How are induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells different from embryonic stem (ES) cells? What can we use iPS cells for? ES cells were originally derived from the inner cell mass (ICM) or epiblast of ...

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) self-replicate and have the potential in the human body to develop into almost any cell type. As such, they have long held potential in the development of ...

Announcing a new publication for Acta Materia Medica journal. Complex biological mechanisms and unidentified therapeutic targets for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) significantly hinder the develo ...

A novel tool is used to assess gene function in vitro by targeted endogenous transcriptional activation to unveil novel players in development and disease.