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A Stem Cell Treatment for Hair Loss

Male and female pattern baldness involves the receding of the hair-line, hair loss and the thinning the hair covering on the scalp. Hair loss is also called alopecia and is a common problem among the elderly, those afflicted with certain diseases of the scalp, or those who take certain medicines. Hair life is not the end of life, but it can change someone’s appearance, affect their self-image,…

Darrell Kotton and his research team from Beth Deaconess Medical Center, in collaboration with researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine have devised a workable protocol for differentiating Human pluripotent stem cells into functional thyroid gland cells. Every year, many people are diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and many others lose their thyroid as a result of thyroid…

New Method Derived Skeletal Muscle Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells

A University of Wisconsin research team led by Masatoshi Suzuki has devised a new protocol for the production of large quantities of skeletal muscle cells from pluripotent stem cells.

Suzuki and his team used embryonic stem cells lines and induced pluripotent stem cells to generate large quantities of muscles and muscle progenitor.

Suzuki adapted a technique used to make brain cells to derive his…