sinai researchers have identified how APOE4, the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, damages the brain's blood vessels and promotes the buildup of abnormal proteins linked to neurodegenerative disease.

26 Sep 2026

3D Stem-Cell miBrains Model Complex Neurovascular Pathology in Human Tissue

25 Sep 2026

Multi-Receptor Blocking Achieves Superior Antifibrotic Response Over Single-Receptor Inhibition

Three adenosine receptor subtypes that normally send different signals were found to converge on a common pathway that activates cardiac fibroblasts, the scar-forming cells in the heart. Blocking the receptors together produced a much stronger antifibrotic effect than blocking them one at a time.

25 Sep 2026

KAIST Researchers Develop NUDGE to Steer Cell States Without Permanent Alteration

Which genes need to be controlled to guide a stem cell toward a desired cell type, or to modulate an immune cell's inflammatory response? A Korean research team has developed a general-purpose computational framework that identifies the key targets needed to steer a cell toward a desired state with a single temporary intervention, without permanently altering its genes.

23 Sep 2026

Aurora Microplates Wins Best in Showcase at the 2026 LRIG-NYC Spring Expo for CELLAZIP™

Aurora Microplates, a Zeon company, announced that its CELLAZIP™ microplate coating received the Best in Showcase award at the 2026 LRIG-NYC Spring Expo, presented by the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group of New York City.

From Aurora Microplates 23 Sep 2026

Breakthrough Study Explains Developmental Origins of the Human Brain

For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years.

21 Sep 2026

Novel Organoid Platform Reveals Non-Immune Drivers of Diabetic Renal Injury

Stem cell researchers have identified inflammatory pathways that may play a key role in driving kidney damage in diabetic kidney disease (DKD), pointing to potential new approaches for protecting the kidneys.

18 Sep 2026

Engineered Prime Editing Strategy Integrates Gene-Sized Payloads Into Living Human Genomes

Genomic editing holds great potential yet continues to have its limitations. Most current methods either rely on untargeted gene delivery or short DNA edits that need to be individualized to each patient.

17 Sep 2026

Scientists Grow Human Brain Organoids in Cortex-Depleted Mice

Stanford Medicine scientists have chalked up a major advance in growing human brain cells outside of the human brain - and outside of laboratory glassware.

17 Sep 2026

Researchers Analyze Somatic DNA Integrity across Complex Longevity Pathways

A new review was published in Volume 18 of Aging on August 26, 2026, titled "Assessing mechanisms and evidence of a causal role for cellular senescence and somatic mutations in aging."

15 Sep 2026

Human Embryos Repair Single-Strand DNA Damage Reliably but Fail at Double-Strand Breaks

Although DNA repair is one of the fundamental processes required for normal human embryonic development, little has been known about how it operates during the earliest stages of development.

10 Sep 2026

Computational Chemistry Breakthrough Yields Targeted Molecule for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment

Pushing the accelerator and the brake at the same time is rarely a good idea. But researchers at the University of Gothenburg are using this approach to treat leukemia.

9 Sep 2026

UCLA Breakthrough Generates Thousands of Allogeneic T-Cell Doses From Single Cord Blood Sample

T cell receptor, or TCR, therapy is a cancer treatment that genetically reprograms immune cells, called T cells, to hunt down cancer with precision.

9 Sep 2026

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Epigenetic DNA Methylation Clocks Track Gradual Cellular Rejuvenation Across Fifty Days

Mission Success: Australian Cancer Research Returns From Space

Prime Editing Generates Genomic Ticker Tapes Tracing Millions of Developing Cells

Stem Cell Models Demonstrate Precise Cellular Nibbling of Pathological Fibrils

Novel Two-Dimensional Mapping Combines Generation Probability with Somatic Hypermutation

Lifeblood, UQ and SMART CRC Pump New Life Into Lab-Grown Blood Production

AI Decodes Spatial DNA Packaging Patterns Invisible to Researchers

Engineered 3D miBrains Model Human Neurovascular Units and Pathology

3D Stem-Cell miBrains Model Complex Neurovascular Pathology in Human Tissue

Multi-Receptor Blocking Achieves Superior Antifibrotic Response Over Single-Receptor Inhibition

KAIST Researchers Develop NUDGE to Steer Cell States Without Permanent Alteration

Aurora Microplates Wins Best in Showcase at the 2026 LRIG-NYC Spring Expo for CELLAZIP™

Breakthrough Study Explains Developmental Origins of the Human Brain

Novel Organoid Platform Reveals Non-Immune Drivers of Diabetic Renal Injury

Engineered Prime Editing Strategy Integrates Gene-Sized Payloads Into Living Human Genomes

Scientists Grow Human Brain Organoids in Cortex-Depleted Mice

Researchers Analyze Somatic DNA Integrity across Complex Longevity Pathways

Human Embryos Repair Single-Strand DNA Damage Reliably but Fail at Double-Strand Breaks

Computational Chemistry Breakthrough Yields Targeted Molecule for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment

UCLA Breakthrough Generates Thousands of Allogeneic T-Cell Doses From Single Cord Blood Sample

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