Celebrating Stem Cell Discoveries

News Apr 04, 2013

Pictured at the event are (from left) Senator Richard Blumenthal; Valerie Horsley, professor of molecular, cellular, and development biology at Yale; Jewel Mullen, commissioner of the state’s Department of Health; and Catherine Smith, commissioner of the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development.

Governor Dannel Malloy and several Yale scientists were on the program at StemCONN 2013, including: Dr. Robert Alpern, dean of Yale School of Medicine; Jun Lu, assistant professor of genetics; and Dr. Diane Krause, professor of laboratory medicine and associate director of the Yale Stem Cell Center.

Innate Reaction of Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Severe Infections

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Researchers at the University of Zurich have shown for the first time that hematopoietic stem cells detect infectious agents themselves and begin to divide, without signals from growth factors.

Piglets Might Unlock Keys to IVF in Humans

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During an attempt to improve how they grow stem cells, researchers discovered a method that uses a special liquid medium and improves the success of IVF in pigs.

Using Milk Protein to 3D-Imprint Muscle and Bone Cells

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Researchers from the University of Canterbury are replicating a 3D imprint of cells onto films made of milk protein. The films then gradually degrade, leaving the grown tissue behind.