Diagram of a hair follicle taken from back fur. This study found that when Itg-beta5 was present in hair follicle stem cells located in the upper bulge of the follicle, the hair went through many ...

“Having access to the fetal tissue offers the possibility to model the fetal tissue while the baby is still in the womb,” said Mattia Gerli, a stem cell biologist at University ... these therapies ...

Moreover, despite Holt’s repeated justification that fetal stem cells are harvested only in order to “meet the need” for “precursor cells,” there is a difference between a “need” and ...

The phase I clinical trials showed stem cell transplants for Parkinson’s disease appear to be safe and might restore dopamine-producing brain cells.

“They are not identical,” said Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, a developmental and stem ... cells decide their fate,” Zernicka-Goetz said. In the mouse developing embryo, she previously demonstrated a bias ...