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Tag: Embryonic Stem Cells


Innovation, Research

Researchers discover new way to refine production of retinal cells to treat blindness

March 30, 2020

Via: The Medical News

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and St Erik Eye Hospital in Sweden have discovered a way to refine the production of retinal cells from embryonic stem cells for treating blindness in the elderly. Using the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, they have also […]


Innovation, Research

Developmental shape-shifting is key to cancer’s ability to spread and evade immune defenses

February 11, 2020

Via: The Medical News

Just as people tend to become stuck in their ways as they grow older so too do cells. Neurons in the brain don’t one day decide to become heart cells; skin cells repair wounds with skin cells rather than kidney […]