The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board patentability finding, explaining that an anticipation ...

MIT researchers devised a process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron, eliminating the need to generate induced pluripotent stem cells. Such neurons could be used to treat spinal cord ...

Researchers at the WEHI Parkinson’s Disease Research Centre have made a huge leap forward in the fight against Parkinson’s disease, solving a decades-long mystery. In a major breakthrough, they have ...

“We were able to get to yields where we could ask questions about whether these cells can be viable candidates for the cell ...

Converting one type of cell to another - for example, a skin cell to a neuron - can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then ...

Some people also swear by dry brushing for reducing the appearance of cellulite—though “the evidence is largely anecdotal,” ...

Blood donation is widely recognized as a life-saving act, replenishing hospital supplies and aiding patients. But could ...

A new technique developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology helps convert skin cells into neurons without needing ...

Two Dutch manufacturers have teamed with TNO’s perovskite solar cell experts to integrate spatial atomic layer deposition equipment to produce ultra-thin, high-quality nickel-oxide hole transport ...

In developing hearts, cells shuffle around, bumping into each other to find their place, and the stakes are high: pairing with the wrong cell could mean the difference between a beating heart and one ...

“When scaling up a process based on adherent cells, a biopharmaceutical manufacturer has two options. Either stay in 2D, resulting in the use of heavy and difficult-to-handle multi-tray stacks with a ...