Mammalian epithelial cells also turn over regularly, typically every few days. Whenever stem cells are called upon to generate a particular type of cell, they undergo an asymmetric cell division.

Michael Rieger from Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt's Department of Medicine II, has now molecularly decoded the differentiation pathways of human blood stem cells into all specialized blood cell ...

“The idea that you could use electrical fields and 3D mechanical properties to impact stem cells without having to use different kinds of biomolecules or expensive growth factors to drive ...

Understanding how cells differentiate during early embryonic development is crucial for advancing regenerative medicine and ...

Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) could be a key factor driving the development of insulin-producing cells, according to in vitro data published in the journal Pancreas. The use of islet-cell ...

Northeastern University scientists have discovered that a protein in the human brain could potentially be used to grow new ...