Researchers utilize human stem cells and bioengineered platform to construct entire working thymus Kumar Jeetendra | December 11, 2020 Their work is an important step towards having the ability to build artificial thymi that could be utilised as transplants. The thymus is an organ in the chest where T lymphocytes, which play a vital role in the immune system, mature. If the thymus doesn’t work properly or doesn’t form during foetal development in the …
Study clarifies the impact of getting old on hematopoietic stem cells Kumar Jeetendra | December 25, 2020 By shifting mouse elderly hematopoietic stem cells (aged HSCs) to the environment of young mice (bone marrow niche), it was shown that the pattern of stem cell gene expression was rejuvenated to that of young hematopoietic stem cells. On the other hand, the function of elderly HSCs failed to recover in the young bone marrow …
Researchers develop little intestinal cells from human-actuated pluripotent stem cells Kumar Jeetendra | February 8, 2021 A group of scientists from Japan have found success in growing small intestinal cells, akin to those found in the human body, from human-induced pluripotent stem cells. They assert that the grown cells may be used for laboratory studies focusing on human small intestinal drug metabolism and transport. Because of this, studies on the absorption …
Novel finding could prompt better medicines for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes Kumar Jeetendra | February 13, 2021 Monash University researchers have discovered the barrier to β-cell (beta mobile ) regeneration which could pave the way for improved treatments for diabetes and diseases that involve organ and tissue damage. The human body does not repair itself very well, with our liver the only organ that can regenerate economically. We have limited capacity to …
