The outer regions of the brain, the cortex, have specific layers of different cells—neurons—that are similarly ordered among all mammals, from tiny mouse brains to huge elephant brains. However, the ...

Secretome Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies derived from neonatal cardiac progenitor cells (nCPC), today announced the closing of a $30 million Series A ...

The distinct aging rates of neural progenitor cells and Wnt signaling dictate mammalian cortical layer proportions.

Stem and progenitor cell-mediated gene delivery is emerging as a strategy to improve the efficacy and minimize the toxicity of current gene therapy approaches. Multiple potential sources for ...

Stem cell therapy is being investigated as an innovative and promising strategy to restore cardiac function in patients with heart failure. Several stem cell populations, including adult (multipotent) ...

In experiments with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report new evidence that precursors of myelin-producing cells—one of the few brain cell types that continue to be produced in the adult ...

Following a heart attack, the human body is incapable of repairing lost tissue due to the heart's inability to generate new muscle. However, treatment with heart progenitor cells could result in the ...

Every cell in the human body, and that of other mammals, originates from stem cell precursors. Progenitor cells are descendants of stem cells that then further differentiate to create specialized cell ...

The promise of cell therapy for regenerative medicine is often viewed as being synonymous with stem cell therapy, but some companies are instead successfully bringing progenitor cell-based cell ...

OA affects all tissues in the joint, which subsequently leads to joint pain, instability, and disability. There is no cure for OA, and treatments involve lifestyle changes and pain management. OA ...

Wolf-Rayet stars are very large and very hot. Astronomers have long wondered whether they are the progenitors of certain types of supernovae. New work from the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) team, ...