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Newswise: FAU Marine Science Trailblazer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Released: 5-May-2022 3:00 PM EDT
FAU Marine Science Trailblazer Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Florida Atlantic University

Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., an ocean explorer, aquanaut and marine biotechnologist, will receive the Society for In Vitro Biology’s (SIVB) highest award – the 2022 “Lifetime Achievement Award.” She has made pioneering, scientific advances and contributions to marine invertebrate biotechnology, biological oceanography and national marine policy.

Newswise: Recycling Greenhouse Gases with Biotechnology
Released: 5-May-2022 1:55 PM EDT
Recycling Greenhouse Gases with Biotechnology
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Industry produces acetone and isopropanol using processes that release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Researchers have now developed a new fermentation process that efficiently converts waste carbon oxide gases into acetone and isopropanol. This use of engineered bacteria advances progress on “carbon-negative” biomanufacturing for more sustainable industrial production and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Released: 5-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Safety and Efficacy Outcomes after Intranasal administration of Neural Stem Cells in Cerebral Palsy: a randomized controlled trial
Preprints

Zhongyue Lv, Ying Li, Yachen Wang, Fengyu Cong, Xiaoyan Li, Wanming Cui, Chao Han, Yushan Wei, Xiaojun Hong, Yong Liu, Luyi Ma, Yang Jiao, Chi Zhang, Huanjie Li, Mingyan Jin, Liang Wang, Shiwei Ni, Jing Liu

Released: 5-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Loss of CD24 promotes radiation- and chemo-resistance by inducing stemness properties associated with a hybrid E/M state in breast cancer cells
Preprints

Isaline Bontemps, Celine Lallemand, Denis Biard, Nathalie Dechamps, Thierry Kortulewski, Emmanuelle Bourneuf, Capucine Siberchicot, Francois Boussin, Sylvie Chevillard, Anna Campalans, Jerome Lebeau

Released: 5-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Skeletal Muscle Cells Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: A Platform for Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
Preprints

In this paper, we describe a platform for modeling LGMD based on the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC).

Released: 5-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Is Autologous Platelet Activation the Key Step in Ovarian Therapy for Fertility Restoration and Menopause Reversal?
Preprints

latelets are a uniquely mammalian physiologic attribute. As the only non-marine vertebrate class to experience menopause, humans have a substantial post-reproductive lifespan and are believed to have a limited, non-renewable oocyte supply. Ovarian reserve typically declines after about age 35yrs, marking losses which cannot be recovered by available fertility medications.

Released: 5-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Airway Basal Cells Show Regionally Distinct Potential to Undergo Metaplastic Differentiation
Preprints

Yizhuo Zhou, Ying Yang, Jun Qian, Jian Ge, Debora I Sinner, Hongxu Ding, Andrea Califano, Wellington V Cardoso

Released: 5-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Spinal cord extracts from sporadic ALS induce and propagate TDP-43 pathology in cerebral organoids
Preprints

Yoshitaka Tamaki, Jay P Ross, Paria Alipour, Helene Catoire, Daniel Rochefort, Makoto Urushitani, Ryosuke Takahashi, Joshua A Sonnen, Stefano Stifani, Patrick A Dion, Guy A Rouleau

Released: 5-May-2022 6:05 AM EDT
Disturbance of calcium homeostasis and myogenesis caused by TET2 deletion in muscle stem cells
Cell Death Discovery

… In this study, we demonstrated that TET2 deficiency impaired muscle stem cell proliferation and differentiation, leading to notable changes in mouse body weight and muscle morphology during development. We further assayed the genome-wide …

Released: 4-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Mesenchymal stem cells protect against sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by inducing Gal-9/Tim-3 to remodel immune homeostasis
Preprints

Congjuan Luo, Feng Luo, Lin Che, Long Zhao, Hui Zhang, Xiaofei Man, Quandong Bu, Haiyan Zhou, Yan Xu

Released: 4-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Efficient and accurate prime editing strategy to correct genetic alterations in hiPSC using single EF-1alpha driven all-in-one plasmids
Preprints

Wout J. Weuring, Nina Dirkx, Els De Vriendt, Noor Smal, Bobby P.C. Koeleman, Joep van de Vondervoort, Martijn Koetsier, Sarah Weckhuysen

Released: 4-May-2022 6:05 AM EDT
Massive periorbital edema following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports

… related to complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This highlights a non-… The most frequent ocular complication of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is … periorbital edema in a patient after hematopoietic stem cell …

Released: 4-May-2022 6:05 AM EDT
Biomarkers of Cancer Stem Cells for Experimental Research and Clinical Application
Journal of Personalized Medicine

… This article provides a review of the most frequently used CSCs and stem cell markers. … of stem cells, because they play a role in stem cell pluripotency and their interactions with various co-… Indeed, the functional role of stem cell factors in …

Released: 4-May-2022 6:05 AM EDT
Differentiation and Engineering of Human Stem Cells for Smooth Muscle Generation
Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers

… the multitude of stem cell types (adipose derived, bone marrow derived, embryonic and induced pluripotent) and techniques employed to induce stem cell proliferation and differentiation … Here, we curate several studies on stem cell …

Released: 4-May-2022 6:05 AM EDT
Using stem cell models to explore the genetics underlying psychiatric disorders: linking risk variants, genes, and biology in brain disease
The American Journal of Psychiatry

… Instead, using stem cell models, it is possible to recapitulate neurodevelopment in vitro, essentially observing risk in a laboratory dish. We … The first human embryonic stem cell lines were grown in 1998, with the theoretical capability to …

Released: 4-May-2022 6:05 AM EDT
PO-660-03 Optical Control of Arrhythmia Morphology in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocyte Cell Sheets
Heart Rhythm

PO-660-03 OPTICAL CONTROL OF ARRHYTHMIA MORPHOLOGY IN HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL DERIVED … To develop a method for the induction of morphologically and physiologically defined arrhythmias in human …

Released: 3-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Unrelated umbilical cord blood can improve the prognosis of haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Preprints

Ying Yang, Ming Zhang, Mengqi Li, Yingchun Li, Wei Yang, Zhuogang Liu, Hongtao Wang

Released: 3-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
The establishment of human embryonic stem cell lines demonstrated that chimeric embryos can self-correct
Preprints

Chuyu Li, Jiazi Xie, Juan Dong, Chao Gao, Meng Xia, Yuting Lin, Yugui Cui, Lianju Qin, Wei Wu

Released: 3-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Nuclear receptor ligand screening in an iPSC-derived in vitro blood-brain barrier model identifies new contributors to leptin transport
Preprints

Yajuan Shi, Hyosung Kim, Catherine A Hamann, Elizabeth M Rhea, Jonathan M Brunger, Ethan S Lippmann

Newswise: Gene Therapy Reverses Effects of Autism-Linked Mutation in Brain Organoids
Released: 2-May-2022 12:45 PM EDT
Gene Therapy Reverses Effects of Autism-Linked Mutation in Brain Organoids
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego scientists use lab-grown human brain tissue to identify neural abnormalities in Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome and show gene therapy tools can rescue neural structure and function.

Released: 2-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
A novel ALDH1A1 Inhibitor Blocks Platinum-Induced Senescence and Stemness in Ovarian Cancer
Preprints

Ovarian cancer is a deadly disease attributed to late-stage detection as well as recurrence and development of chemoresistance. Ovarian cancer stem cells (OCSCs) are hypothesized to be largely responsible for emergence of chemoresistant tumors.

Released: 2-May-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Hypoxia-induced reprogramming of glucose-dependent metabolic pathways maintains the stemness of human bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells
Preprints

Dongni Lin, Kaihao Yan, Lingyun Chen, Junxiong Chen, Jianing Xu, Zhijing Xie, Zhujun Li, Shuo Lin, Jinghuan Li, Zhenzhou Chen

Newswise: Researchers Develop Smartphone-Powered Microchip for at-Home Medical Diagnostic Testing
Released: 2-May-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Researchers Develop Smartphone-Powered Microchip for at-Home Medical Diagnostic Testing
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities research team has developed a new microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that uses a minimal number of components and can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone. The innovation opens the door for faster and more affordable at-home medical testing.

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: lessons learned by a molecular immunologist/transplant patient
Trends in Immunology

Much has been learned about the genes and pathways that contribute to a diverse array of hematopoietic malignancies and other hematopoietic diseases. However, for many of these diseases, an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplant …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
ILC1s control leukemia stem cell fate and limit development of AML
Nature Immunology

… Here, we show that a high density of ILC1s induces leukemia stem cell (LSC) apoptosis in mice. At a lower density, ILC1s prevent LSCs from differentiating into leukemia progenitors and promote their differentiation into non-leukemic cells, thus …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Neuron-specific enolase promotes stem cell-like characteristics of small-cell lung cancer by downregulating NBL1 and activating the BMP2/Smad/ID1 pathway
Oncogenesis

… In summary, our study demonstrated that NSE promoted stem cell-like characteristics of SCLC via NBL1 and the activation of the BMP2/… , which promotes stem cell-like characteristics [20, 21]. Thus, we aimed to determine …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Function of epithelial stem cell in the repair of alveolar injury
Stem Cell Research & Therapy

… For example, in the repair phase after bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)-induced lung injury, 30–70% of the AT2s acquire the expression of a stem cell surface marker Sca-1 (stem cell antigen 1, or Ly6a) [15, 16]. The Sca-1 + AT2s are likely to …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Investigating the feasibility and ethical implications of phenotypic screening using stem cell-derived tissue models to detect and manage disease
Stem Cell Reports

Stem-cell-derived tissue models generated from sick people are being used to understand human development and disease, drug development, and drug screening. However, it is possible to detect disease phenotypes before a patient …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
ASCL1 activates neuronal stem cell-like lineage programming through remodeling of the chromatin landscape in prostate cancer
Nature Communications

… ASCL1 is required to establish the neuronal and stem cell-like lineage … To determine whether ASCL1 is required for the development of neuronal and stem cell-like phenotype… neuronal and stem cell differentiation and functions to bias the cell fate …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Host-microbe interactions and outcomes in multiple myeloma and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

… of the gut microbiota correlate with superior outcomes after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Correlative data support the impact of … discuss data describing the key role of microbiota in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
ATR activity controls stem cell quiescence via the cyclin F–SCF complex
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

… Stem cell quiescence is regulated by multiple factors including p53, Rb, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, such as p21 and p27, and Notch signaling (5–10). How these pathways may integrate to maintain stem cell … Dysregulation or loss of quiescence …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Biomaterials to enhance stem cell transplantation
Cell Stem Cell

… In this review, biomaterial-based advances to improve the physiological outcome of stem cell transplantation are described. The review does not aim to provide a comprehensive list of all biofunctional materials described in the literature but …

Released: 2-May-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Metabolically driven maturation of human-induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived cardiac microtissues on microfluidic chips
Nature Biomedical Engineering

… Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) technology can be used for disease … Culturing hiPSC-CM or human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CM) within … sufficient to induce full maturation of pluripotent stem cell-derived …

Released: 29-Apr-2022 5:00 AM EDT
Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Promote Wound Healing Through the WNT/β-catenin Signaling Pathway in Dermal Fibroblasts
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

… , movement, and morphology of cells, and it is also involved in mediating stem cell pluripotency [20]. β‐Catenin, a subunit of the cadherin … that whether ADMSC-Exos can also promote skin stem cell differentiation through the WNT signaling pathway …

Released: 29-Apr-2022 5:00 AM EDT
In vitro culture of hematopoietic stem cell niche using angiopoietin-1-coupled alginate hydrogel
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

… stem cell niche. Here, we hypothesized that regulation of cell-cell interactions using a polymeric scaffold as synthetic extracellular matrix (ECM) could be critical in creating a hematopoietic stem cell … and cell-instructive characteristics for stem cell …

Released: 29-Apr-2022 5:00 AM EDT
Low-dose unfractionated heparin prophylaxis is a safe strategy for the prevention of hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome after myeloablative adult allogenic stem cell transplant
Bone Marrow Transplantation

Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) is a serious complication after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT). However, there is no uniform consensus on the optimal strategy for SOS prevention. Ursodeoxycholic acid is the …

Released: 29-Apr-2022 5:00 AM EDT
Optimization of a PDMS-Based Cell Culture Substrate for High-Density Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Adhesion and Long-Term Differentiation into Cardiomyocytes under a Xeno-Free Condition
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

… In this study, we found that the PDMS substrate coated with a combination of polydopamine (PDA) and laminin-511 E8 fragments (PDA + LME8-coated PDMS) can support human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) attachment and growth for …

Released: 29-Apr-2022 5:00 AM EDT
Intrinsic role of chaperone-mediated autophagy in cancer stem cell maintenance
Autophagy

… Its impact in any cancer stem cell (CSC) subtype remained elusive. In a recent study, we characterized the expression of LAMP2A and CMA activity in glioblastoma revealing its enrichment in a glioma stem cell (GSC) subpopulation. LAMP2A …

Released: 29-Apr-2022 5:00 AM EDT
4-hydroxybenzophenone exposure inhibits mouse hippocampal neural stem cell proliferation in vitro by upregulating Cxcl1
Toxicology in Vitro

Benzophenones are widely used in industry and commonly added in many personal care products. However, the neurotoxicity, in particular neurodevelopmental toxicity, of benzophenone family chemicals and metabolites has not been fully elucidated …

Released: 29-Apr-2022 5:00 AM EDT
Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell–Based in vitro Model for Neurotoxicity Testing
Current Protocols

… Human neuronal models range from various neuroblastoma cell lines to stem cell–derived systems, including those derived from mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSC). hMSCs exhibit numerous advantages, including the fact that they can be obtained in …

Released: 29-Apr-2022 5:00 AM EDT
Manufacturing clinical‐grade human induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived beta cells for diabetes treatment
Cell Proliferation

… This review focuses on the key processes and guidelines for clinical translation of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)derived β cells for diabetes cell therapy. Here, we discuss the (1) key considerations of manufacturing clinical-grade hiPSCs …

Newswise: High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation Shows Improved Longer Lasting Pain Relief
Released: 28-Apr-2022 1:35 PM EDT
High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation Shows Improved Longer Lasting Pain Relief
UC San Diego Health

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine report that high-frequency spinal cord stimulation proved more effective at improving perceived pain reduction than low-frequency SCS in patients studied, and that there was some variation in PPR between male and female patients.

Released: 28-Apr-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Multi-Level Analysis of Adipose Tissue Reveals the Relevance of Perivascular Subpopulations and an Increased Endothelial Permeability in Early-Stage Lipedema
Preprints

Karin Strohmeier, Martina Hofmann, Jaroslaw Jacak, Marie-Sophie Narzt, Marlene Wahlmueller, Mario Mairhofer, Barbara Schaedl, Wolfgang Holnthoner, Martin Barsch, Matthias Sandhofer, Susanne Wolbank, Eleni Priglinger

Released: 28-Apr-2022 12:00 PM EDT
A human embryonic limb cell atlas resolved in space and time
Preprints

Bao Zhang, Peng He, John E Lawrence, Shuaiyu Wang, Elizabeth Tuck, Brian A Williams, Kenny Roberts, Vitalii Kleshchevnikov, Lira Mamanova, Liam Bolt, Krzysztof Polanski, Rasa Elmentaite, Eirini S Fasouli, Martin Prete, Xiaoling He, Nadav Yayon, Yixi Fu, Hao Yang, Chen Liang, Hui Zhang, David Fitzpatrick, Helen Firth, Andrew Dean, John Marioni, Roger A Barker, Mekayla A Storer, Barbara Wold, Hongbo Zhang, Sarah Teichmann

Released: 28-Apr-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Mitochondrial transfer to host cells from ex vivo expanded donor hematopoietic stem cells
Preprints

Hiroki Kawano, Yuko Kawano, Charles O. Smith, Mark W. LaMere, Matthew J. McArthur, Michael W. Becker, Scott W. Ballinger, Satoshi Gojo, Roman A. Eliseev, Laura M. Calvi

Released: 28-Apr-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Effects of Olfactory Mucosa Stem/Stromal Cell and Olfactory Ensheating Cells Secretome on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Preprints

Rui D. Alvites, Mariana Branquinho, Ana Catarina Sousa, Bruna Lopes, Patrícia Sousa, Justina Prada, Isabel Pires, Giulia Ronchi, Stefania Raimondo, Ana Lúcia Luís, Stefano Geuna, Artur S. P. Varejão, Ana Colette Maurício

27-Apr-2022 1:00 PM EDT
Researchers Share Insights about Mechanisms of Human Embryo and Create Method to Develop Transcriptionally Similar Cells in Tissue Culture
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers share insights about the mechanisms of human embryo and create method to develop transcriptionally similar cells in tissue culture; latest discovery a step closer to finding alternative for bone marrow and other cancer treatments.

Newswise: Johns Hopkins Students Create Lymphedema Early Detection Sensor
Released: 28-Apr-2022 7:05 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Students Create Lymphedema Early Detection Sensor
 Johns Hopkins University

A sensor created by Johns Hopkins University graduate students to detect very early-stage lymphedema could spare thousands of patients a year, many women with breast cancer, from the painful, debilitating condition.

   


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