Researchers discover how the sponginess of stem cell nuclei controls cell differentiation – News-Medical.net

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered how the sponginess and stickiness of stem cell nuclei controls how they "differentiate" into specialized cells. They found that the nucleus starts solid-like but becomes more fluid-like over time. Less force is transmitted to its inner parts, leaving cells to commit to a certain differentiation pathway.

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Autologous Adult Stem Cells in the Treatment of Stroke | SCCAA – Dove Medical Press

1Regenerative Medicine Centre, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain; 2Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain Introduction: Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The disease is caused by reduced blood flow into the brain resulting in the sudden death of neurons.

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Are the Brain Cells in a Dish That Learned Pong Conscious? – Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence

Recently, science media were abuzz with a remarkable story about minibrains (mouse and human brain cells in a dish) learning to play the video game Pong: Scientists have successfully taught a collection of human brain cells in a petri dish how to play the video game Pong kind of. Researchers at the biotechnology startup Cortical Labs have created mini-brains consisting of 800,000 to one million living human brain cells in a petri dish, New Scientist reports. The cells are placed on top of a microelectrode array that analyzes the neural activity.

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Therapeutic Solutions International Successfully Treats No Option Patients with its JadiCell Stem Cell Therapy While Advancing Preparations for Phase…

OCEANSIDE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Therapeutic Solutions International (TSOI) announced today successful treatment of 15 recent patients under the Right to Try Law with the Companys universal donor JadiCell adult stem cell product. All patients displayed no adverse events and demonstrated subjective and objective levels of improvement.

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