Using this method, the researchers could monitor the fluctuations of SOX2 and OCT4 over time in living cells and determine how these fluctuations impact the fate of the embryonic stem cells.

Scientists have identified about two dozen genes that control embryonic stem cell fate. The genes may either prod or restrain stem cells from drifting into a kind of limbo, they suspect. The limbo ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and ETH Zürich have created the first ...

Chang, Dr. Eran Segal from the Weizmann Institute in Israel and their colleagues constructed a gene module map to systematically relate transcriptional programs in embryonic stem cells (ESCs ...

The isolation of embryonic stem cells in 1998 was a fundamental breakthrough for biology. But despite high hopes new medical treatments based on those stem cells haven't materialized.

During embryonic stem cell (ESC) development, pluripotent stem cells transition from a naïve state into a primed state before they take their first steps toward a lineage commitment. Jacob Hanna, a ...

Twenty years after the debates of the George W. Bush era, there appears to be a serious threat that all government human embryonic stem cell research funding may end for years.

When considering human embryonic Stem Cells, it is essential to foster robust dialogue, ethical frameworks, and responsible regulation to ensure that the future of hESCs is guided by both scientific ...

“We use the stem cells, which are like a blank canvas, and use them to induce different cell types using our CRISPR tools,” Lodewijik said. This method had the advantage of allowing different cell ...

Scientists have identified about two dozen genes that control embryonic stem cell fate. The genes may either prod or restrain stem cells from drifting into a kind of limbo, they suspect. The limbo ...