Before Treatment: Jake is a 21-year-old male with retinal detachment and loss of eye sight from playing soccer and other trauma. After a year the eye began to deflate. Looking at Jake, the left eye was obviously smaller than the right. This made Jake uncomfortable in public and was detrimental to his social life. The
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Stem cells hold great promise for transforming medical care related to a diverse range of conditions, but the cells often lose some of their therapeutic potential when scientists try to grow and expand them in the laboratory. A new study, however, provides insights on the cellular mechanisms that might be targeted to help certain stem cells-called
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Stem cell therapies for brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease are rapidly moving toward clinical trials. However, before such treatments can leave the lab, it is vitally important to be able to consistently produce high-quality stem cells for transplant into patients. Now, scientists in Sweden have identified some insights – plus a set of markers –
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