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A Review of Recent Research into Remote Control of Stem Cell Differentiation through Light
By Jacob Pawlak, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ’23 Author’s Note: I wrote this piece to bring attention to the exciting new field of research being conducted primarily in China that aims to control the differentiation of stem cells by irradiating them with different wavelengths of light. This non-invasive method is potentially of great value to those […]
Stem Cells: Miracle Cure or Hoax? A Review of Present Application and Potential Uses of Stem Cells
By Vita Quintanilla, Genetics 23’ Author’s Note: My purpose in writing this piece is to educate the current safe applications of stem cell as misuse and damage due to the same is so prevalent in the US and abroad. While not detracting from the great advances being made in the field currently this piece is to […]
New Method Increases Supply of Embryonic Stem Cells
By: Varsha Prasad, Genetics ’15 A study to employ a new method of generating human embryonic stem cells without destroying any human embryos is currently being conducted by an international research team led by Karl Tryggvason, Professor Medical Chemistry at Karolinska Institutet and a Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore. The researchers developed […]