Tiny scaffolding allows stem cells to become working fat cells
...stem cells. "They just needed to be tweaked with a cocktail of hormones for them to evolve into fat cells," he said. Kniss said that the transformation into bona fide fat cells took about two weeks to complete. At that point, the cells were able to absorb lipids a hallmark task of fat cells. Researchers wer...UCSD researchers maintain stem cells without contaminated animal feeder layers
...ssue types in the body. The scientists knew that a cocktail of various growth factors and chemicals had previously been shown to modulate cellular growth and differentiation in human pancreatic cells. Human embryonic stem cells cultured for several weeks under these conditions showed no change in cell form an...New push for public health, AIDS spending at African Union summit
...310,000 people in Africa were being treated with a cocktail of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that inhibit the progression of their disease, which has no known cure. But demand for free drugs vastly outstrips their supply, the cost of the drugs - at some $US600 annually for the rest of a patient's life, an impos...