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• Identification and isolation of living functional cardiovascular progenitor cells

  The research team from Professor Katja Schenke-Layland of the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart has discovered cell surface markers that enable the identification and isolation of living functional cardiovascular progenitor cells (CPCs). For the first time, therapeutically relevant CPCs can be derived from induced-pluripotent stem [...]

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• A step forward in regenerating and repairing damaged nerve cells

  A team of Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) researchers, led by Dr. Frédéric Charron, recently uncovered a nerve cell’s internal clock, used during embryonic development. The discovery was made in collaboration with Dr. Alyson Fournier’s laboratory at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Published today in the prestigious scientific journal Neuron, this breakthrough [...]

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• New Crowdfunding Platform, ScitechStarter, Focuses on Science and Technology Innovators

  ScitechStarter (http://scitechstarter.com), a new crowdfunding website for science and technology projects, is now accepting listing applications for ventures that require financial backing. The selected projects will be showcased on the site’s official launch, scheduled for the end of 2013′s first quarter. Approved projects are listed free of cost.

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• Stem cells develop best in 3D

  Stem cells are responsible for tissue growth and tissue repair after injury. Therefore, the discovery that these vital cells grow better in a three-dimensional environment is important for the future treatment of disease with stem cell therapy. The results from the paper “Planar Cell Polarity Controls Pancreatic Beta Cell Differentiation [...]

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