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Find out how stem-cell derived human neurons that control feeding behavior could lead to better treatments for obesity.

Obesity in a Dish Deriving human neurons that control feeding behavior from stem cells, could lead to better treatments for obesity

A look at current stem cell research for various body systems.

Which spare body parts will stem cells deliver first? We’ve been waiting 20 years for human stem cells to deliver spare parts. Megan Munsie takes a look at the winners coming down the track.

This artificial tissue can beat, express genes, and respond to drugs in a way that mimics a real human atrium.

Scientists Just Engineered Human Heart Tissue That Beats Like The Real Thing If you have doubts about the progress scientists are making in growing tissue in the lab, check out this incredible artificial heart tissue that beats just like the real thing - it's both haunting and fascinating to watch.

More and more experts think a system that decodes whether a person is silently saying yes or no or hungry or pain or water is now within reach, thanks to parallel advances in neuroscience, engineering, and machine learning.

Scientists hope to translate paralyzed patients' thoughts into speech - STAT An audacious experiment to turn thoughts into speech might one day enable people with a spinal cord injury, locked-in syndrome or ALS to talk again.

By treating pre-cancerous stem cells with existing cancer therapeutics at an early stage, it may be possible to prevent bowel cancer – in those with a high risk of the disease.

Could Gut Stem Cells Hold the Key to Preventing Bowel Cancer? New research presented at the 2018 NCRI Cancer Conference proposes that by treating pre-cancerous stem cells with existing cancer therapeutics at an early stage, it may be possible to prevent bowel cancer – in those with a high risk of the disease.

"The bioreactor device created a supportive environment for the wound where the tissue could grow as it did during embryogenesis," said researcher.

Scientists design bioreactor to regrow amputated frog's legs A team of scientists at Tufts University has developed a way to regenerate severed frog legs, which they say is effort to move one step closer to regrowing human limbs.

Recent research shows that when it comes to wound healing, our bodies actually heal significantly faster if the injury is sustained during the day rather than at night, because of the way circadian rhythms control how cells function.

The Weird Reason Your Wounds Heal Faster During The Day Than at Nighttime We often think of sleep at night as a restorative function: a vital quiet time that recharges and mends our bodies. And it is, but perhaps not quite the way we imagine.

The stunning failure of a once-promising cancer drug has got some researchers arguing that the field has moved too fast in its embrace of therapies that unleash the immune system.

Cancer drug's stumbles prompt calls to rethink how immune therapies are tested Some researchers say that clinical trials of drugs to bolster the body's immune system are moving too fast.

Researchers have transplanted cells generated from induced pluripotent stem cells into the brain of a man with Parkinson’s disease. This is the first time researchers have tested the use of the reprogrammed stem cells in the human brain.

Parkinson’s Patient Transplanted with Neurons Derived from iPSCs This is the first time researchers have tested the use of the reprogrammed stem cells in the human brain.

Like real cells, the spheres can send protein signals to their neighbors, triggering communal behavior.

Biologists create the most lifelike artificial cells yet Cell mimics make and pass on proteins that influence their neighbors

A new study has advanced earlier research that showed low levels of a protein that when bound to insulin-like growth factors, made it more likely that mice developed type 2 diabetes. If the same effect is found in humans, this could suggest that for some people, type 2 diabetes may have its roots in the locking of just a single gene.

Your Lifestyle Could Be Giving You Type 2 Diabetes by Changing Your DNA Changes to the expression of a gene responsible for managing important chemical messengers that keep glucose and fat metabolism in check could be behind the development of a number of cases of type 2 diabetes.

‘Reprogrammed’ stem cells have been implanted into the brain of a patient with Parkinson’s disease for the first time.

‘Reprogrammed’ stem cells implanted into patient with Parkinson’s disease A man in his 50s is the first of seven patients to receive the experimental therapy.