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Third patient free of HIV after receiving virus-resistant cells

Third patient free of HIV after receiving virus-resistant cells | Bioscience News - GEG Tech top picks | Scoop.it
But the risks associated with the procedure mean it is unlikely to be widely used in its current form.
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A 53-year-old man in Germany has become at least the third person with HIV to be declared cleared of the virus after a procedure that replaced his bone marrow cells with HIV-resistant stem cells from a donor.

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Natural tooth repair method, using Alzheimer's drug, could revolutionize dental treatments

Promotion of natural tooth repair by small molecule GSK3 antagonists
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A new method of stimulating the renewal of living stem cells in tooth pulp using an Alzheimer's drug has been discovered by a team of researchers.

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New device allows for manipulation of differentiating stem cells

New device allows for manipulation of differentiating stem cells | Bioscience News - GEG Tech top picks | Scoop.it
A new device creates nanopores in adherent cell membranes, allowing researchers to deliver molecules directly into the cells during differentiation. "The ability to deliver molecules into adherent cells without disrupting differentiation is needed for biotechnology researchers to advance both fundamental knowledge and the state-of-the-art in stem cell research," one researcher notes.
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Surprising New Role for Lungs: Making Blood

Surprising New Role for Lungs: Making Blood | Bioscience News - GEG Tech top picks | Scoop.it
Using video microscopy in the living mouse lung, UC San Francisco scientists have revealed that the lungs play a previously unrecognized role in blood production.
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Using video microscopy in the living mouse lung, UC San Francisco scientists have revealed that the lungs play a previously unrecognized role in blood production. As reported online March 22, 2017, in Nature, the researchers found that the lungs produced more than half of the platelets – blood components required for the clotting that stanches bleeding – in the mouse circulation.

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VIB-KU Leuven scientists discover neuron-producing stem cells in the membranes covering the brain

VIB-KU Leuven scientists discover neuron-producing stem cells in the membranes covering the brain | Bioscience News - GEG Tech top picks | Scoop.it

http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(16)30395-2

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In a cross-domain study directed by professor Peter Carmeliet (VIB – KU Leuven), researchers discovered unexpected cells in the protective membranes that enclose the brain, the so called meninges. These ‘neural progenitors’ – or stem cells that differentiate into different kinds of neurons – are produced during embryonic development.

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