Life-changing treatment for osteoporosis called the Fountain of Youth
As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur.
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Joseph Shavit
- Feb 13
Reprogrammed skin cells can treat blindness, researchers find
Resaerchers coaxed human skin cells reprogrammed to act as stem cells to develop into layers of several types of retinal cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 10
Gamechanging osteoporosis treatment called the Fountain of Youth
As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 1
Breakthrough cancer therapy extends lives of terminally ill dogs
Dogs are humans’ best friends and it is always distressing for dog owners when their beloved pets contract terminal illnesses.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 17
Researchers discover how cells communicate and form tissues and organs
Building tissues and organs is one of the most complex and important tasks that cells must accomplish during embryogenesis.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 16
Groundbreaking treatment for Parkinsons and Alzheimers uses ‘lab grown’ neurons
Researchers believe these neurons could be transplanted into patients as a therapy for spinal cord injuries, Parkinsons and Alzheimers.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 13
Lab-grown retinal eye cells can treat blindness
Retinal cells grown from stem cells are ready for trials in humans with degenerative eye disorders according to researchers at U of W.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 10
Breakthrough osteoporosis treatment called the Fountain of Youth
As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 14, 2022
Special protein can reverse muscle aging, new study finds
Skeletal muscle is a regenerative organ that comprises ~45% of body mass and enables skeletal movements while also regulating metabolism.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 17, 2022
Breakthrough cancer research reverts cancer cells back into normal cells
Researchers have tested the possibility of artificially maturing breast cancer cells as an approach to turn them into a more normal cell.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 10, 2022
Breakthrough treatment for osteoporosis called the Fountain of Youth
As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 10, 2022
Ageing researchers found the Fountain of Youth
As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 8, 2022
Clinical trial delivers world’s first stem cell treatment for spina bifida
Groundbreaking trial aims to reverse the paralysis and other abnormal functions of spina bifida before birth.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 4, 2022
Novel blood stem cell research could change medicine of the future
Making stem cells from a patient’s adult cells – rather than human embryos – is one of the holy grails in modern medicine treatments.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 7, 2022
Single stem cell-gene therapy session can treat ALS for 3 years, study finds
Using stem cells is a powerful way to deliver important proteins to the brain or spinal cord that can’t get through the blood-brain barrier.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 7, 2022
‘Synthetic’ embryo with brain and beating heart grown by Cambridge scientists
Researchers created embryos from stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 26, 2022
Stem cells can aid repair of spinal cord damage, study finds
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a group of latent stem cells that respond to injury in the central nervous system.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 6, 2022
Compound found in cosmetics can awaken stem cells to repair damaged muscles
A new study published in the journal Science reveals a unique form of cell communication that controls muscle repair.
Joshua Shavit
- Jul 4, 2022
Urine-derived stem cells have robust tissue regenerative potential
Researchers focused on how telomerase activity affects the regenerative potential of human urine and other types of stem cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 16, 2022
How is blood formed? New research completely upends our past understanding
Using cellular “barcoding” in mice, a groundbreaking study finds that blood cells originate not from one type of mother cell, but two.
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