stem cells

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

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...

Interview with Nobel Prize-winner Professor Sir John Gurdon

13 Oct 2012

In this video interview with John Gurdon, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday, he talks about the research that...

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...

Breast cancer: Back to basics

16 Aug 2012

Ahead of the first in a series of pub-based science talks, called “SciBar” this evening (16 August), Hayley Frend explains why fundamental knowledge...

Stem cells in the skin - stem cells labelled in red are found in special microenvironments where they are surrounded by other types of cell

Wellcome Trust and MRC invest in world-class Stem Cell Institute at Cambridge

09 Aug 2012

Two of the UK’s largest funders of medical research are to invest £8 million in a new world-leading centre for stem cell biology and medicine at the...

The centre of the diagram shows levels of 5mC and 5hmC chemical modifications along a chromosome (section of DNA). The cycle illustrates that after addition to DNA, 5mC (blue) can be converted to 5hmC (red) and then subsequently removed.

New technique will transform epigenetics research

26 Apr 2012

New technique has important implications for stem cell research and the development of regenerative medicines.

Teaching old cells new tricks

24 Apr 2012

Much hyped by the media, stem cells have tremendous power to improve human health. As part of the Cambridge Stem Cell Initiative, Dr Ludovic Vallier’...

Egg Cetera #1: The immortal egg

05 Apr 2012

In the first report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, biologists Dr Harry Leitch and Professor Azim Surani describe how advances in...