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Sunday — March 04, 2012Stem Cells: Not What They Used to Be
Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In many tissues, they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. San Francisco’s Gladstone Institutes is a leading force in stem cell research. In this presentation, Gladstone Investigator Dr. Bruce Conklin explains the surprising past, present, and future of stem cells.
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Scientists Use Stem Cells to Generate Human Eggs in the Lab
The conventional line of thinking says that women can produce only a finite number of egg cells over their lifetimes. Some researchers dispute this, but a new study suggests that it might not matter. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital claim they have isolated stem cells from human ovaries and used them to generate egg cells in the lab, a breakthrough that could someday lead to new infertility treatments.
Those treatments are a long way off, but the finding is nonetheless pretty huge. It means that not only could stem cells be isolated from women with fertility problems to produce eggs in the lab, but that biologists could gain whole new insights into the way fertility works—how eggs are impacted by things like nutrition and pharmaceuticals. (Read More)
By Clay Dillow
(Source: popsci.com )
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Students Opting-out of STEM Programs
I would like to share with you guys a series of videos and essays addressing the lack of interest of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) among students in America. It’s an underrated, yet prevailing topic in our society that will affect the future of the country.
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