Discovery

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]