Brain Cells From Skin Cells

Brain Cells From Skin Cells – Stanford researchers have successfully turned mouse skin cells into fully functioning brain cells.

In what’s being heralded as “a huge leap forward,” the new technique for creating brain cells from skin cells is an astonishing medical breakthrough.
The process, which took less than a week, upends thinking on how cells develop [...]

Stem Cells Diabetes Treament

Stem Cells Diabetes Treament – A promising Type 1 diabetes treatment involves injecting stem cells taken from their blood and reinjected, providing years of insulin-free living.
Roughly two dozen people have received the experimental diabetes treament with a handful of people with Type 1 diabetes going without insulin shots for more than two-and-a-half years, on average, [...]

Iran Clones Goat

Iran Clones Goat – Scientists in Iran have cloned a goat and plan future experiments they hope will lead to a treatment for stroke patients, the leader of the research said Wednesday.
The female goat, named Hana, was born early Wednesday in the city of Isfahan in central Iran, said Dr. Mohammed Hossein Nasr e Isfahani, [...]

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