Biology
Create germ cells to treat 10 difficult to treat disorders
Harvard scientists have just created germ cells for 10 genetic disorders. This allows you to look at the diseases that develop in a lab dish. This achievement, using a n…
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Animal world
Find out how to duck the father of chickens
Time reports a team of experts from the Dubai National Veterinary Research Center implanted germ cells - the kind of cells that carry DNA to produce eggs and sperm - int…
Science Events
The father of IVF received the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Dr. Robert G. Edwards, the father of in vitro fertilization, was honored to be the owner of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Science Events
'The germ cell case': Mr. Hwang Woo Suk received 2 years in prison
Seoul District Court (South Korea) on October 26 said that scientist Hwang Woo Suk committed misdemeanors, bought illegal eggs and received a 2-year prison sentence ...
Medicine - Health
The technology for producing sperm and artificial eggs is ripe
Previously, scientists used to use stem cells to make mouse sperm fully functional, developing them into healthy pups.
Medicine - Health
Successfully developed artificial sperms that have good fertilization such as 'real things' by stem cells
This study has been widely regarded as a major step forward in in vitro fertilization methods, especially in the context that about 15% of couples in the world are in a…
Medicine - Health
How long can our fingernails be?
Some clean-minded people may find it difficult to always cut their nails. However, have you ever wondered how long our nails can be?
Medicine - Health
Experimental injection of stem cells to prevent glass bone disease
Stem cells are germ cells or basal cells that help create all the other cells in the human body, ensuring the full functioning of organs in the body such as the brain, h…
Medicine - Health
Female sperm, male eggs
After the Japanese scientists created eggs and sperm in the laboratory, experts are trying to find ways to use these cells safely.
Medicine - Health
Generates blood vessels from stem cells
Rakesh Jain, a Massachusetts General Hospital doctor in the United States, and colleagues transplant stem cells to the brain surface of mice.
Medicine - Health
Inject germ cells into the brain to cure paralysis due to stroke
Patients with complete paralysis after stroke have been able to move again after being directly injected with germ cells into the brain, according to the Daily Mail.
Medicine - Health
For the first time cloning human embryos
Shoukhrat Mitalipov, a researcher at Oregon Health and Science University in the US, and colleagues have used cloning techniques to create human embryos, the BBC reporte…
Medicine - Health
Breeding sperm in the laboratory
German and Israeli researchers said it was possible to create mouse sperm from germ cells, a group of cells in the testicles responsible for sperm production, according…
Cancer
12 types of cancer can be inherited in the family
Genetically engineered stem cells appear in 19% of ovarian cancer and 11% of stomach cancer.