A cure for type-1 diabetes is within reach: Breakthrough stem cell therapies show promise in 2025Hope is on the horizon for Type-1 diabetes patients. New stem cell therapies are showing remarkable progress. These treatments aim to repla...
19 Nov, 2025, 06.29 AM IST
AI-designed DNA controls genes in healthy mammalian cells for first time: StudyA recent study marks the first reported instance of generative AI designing synthetic molecules that can successfully control gene expressi...
10 May, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
Study shows stem cell therapy can be helpful in reducing Alzheimer's symptomsScientists at Stanford University have successfully transplanted stem cells into mice, resulting in a reduction of brain abnormalities asso...
25 Sep, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
Govt seeks to define stem cells as drug, regulate use in therapyThe ministry defined the category of stem cells and their derivatives that would be termed a drug, and would thereby have to follow the pro...
16 Apr, 2018, 10.38 AM IST
Government imposes restrictions on stem cell banking, therapy to curb "rampant" unethical practicesStem cells are undifferentiated cells that can renew themselves, rapidly multiply and differentiate themselves into different functional ce...
12 Oct, 2017, 06.50 AM IST
- Gene therapy via skin may treat diabetes, obesity
New York, Aug 4 (IANS) A new form of gene therapy administered through skin transplants can help improve treatments for Type-2 diabetes and...
04 Aug, 2017, 05.37 PM IST
How Zika virus causes microcephaly decodedIn turn, hyper-activated TLR3 turns off genes that stem cells need to specialise into brain cells and turns on genes that trigger cell suic...
08 May, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
MDI Gurgaon’s Samaritans and NGO Gene Bandhu team-up for stem cell donationMDI Gurgaon’s social initiative club Samaritans has joined hands with NGO Gene Bandhu in a first-of-its-kind socio-managerial partnership
13 Aug, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
Master protein that initiates organ formation foundOne of developmental biology's most perplexing questions concerns what signals transform masses of undifferentiated cells into various orga...
10 May, 2015, 01.12 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Institute for Stem Cell ResearchModi took a round of the Stem Cell Laboratory where scientists explained the research being conducted there.
18 Feb, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
First comprehensive computer model of development of blood cells createdThe human body produces over 2.5 million new blood cells during every second of our adult lives, but how this process is controlled remains...
15 Feb, 2015, 06.07 PM IST
Most cancers may be down to 'bad luck'Researchers found that 22 cancer types could be largely explained by the "bad luck" factor of random DNA mutations during cell division.
02 Jan, 2015, 05.17 PM IST
On-off switch for key stem cell gene discoveredScientists have uncovered an on-off switch for a key stem cell gene, a discovery that may propel advances in regenerative medicine.
15 Dec, 2014, 06.14 PM IST
Scientists genetically 'edit' human blood stem cellsHarvard researchers used a gene-editing technique to create an effective method for blocking HIV from invading & destroying patients' immun...
07 Nov, 2014, 05.22 PM IST
New way to extract bone-making cells from fat tissueWithin our fat lives a variety of cells with the potential to become bone, cartilage, or more fat if properly prompted, researchers said.
06 Oct, 2014, 05.43 PM IST
Indian-origin doctor performs life-saving heart surgery on US actor Ernie LivelyDr Patel uses a minimally invasive technique where he goes backwards through a patient's main cardiac vein, or coronary sinus, and inserts ...
01 Dec, 2013, 04.33 PM IST
Human stem cells help regenerate liver function in miceResearchers have successfully transplanted derived functional hepatocytes from human stem cells into mice with acute liver injury.
28 Jul, 2013, 06.37 PM IST