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Released: 5-Aug-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Elucidation of adipogenic differentiation regulatory mechanism in human maxillary/mandibular bone marrow-derived stem cells
Preprints

Haruka Miyata, Masakazu Ishii, Fumio Suehiro, Naohiro Komabashiri, Nao Ikeda, Tomoaki Sakurai, Masahiro Nishimura

Released: 5-Aug-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Methanol fixation is the method of choice for droplet-based single-cell transcriptomics of neural cells
Preprints

Ana Gutierrez-Franco, Mohamed N. Hassan, Loris Mularoni, Mireya Plass

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Inflammatory exposure drives long-lived impairment of hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal activity and accelerated aging
Cell Stem Cell

Inflammation and infection acutely suppress HSC function. However, the long-term ramifications of such challenges are unclear. This study demonstrates that murine HSCs fail to recover functional potency up to 1 year post-inflammatory/infection challe

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Lymphangiocrine signals are required for proper intestinal repair after cytotoxic injury
Cell Stem Cell

Palikuqi et al. employ imaging of cleared intestinal tissue, transcriptional analyses, and genetic mouse models to investigate the role of lymphatic endothelial cells in the intestinal stem cell niche. The authors demonstrate that lymphatic endothel

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Lymphatics and fibroblasts support intestinal stem cells in homeostasis and injury
Cell Stem Cell

Goto and colleagues identify lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) and RSPO3+GREM1+ fibroblasts (RGFs) as stromal niche components of intestinal stem cells (ISCs). LECs and RGFs sustain ISCs through the production of RSPO3 and GREM1 in homeostasis. In i

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Direct chemical reprogramming of human cord blood erythroblasts to induced megakaryocytes that produce platelets
Cell Stem Cell

A small-molecule cocktail reprograms human cord blood erythroblasts into induced megakaryocytes with ex vivo functionality. The four small molecules extensively remodel the chromatin and induce the dynamic network transition from erythroid master ge

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Lipid accumulation induced by APOE4 impairs microglial surveillance of neuronal-network activity
Cell Stem Cell

Tsai and colleagues explored the impact of the Alzheimer’s disease-associated risk gene APOE4 onto the cellular communication of neurons and microglia. Through combinatorial experiments with cells derived from CRISPR-edited APOE isogenic lines, thi

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
EZH1 repression generates mature iPSC-derived CAR T cells with enhanced antitumor activity
Cell Stem Cell

Jing et al. combine a stroma-free differentiation system with EZH1-repression-mediated epigenetic reprogramming to generate developmentally mature iPSC-derived CAR T cells with enhanced antitumor activities.

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Wound healing, fibroblast heterogeneity, and fibrosis
Cell Stem Cell

Talbott et al. discuss the current state of knowledge in fibroblast biology and heterogeneity, primarily focusing on fibroblasts in skin wound repair. They also consider emerging techniques in the field and evaluate limitations of existing methodolo

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Neighborhood matters: Altered lipid metabolism in APOE4 microglia causes problems for neurons
Cell Stem Cell

In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Victor et al. reveal that human microglia harboring the Alzheimer’s disease risk allele APOE4 have altered lipid metabolism and cellular activation. This dampens neuronal network activity, underscoring the importan

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
Turning the clock forward: Inflammation accelerates the aging of hematopoietic stem cells
Cell Stem Cell

In the current issue of Cell Stem Cell, Bogeska et al. demonstrate that repeated exposures to inflammation cause indelible and specific functional compromise and accelerated aging of long-term hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs). This study proposes

Released: 4-Aug-2022 10:00 AM EDT
T cell development made EZ
Cell Stem Cell

In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Jing et al. inhibit EZH1 expression in a system that supports mature T cell development from iPSCs in vitro. The authors efficiently generate T cells that are highly functional against tumors.

Released: 3-Aug-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Regenerative Potential of Injectable Platelet-Rich Fibrin to Accelerate Differentiation of Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes-like Cells
Preprints

I Gde Rurus Suryawan, Andrianto Andrianto, Arisya Agita, Anudya Kartika Ratri, Ricardo Adrian Nugraha

Newswise: New Low-cost Device Rapidly,  Accurately Detects Hepatitis C Infection
Released: 3-Aug-2022 8:30 AM EDT
New Low-cost Device Rapidly, Accurately Detects Hepatitis C Infection
Florida Atlantic University

The entire virus detection process is executed inside a uniquely designed, portable, inexpensive, disposable, and self-driven microfluidic chip. The fully automated sample-in–answer-out molecular diagnostic set-up rapidly detects Hepatitis C virus in about 45 minutes and uses relatively inexpensive and reusable equipment costing about $50 for sample processing and disease detection. The disposable microfluidic chip also offers shorter times for a reliable diagnosis and costs about $2.

   
Newswise: Paintings, Cartoons Combine to Render Biological Molecules
26-Jul-2022 2:40 PM EDT
Paintings, Cartoons Combine to Render Biological Molecules
American Crystallographic Association (ACA)

During the annual ACA meeting, David Goodsell, of Scripps Research and RCSB Protein Data Bank, will discuss his use of artistic methods to visualize biological data. His presentation, "Art as a Tool for Structural Biology," takes place Tuesday. Traditional artistic mediums, like painting, provide the freedom necessary to illustrate cells, and Goodsell is using illustrations to lay the foundation for computational modeling of whole cells. He also creates brightly colored, cartoonlike graphics with nonphotorealistic computer graphics methods to highlight the overall shape of molecules and how they assemble and interact.

Released: 2-Aug-2022 3:45 PM EDT
Researchers ID the high-efficiency hacks cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids
University of British Columbia

For the first time, plant biologists have defined the high-efficiency “hacks” that cannabis cells use to make cannabinoids (THC/CBD).

Released: 2-Aug-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Expert Alert: Options for laryngeal regeneration
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is using 3D printing as a new option to heal the larynx after cancer or traumatic injury.

Released: 2-Aug-2022 12:35 PM EDT
Gene Therapy Approach Shows Promise in Treating ALS
UC San Diego Health

Researchers report that a gene therapy approach, developed at UC San Diego measurably delayed disease onset in humanized mouse and rat models of familial ALS, an inherited form of the disease that runs in families.

Newswise: A New Framework for Investigating Stability During Walking
Released: 31-Jul-2022 12:05 PM EDT
A New Framework for Investigating Stability During Walking
Georgia Institute of Technology

By creating a new framework for using mechanical energetics as a measurement for stability, Georgia Tech researchers have gained deeper insights into how and why we fall.

Released: 29-Jul-2022 12:25 PM EDT
NSF grant to help Zhang lab build better muscle with synthetic biology
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a synthetic chemistry approach to polymerize proteins inside of engineered microbes.

Released: 29-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Humoral response and safety of the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccines in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: an observational study
Preprints

Yoshimitsu Shimomura, Masashi Nishikubo, Hayato Maruoka, Seiko Nasu, Tomomi Nishioka, Kenji Sakizono, Satoshi Mitsuyuki, Tomoyo Kubo, Naoki Okada, Daishi Nakagawa, Kimimori Kamijo, Hiroharu Imoto, Ryusuke Yamamoto, Yuya Nagai,

Newswise: JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology | Nonfungible Tokens as a Solution for the Secondary Use of Biospecimens
Released: 28-Jul-2022 12:05 PM EDT
JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology | Nonfungible Tokens as a Solution for the Secondary Use of Biospecimens
JMIR Publications

JMIR Publications recently published "Nonfungible Tokens as a Blockchain Solution to Ethical Challenges for the Secondary Use of Biospecimens: Viewpoint" in JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology in which the authors discuss how current practices of de-identifying human samples for research is reminiscent of the treatment of Henrietta Lacks’s tissue in 1951. They highlight how current standards continue to release researchers and health systems from obligations to promote respect, beneficence, and justice for patients.

   
Released: 28-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Durable alveolar engraftment of PSC-derived lung epithelial cells into immunocompetent mice
Preprints

Michael Herriges, Maria Yampolskaya, Bibek R Thapa, Jonathan Lindstrom-Vautrin, Feiya Wang, Cheng-Lun Na, Liang Ma, McKenna M Montminy, Jessie Huang, Carlos Villacorta-Martin, Pankaj Mehta, Darrell N. Kotton

Released: 28-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Proteomics data reveals Wnt signaling involvement in the hippocampal-dependent behavioral impairment in THRSP-overexpressing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder mouse model
Preprints

Raly James Custodio, Hee Jin Kim, Jiyeon Kim, Darlene Mae Ortiz, Mikyung Kim, Danilo Buctot, Leandro Val Sayson, Hyun Jun Lee, Bung-Nyun Kim, Eugene Yi, Jae Hoon Cheong

Released: 28-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Single cell transcriptomics of human skin equivalent organoids
Preprints

Adam Stabell, Shuxiong Wang, Grace Lee, Ji Ling, Sandrine Nguyen, George Sen, Qing Nie, Scott Atwood

Released: 28-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Polycomb repression during S/G2 phases restrain initiation of cell differentiation to the G1 phase of the cell cycle
Preprints

Helena G Asenjo, Maria Alcazar-Fabra, Mencia Espinosa, Lourdes Lopez-Onieva, Amador Gallardo, Emilia Dimitrova, Angelika Feldmann, Tomas Pachano, Jordi Martorell-Marugan, Pedro Carmona-Saez, Antonio Sanchez-Pozo, Alvaro Rada-Iglesias, Robert J Klose, David

Released: 27-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
PAX9 regulates periodontal ligament stem cell-like differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells
Preprints

Risa Sugiura, Sayuri Hamano, Atsushi Tomokiyo, Daigaku Hasegawa, Shinichiro Yoshida, Hideki Sugii, Shoko Fujino, Orie Adachi, Masataka Kadowaki, Daiki Yamashita, Hidefumi Maeda

Released: 26-Jul-2022 5:00 PM EDT
Open Lab Solutions Announces New Manufacturing Division to Initially focus on Medical Plastics
2022 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program

CHICAGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AACC 2022 Open Lab Solutions, Inc., is announcing the formation of a new division, AMCAR Scientific, that will focus on an expanding product line of plastic consumables used in the medical industry. OLS is exhibiting within booth #3257 at the 74th American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting and Clinical Laboratory Exposition (AACC 2022) at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, July 24 – 28th.

   
Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Stem cell therapy for insulin-dependent diabetes: Are we still on the road?
World Journal of Stem Cells

In insulin-dependent diabetes, the islet β cells do not produce enough insulin and the patients must receive exogenous insulin to control blood sugar. However, there are still many deficiencies in exogenous insulin supplementation. Therefore,

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Application of extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stem cells promotes hair growth by regulating human dermal cells and follicles
World Journal of Stem Cells

BACKGROUNDDermal papillae (DP) and outer root sheath (ORS) cells play important roles in hair growth and regeneration by regulating the activity of hair follicle (HF) cells. AIMTo investigate the effects of human mesenchymal stem cell-derived

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Prodigious therapeutic effects of combining mesenchymal stem cells with magnetic nanoparticles
World Journal of Stem Cells

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have gained wide-ranging reputation in the medical research community due to their promising regenerative abilities. MSCs can be isolated from various resources mostly bone marrow, Adipose tissues and Umbilical cor

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Therapeutic potential of dental pulp stem cells and their derivatives: Insights from basic research toward clinical applications
World Journal of Stem Cells

For more than 20 years, researchers have isolated and identified postnatal dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) from different teeth, including natal teeth, exfoliated deciduous teeth, healthy teeth, and diseased teeth. Their mesenchymal stem cell (M

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Intratracheal administration of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells attenuates hyperoxia-induced multi-organ injury via heme oxygenase-1 and JAK/STAT pathways
World Journal of Stem Cells

BACKGROUNDBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is not merely a chronic lung disease, but a systemic condition with multiple organs implications predominantly associated with hyperoxia exposure. Despite advances in current management strategies, lim

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Metabolic-epigenetic nexus in regulation of stem cell fate
World Journal of Stem Cells

Stem cell fate determination is one of the central questions in stem cell biology, and although its regulation has been studied at genomic and proteomic levels, a variety of biological activities in cells occur at the metabolic level. Metabolom

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Role of hypoxia preconditioning in therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles
World Journal of Stem Cells

The use of mesenchymal stem-cells (MSC) in cell therapy has received considerable attention because of their properties. These properties include high expansion and differentiation in vitro, low immunogenicity, and modulation of biological proc

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Application of exosome-derived noncoding RNAs in bone regeneration: Opportunities and challenges
World Journal of Stem Cells

With advances in the fields of regenerative medicine, cell-free therapy has received increased attention. Exosomes have a variety of endogenous properties that provide stability for molecular transport across biological barriers to cells, as a

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Stem cell therapy for insulin-dependent diabetes: Are we still on the road?
World Journal of Stem Cells

In insulin-dependent diabetes, the islet β cells do not produce enough insulin and the patients must receive exogenous insulin to control blood sugar. However, there are still many deficiencies in exogenous insulin supplementation. Therefore,

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Evaluation of a quantitative PCR-based method for chimerism analysis of Japanese donor/recipient pairs
Preprints

Kazuhiko Ikeda, Keiji Minakawa, Satoshi Ono, Mao Watanabe, Yuka Sato, Saki Takahashi, Sho Odawara, Kinuyo Kawabata, Koki Ueda, Kenneth Nollet, Hideki Sano, Takayuki Ikezoe, Atsushi Kikuta

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
UBXN2A suppresses the Rictor-mTORC2 signaling pathway, an established tumorigenic pathway in human colorectal cancer
Preprints

Khosrow Rezvani, Sanam Sane, Rekha Sriniva, Rashaun Potts, Morgan Eikanger, Diana Zagirova, Jessica Freeling, Casey Reihe, Ryan Antony, Brij Gupta, Douglas Lynch, Jonathan Bleeker, Hassan Turaihi, Angela Pillatzki,

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Human placental mesenchymal stem cells derived exosomes improved functional recovery via attenuating apoptosis and increasing axonal regeneration after severe spinal cord injury
Preprints

Afsane Soleimani, Mirsepehr Pedram, Fatemeh Saadinam, Mohammad Javad Rasaee, Saeed Oraee Yazdani, Masoud Soleimani

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
Pipsqueak family genes dan/danr antagonize nuclear Pros and prevent premature decommission of neural stem cells in Drosophila third instar larval brains
Preprints

Huanping An, Yue Yu, Xuming Ren, Minghua Zeng, Yu Bai, Tao Liu, Huimei Zheng, Rong Sang, Fan Zhang, Yu Cai, YongMei Xi

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
An archaeal compound as a driver of Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis
Preprints

Paul Wilmes, Jean-Pierre Trezzi, Velma Aho, Christian Jäger, Sebastian Schade, Annette Janzen, Oskar Hickl, Benoit Kunath, Mélanie Thomas, Kristopher Schmit, Pierre Garcia, Alessia Sciortino, Camille Martin-Gallausiaux, Rashi Halder,

Released: 26-Jul-2022 12:00 PM EDT
miR-3682-3p directly targets FOXO3 and stimulates tumor stemness in hepatocellular carcinoma via a positive feedback loop involving FOXO3/PI3K/AKT/c-Myc
World Journal of Stem Cells

BACKGROUNDCancer stem cells (CSCs) have been implicated in tumorigenesis and tumor recurrence and metastasis are key therapeutic targets in cancer treatment. MicroRNAs display therapeutic potential by controlling the properties of CSCs; however

Newswise: Progress in Bioanalytics: Production of RNA Chips Significantly Simplified
Released: 26-Jul-2022 6:05 AM EDT
Progress in Bioanalytics: Production of RNA Chips Significantly Simplified
University of Vienna

Biochips (microarrays) are modern analytical tools that allow thousands of individual detections to be performed simultaneously in a small amount of sample material. A team led by Mark Somoza from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna has now presented a new method in "Nature Communications". With this method, commercially available DNA chips can be quickly and easily converted into RNA chips, which are otherwise much more difficult to produce. Such RNA microarrays help to elucidate the still unknown functions of RNA molecules in cells - an important prerequisite for advancing the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as cancer.

   
Released: 25-Jul-2022 5:50 PM EDT
Sustainable Practices Linked to Farm Size in Organic Farming
Cornell University

Larger organic farms operate more like conventional farms and use fewer sustainable practices than smaller organic farms, according to a new Cornell University study that also provides insight into how to increase adoption of sustainable practices.



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