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Articles posted in July 2008

Stem Cells Activated in Mammalia’s Brain

One replyYessi Pratiwi on July 25th, 2008

Research on adult stem cells has recently generated a great deal of excitement. Scientists have found adult stem cells in many more tissues than they once thought possible.

An adult stem cell is an undifferentiated cell found among differentiated cells in a tissue or organ, can renew itself, and can differentiate to yield […]

Stem Cells Developed From Four-cell Embryo

9 repliesYessi Pratiwi on July 21st, 2008

The development of stem cells technology have been well implemented, for it has the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body.
Now, for the first time, the world scientists have succeeded in developing human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from a single cell, or blastomere, of a 4-cell stage embryo, ScienceDaily […]

Potential New Drug Candidates To Combat ‘Bird Flu’ Found?

One replyYessi Pratiwi on July 7th, 2008

Recently, a team of UC San Diego scientists have isolated more than two dozen promising and novel compounds from which new “designer drugs” might be developed to combat this disease. In some cases, the compounds appeared to be equal or stronger inhibitors than currently available anti-flu remedies.

Rommie Amaro, a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry […]

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