Pathway is promising target for stem-cell therapies, anticancer strategies
UB Reporter Wed, 27 Aug 2008 5:37 PM PDT
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A novel gene signaling mechanism that controls whether a stem cell develops into its destined tissue or fails to differentiate and becomes cancer has been identified by researchers in the multi-laboratory Molecular and Structural Neurobiology and Gene Therapy Program based at the University at Buffalo. |
Scientists hail major breakthrough in cell research
Detroit News Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a plethora of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical quagmires that have plagued embryonic stem cell research. |
Cell advance offers medical benefits
Financial Times Wed, 27 Aug 2008 9:57 PM PDT
Biologists have for the first time transformed one type of adult cell directly into another, without using stem cells en route. This latest tour de force in the fastest-moving field of biology – reprogramming of living cells – was carried out by Douglas Melton and Joe Zhou of Harvard University. |
Cell transformation called a 'spectacular first'
Winston-Salem Journal Wed, 27 Aug 2008 9:16 PM PDT
Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a plethora of illnesses and sidestep the political and ethical problems that have plagued embryonic stem-cell research. |
Researchers turn one form of adult mouse cell directly into another
PhysOrg Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:52 AM PDT
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of biological prestidigitation likely to turn the field of regenerative medicine on its head, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) co-director Doug Melton and post doctoral fellow Qiao "Joe" Zhou report having achieved what has long been a dream and ultimate goal of developmental biologists - directly turning one type of fully formed adult cell into another type of adult ... |
Rector sacked in Austrian stem-cell scandal
Nature Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:02 AM PDT
A fierce academic dispute in Austria reached fresh heights on 21 August when the Medical University of Innsbruck's council dismissed the rector, German immunologist Clemens Sorg, without notice. |
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