What if the combination of stem cell research, bioengineering and biocomputing could help patients with neurological damage? Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the University of Southern California (USC) are embarking on a research initiative to explore that very possibility. With a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Emerging Frontiers…
Japanese researchers claim world’s first ‘footprint-free’ cat stem cells
Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have announced the generation of the world’s first high-quality, “footprint-free” feline induced pluripotent stem cells (fiPSCs). Publishing their research in Regenerative Therapy, the scientists created novel stem cells that are free from residual reprogramming genes. In other words, no trace of the genetic manipulation used to create them remains. These…