6 articles
Stem Cells & Cell Therapy
Mesenchymal and pluripotent stem cells, their niches and differentiation, and the secretome-based therapies emerging alongside them.
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Mesenchymal stem cells
The most widely studied cells in regenerative medicine — and a reassessment of what they actually do.
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Stem cell differentiation
How an uncommitted cell chooses a fate — under chemical, mechanical, and spatial instruction.
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Induced pluripotent stem cells
Reprogramming an adult cell back to a pluripotent state — and why it changed the field's constraints.
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The stem cell niche
Stem cells are defined as much by where they sit as by what they are.
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Exosomes and the secretome
Cell-free therapy: using what stem cells secrete rather than the cells themselves.
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Cell homing
Recruiting the patient's own cells into a scaffold instead of transplanting cells at all.