Stem-cell Research

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  IIT Madras Researchers Discover Cancer Cells With Stem Cell Characteristics To Be Utilized In Drug Research

  IIT Madras Researchers have discovered that subjecting cancer cells to microgravity results in the formation of giant cancer cells with stem-cell characteristics.

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  Mini-Intestine Grown in Lab for Nutritional Research

  Applying a new method that is used mainly in stem-cell research and regenerative medicine, researchers from the Technical University of Munich have now devised a robust mini-intestine in the lab for molecular research.

• Japan Scientist in Research Scandal Found Dead

  A senior Japanese scientist embroiled in a stem-cell research scandal has apparently committed suicide, police said on Tuesday.

• Stem-cell therapy wipes out HIV in two patients: report

  Two men with HIV have been off AIDS drugs for several months after receiving stem-cell transplants for cancer that appear to have cleared the virus from their bodies, researchers reported today.

• Chinese scientist clone mouse from skin cells

  Chinese researchers have cloned mice from adult mouse skin cells that were reprogrammed to turn them into a versatile embryo-like state.