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    Genetically modified plants: questions and answers

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    What can and should genetic technologies be used for?

    • How we make blood: a stem cell story

    Dr Elisa Laurenti (Wellcome Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow) from the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute will talk to you about blood stem cells, explain why they are among the most ... powerful cells in our body, and why cooperation between different

    Designer human tissue: coming to a lab near you

    What do you mean by ‘Designer human tissue’? With recent scientific advances it is now possible to produce pluripotent stem cells from many human cell types, including blood and skin, and ... When coupled with an efficient differentiation method,

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    Stem cells and human health

    Public lecture by Professor Fiona Watt FRS, Director of the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at Kings College London. The field of stem cells and regenerative medicine is a young, fast-moving and exciting research area. It offers the

    Adult stem cells could treat tooth loss

    Pioneering techniques aiming to grow new teeth from a patient’s own stem cells will be on display at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition this week. Bioengineered stem cell teeth could challenge the use of artificial dental implants.

    Journal - Journal of the Royal Society Interface

    Decoding the mechanisms underlying cell-fate decision-making during stem cell differentiation by random circuit…

    Aug 26, 2020 - Stem cells can precisely and robustly undergo cellular differentiation and lineage commitment, referred to as stemness. However, how the gene network underlying stemness regulation reliably specifies cell fates is not well understood. To address

    Bin Huang, Mingyang Lu, Madeline Galbraith, Herbert Levine, Jose N. Onuchic, Dongya Jia

    Valuing diversity as a scientist

    My journey. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I discovered my love for cell biology while working in a research laboratory. ... Collectively, invested mentors, inclusive laboratory environments, and having role models were key to my decision to persist