Scientists have developed a gel for growing miniaturized body organs that can be used in clinical diagnostics and drug development

Tari Parmely is the head of the Tissue Culture Core Laboratory and of media prep, histology, and electron microscopy at the Stowers Institute.

Scientists can now grow 3-D models of various organs from stem cells, creating new ways to study disease

The new method for measuring the absolute numbers of short, non-coding, RNA sequences in individual embryonic stem cells could improve the understanding of how our genes are regulated and different cell types develop

The grant will fund Izpisua Belmonte’s lab in attempting to generate functional primate organs and tissues in vivo in a large animal host, the pig

Liver disease affects pediatric and adult patients, impacting one in ten people in the United States

By creating a cell model of medulloblastoma from human cells rather than working with mouse cells, the researchers say they can be more confident that patients’ response to the drugs identified in the screenings may be more comparable to humans

Metabolic molecule speeds up process by which stem cells differentiate

The discovery may lead to treatments for atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s and other age-related disorders

The production of stem cells at the scale required for optimal application in modern healthcare is currently not feasible