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Handbook: An introduction to Antibodies and their applications, 3rd ed
A concise overview of some of the key features for the use of antibodies and immunochemical techniques in biological research...
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Stem Cells
Stem cells are undifferentiated biological cells that can differentiate into specialised cells and can divide to produce more stem cells.
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Stem cells that can repair the skull and face bones
1 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Scientists have, for the first time, identified and isolated stem cells capable of skull formation and craniofacial bone repair in mice...
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CRISPR used to repair genetic mutation in retinitis pigmentosa
27 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The study marks the first time researchers have replaced a defective gene associated with a sensory disease in stem cells that were derived from a patient's tissue...
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Molecular Devices ImageXpress® Micro Confocal High-Content Imaging System
23 December 2015 | By Molecular Devices
Run 3D cellular assays with confocal results – at a speed you’d only expect from widefield screening, with Molecular Devices’ new confocal HCS system...
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Kyoto University and Takeda T-CiRA Programme begins
15 December 2015 | By Victoria White
The "Takeda-CiRA Joint Programme for iPS Cell Applications" (T-CiRA) will begin research in six core directions to explore clinical applications of stem cells in therapeutic areas including cancer, heart failure and diabetes mellitus...
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A drug that heals broken bones faster and better
23 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Using bone samples from people undergoing hip replacement surgery, researchers were able to show that a drug that activates the Wnt pathway causes stem cells found within bones to divide and to turn into more bone cells...
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy identified as a stem cell disease
17 November 2015 | By Victoria White
A new study is the first to show that Duchenne muscular dystrophy directly affects muscle stem cells...
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Scientists develop 3-D printing method for embryonic stem cells
4 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have developed a 3-D printing method capable of producing highly uniform embryoid body that could eventually be used for tissue regeneration...
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Disease recreated in mini-kidney organoids in the lab
23 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The work paves the way for personalised drug discovery for kidney disease...
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iPSC technology helps characterise healthy and diseased neurons
23 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Using iPSC technology, researchers created 16 different cells lines, some using cells from healthy humans and others using cells from people with ALS or spinal muscular atrophy...
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Researchers develop animal-free renal screening platform
13 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have developed the first animal-free screening platforms capable of predicting the toxic effects of compounds on the human kidney accurately...
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Asterias collaborates with Cell Therapy Catapult to scale production of AST-VAC2
13 October 2015 | By Victoria White
AST-VAC2 is an immunotherapy product that contains mature dendritic cells derived from pluripotent stem cells...
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Researchers turn stem cells into mini-kidneys
8 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The breakthrough could allow the use of mini-organs to screen drugs either for the treatment of kidney disease or to find out if a new drug is likely to injure the kidney...
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Identification of antibodies against difficult targets
15 September 2015 | By IntelliCyt
Identification of antibodies against challenging targets using high throughput multiplex-screening approaches...
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Scientists replicate newt cell regeneration with human cells
21 August 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have adapted the astonishing capacity of newts to regenerate tissue to rejuvenate cells from older people with osteoarthritis...
