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Stem cells, the 'building blocks' for every type of cell in the body, have tremendous potential to improve human health.

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Immorality and invention: the “great stem cell debate”

28 Oct 2014

Human stem cell research holds promise for combating some of the most recalcitrant of diseases and for regenerating damaged bodies. It is also an...

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Testing time for stem cells

Testing time for stem cells

23 Oct 2014

DefiniGEN is one of the first commercial opportunities to arise from Cambridge’s expertise in stem cell research. Here, we look at some of the...

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Stem cells show auxeticity; the nucleus expands, rather than thins, when it's stretched

Stem cell physical

10 Oct 2014

Looking at stem cells through physicists’ eyes is challenging some of our basic assumptions about the body’s master cells.

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Bulletproof nuclei? Stem cells exhibit unusual absorption property

20 Apr 2014

Stem cells – the body’s master cells – demonstrate a bizarre property never before seen at a cellular level, according to a study published today...

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Mini-livers show promise to reduce animal use in science

26 Feb 2014

Cambridge research that has for the first time successfully grown “mini-livers” from adult mouse stem cells has won the UK’s international prize for...

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Chromosomes in haploid mouse embryonic stem cells

Rewiring stem cells

09 Jan 2014

A new technique for determining what causes stem cells to convert into other cell types could revolutionise our understanding of how genes function...

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Micrograph of a plasmacytoma, a hematological malignancy

Researchers discover new test for chronic blood cancers

10 Dec 2013

A new test for blood cancers will catch many more cases than the present test that identifies only 60 per cent.

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A small colony of cells derived from a single blood stem cell.  Hundreds of such colonies were assessed for their proliferation kinetics and blood cell types produced.

Unraveling tumour growth one stem cell at a time

04 Jun 2013

Study has relevance to all cancers that are suspected to have a stem cell origin

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Beakers

Scientists discover how epigenetic information could be inherited

25 Jan 2013

Research reveals the mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming.

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iPS cell colony

New patient-friendly way to make stem cells for fight against heart disease

30 Nov 2012

Promising new technique for creating stem cells using a routine blood sample.

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Differentiation of human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hIPSC) to functional liver hepatocyte cells

The role of stem cells in developing new drugs

30 Oct 2012

Cambridge team which developed method to generate liver cells from skin cells has formed a new company to supply stem cell products to the drug...

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John Gurdon

Professor Sir John Gurdon awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

08 Oct 2012

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has today been jointly awarded to Professor Sir John Gurdon, Emeritus Professor in Cell Biology currently...

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