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CSCI at Postgraduate Open Day 2017

6 November 2017

Last Friday, the University of Cambridge opened up its doors for the 2017 Postgraduate Open Day, for prospective students to visit Cambridge, the Colleges, and its university departments. Jo Jack and some of our current 4-Year students, Fiona , Theresa , Anastasiya , Bao and Aracely , hosted a stand at the University...

New type of stem cell line produced offers expanded potential for research and treatments

11 October 2017

Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have created Expanded Potential Stem Cells (EPSCs) in mice, for the first time, that have a greater potential for development than current stem cell lines. These stem cells have the features of the very first cells in the developing embryo, and can...

Brewing a taste for stem cell research

11 October 2017

The Cambridge Stem Cell Institute are partnering with local Cambridge pubs to showcase their latest public outreach product: Regenerator , a session ale brewed in collaboration with local beer experts Moonshine Brewery. The aim is to meet a wide range of the Cambridge public and chat all things stem cells, and what better...

Genome editing reveals role of gene important for human embryo development

20 September 2017

Researchers have used genome editing technology to reveal the role of a key gene in human embryos in the first few days of development. This is the first time that genome editing has been used to study gene function in human embryos, which could help scientists to better understand the biology of our early development. The...

Scientists reveal the beautiful simplicity underlying branching patterns

14 September 2017

In the centenary year of the publication of a seminal treatise on the physical and mathematical principles underpinning nature – On Growth and Form by D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson – a Cambridge physicist has led a study describing an elegantly simple solution to a puzzle that has taxed biologists for centuries: how complex...

3D organoids and RNA sequencing reveal the crosstalk driving lung cell formation

11 September 2017

Scientists at the Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute along with colleagues at the Children’s Hospital Boston have used 3D stem cell organoids to understand the process of lung cell formation, revealing new possibilities for the treatment of asthma and emphysema. To stay healthy, our lungs must maintain two key...

Stem cells and genetics: the ‘perfect storm’ for cancer progression

21 August 2017

Cambridge scientists have uncovered genetic changes that result in a pre-cancerous stem cell population that can give rise to lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system commonly diagnosed in people under 30. The research published in the journal Nature Cell Biology shows how the genetic changes and resulting stem cell...

An interview with Jenny Nichols

17 August 2017

Dr Jenny Nichols from the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute has been featured in the August edition of Development, talking about her research and her career to date. In the interview with Aidan Maartens, Jenny explains how she formed her research questions, started working with former Director of the Institute Austin Smith...

Public Engagement with Research Award winner

17 July 2017

Cambridge Stem Cell Institute group leader Dr Elisa Laurenti has won one of six University of Cambridge Public Engagement with Research Awards . She received a £1,000 prize presented by the Vice-Chancellor in an award ceremony on 13 July in the Old Schools. Elisa has been a leading force in public engagement at the...

3D cell scaffolding supports future transplant therapies

3 July 2017

Scientists at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and the Sanger Institute have developed a new method for growing and transplanting artificial bile ducts that could in future be used to help treat liver disease in children, reducing the need for liver transplantation. In research published in the journal Nature Medicine ...