The last thing Maria Torres expected was to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She exercised, ate well and kept her weight under control. There had to be some mistake. Maria asked her doctor to repeat ...

Get up to speed on stem cell research, from basic information about what stem cells are to detailed descriptions of how stem cells can improve human health. The term “stem cell” by itself can be ...

Bridges Dr. Carin Zimmerman Building Career Pathways into Stem Cell Research and Therapy Development $2,664,812 Bridges Dr. Carin Zimmerman Stem Cell Training Enhancement Program with a focus on ...

Oakland, CA – Nearly half a million Americans with kidney disease are on dialysis, a life-supporting treatment that filters out impurities and cleans the blood. Today the California Institute for ...

In placental mammals, dosage compensation occurs by silencing one X-chromosome in female cells, a process known as X-chromosome inactivation. Unlike female mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs), which ...

Cystinosis is an hereditary disease characterized by the accumulation of cystine in all the cells of the body leading to cell death and tissue degeneration such as kidneys, liver, eyes, muscle and ...

Injection of the donor blood stem cells into recipients will prevent recipient immune cells from rejecting the donor kidney transplant. The proposed treatment eliminates the life long need of ...

Our project is aimed at providing limitless supplies of nerve tissue for transplantation to Parkinson’s disease patients. Transplantation of fetal brain tissue into such patients has seen significant ...

Visit our Through Their Lens page for photos and more videos from students and grantees. Hera Nalbandian is a Reseda High School student who is doing a stem cell research internship this summer in the ...

Ramin Nazarian, Hubing Shi, Qi Wang, Xiangju Kong, Richard C Koya, Hane Lee, Zugen Chen, Mi-Kyung Lee, Narsis Attar, Hooman Sazegar, Thinle Chodon, Stanley F Nelson, Grant McArthur, Jeffrey A Sosman, ...

在格莱斯顿科学家三个实验室的团队努力下，我们利用人类诱导多能干细胞来发现心脏中的血流如何防止心血管疾病中的瓣膜硬化。 我们发现，一种名为 NOTCH1 的蛋白质在钙化性瓣膜疾病患者中 ...

先兆子痫 (PE) 是一种妊娠并发症，以高血压和肾功能异常为特征，影响所有妊娠的 5-8%。 它是导致孕产妇死亡和婴儿生长受限的很大一部分原因； 这也是产科医生过早引产的一个主要原因，导致 ...