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NEW TEETH FROM STEM CELLS. "So far, teeth have been regenerated in mice and monkeys, and clinical trials with humans are underway, but whether the technology can generate teeth that are nourished by the blood and have full sensations remains to be seen." http://lnkd.in/bZeuY5P View in LinkedIn

DENTAL PULP STEM CELLS. "More recently a subpopulation of dental pulp stem cells has been described as human Immature Dental Pulp Stem Cells (IDPSC) ... Through the addition of tissue-specific cytokines, differentiated cells were obtained in vitro from these cells, not only of mesenchymal linage but also of endo- and ecto-dermal lineage." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_pulp_stem_cells View in LinkedIn

BRAIN ORGANOIDS GROWN FROM STEM CELLS. "Ear, eye, liver, windpipe, bladder and even a heart. The list of body parts grown from stem cells is getting longer and longer. Now add to it one of the most complex organs: the brain. In eight to 10 days, the stem cells turned into brain cells." http://lnkd.in/bg_fA5J View in LinkedIn

STEM CELL KIDNEY: IN MEDICAL USE IN FORESEEABLE FUTURE. http://lnkd.in/bwvEaxQ View in LinkedIn

CHIMERIC STEM CELLS TO GROW ORGANS IN PIGS. "If all goes according to plan, professor Hiroshi Nagashima's genetically-engineered pigs will grow up with functional organs. A few of those body parts, though, will have the genetic makeup of a human. In essence, they'll be mostly swine, partly human." http://lnkd.in/bwV3f2q View in LinkedIn

STEM CELLS TRANSFORMED BY TWO FACTORS TO EMBRYO. "Whereas numerous gene activities have been found to be essential during early embryogenesis, little is known about the minimal conditions and factors that would be sufficient to instruct pluripotent cells to organize the embryo," but now two growth factors have been identified to direct an embryo. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6179/87.long View in LinkedIn

FOOD AS THE NEW TOBACCO. "The food industry should be regulated like the tobacco industry as obesity poses a greater global health risk than cigarettes, say international groups ... "We want to avoid a situation like the 1960s, where the tobacco industry were saying there is nothing wrong with cigarettes, they are good for our health, and 30 or 40 years later millions have died." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27446958 View in LinkedIn

SCIENTISTS GROW KIDNEY FROM STEM CELLS. "This is the first time anybody has managed to direct stem cells into the functional units of a kidney." Within the next three to five years, the artificial organs could be used to allow doctors to repair damaged kidneys within the body, rather than letting diseases develop before proceeding with a transplant." http://lnkd.in/bwvEaxQ View in LinkedIn

PROF TAKEBE MAKES HUMAN LIVER. "Liver cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and cultured with developmentally important progenitor cells self-organize into functional, three-dimensional liver buds ... when transplanted into mice, the buds connected with the host circulatory system." http://lnkd.in/bNxJ-sW View in LinkedIn

STEM CELLS TO GROW ORGANS. "The research will have dramatic impact on the future use of stem cells to better the human condition, providing a framework for future studies in the field of regenerative medicine aimed at constructing tissues and organs from populations of cultured pluripotent cells." http://lnkd.in/btJDsvy View in LinkedIn