HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO STEM CELL REPORTS! AUTHORS REFLECT ON 5 CLASSIC PAPERS

Posted on July 4, 2018Categories GENETICS, HUMANS   Leave a comment on HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO STEM CELL REPORTS! AUTHORS REFLECT ON 5 CLASSIC PAPERS

Reports launched June 4, 2013, and in celebration of the journal’s fifth birthday, we asked authors to update us on some of the journal’s classic papers. The studies below reflect just a handful of stories about how stem cell research is rapidly advancing—and how it is already helping patients. You’ll find case studies in collaboration and creative thinking, common traits of Stem Cell Reports authors and members of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. We hope they leave you feeling inspired. Regrowing … Continue reading “HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO STEM CELL REPORTS! AUTHORS REFLECT ON 5 CLASSIC PAPERS”

Atacama mummy’s deformities were unduly sensationalized

Posted on April 2, 2018Categories GENETICS   Leave a comment on Atacama mummy’s deformities were unduly sensationalized

By analyzing the genome of a tiny fetal mummy known as Ata, researchers have learned more about what led to its strange-looking deformities — and that Ata was not an it, but a she. The 6-inch human mummy, found in 2003 in Chile’s Atacama Desert, contains genetic mutations associated with skeletal abnormalities and joint problems, researchers report online March 22 in Genome Research. Those mutations help explain how Ata developed her elongated skull, large eye sockets and missing ribs — features that … Continue reading “Atacama mummy’s deformities were unduly sensationalized”