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How Stress Triggers Premature Graying in Teens: 6 Ways to Manage Anxiety and Cortisol

Why Stress Turns Hair Gray Faster Than Age DoesA 2020 study published in Nature by researchers at Harvard University found that chronic stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, which floods hair follicles with norepinephrine. This chemical surge causes melanocyte stem cells, the cells responsible for producing melanin, the pigment that…

Times Life · Sep 30

Your brain may be one organ today, but scientists have uncovered a hidden split that may date back more than 500 million years

New research suggests the human brain develops from two distinct cell populations. These groups follow separate paths from early embryonic development stages. This finding challenges long-standing assumptions in neuroscience and evolutionary history. Scientists used this discovery to create functional hindbrain motor neurons in the lab. This breakthrough offers a new…

The Economic Times · Sep 21

Common Vape Flavoring May Disrupt Early Embryo Development, Laboratory Study of Human Stem Cells Suggests

Laboratory experiments found that vanillin, a common vape flavoring, altered the development of human embryonic stem cells.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

Your Gut Cells Can "Forget" What They Are to Repair Damage, and Colon Tumors Steal the Same Switch

MSK researchers identified ZFP36L2 as the protein that lets gut cells revert to a stem-like state, a repair program that colorectal cancer exploits to spread.

Medical Daily · Aug 19

Researchers Are Printing Bone Cancer Cells into Gel Cubes to Study a Tumor That Ignores Chemotherapy and Radiation

Rowan researchers are 3D printing chondrosarcoma cells into a hydrogel to study how the tumor recruits stem cells. Flat cell culture cannot answer this.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

Stanford Finds the Aging Brain Is Not Sealed off from the Body, Overturning a Long-Held Assumption

Stanford researchers found blood-derived immune cells enter the aging human brain, challenging the idea that it is immunologically sealed. What it means.

Medical Daily · Aug 7

A Protein Known for Guarding Chromosome Ends Also Keeps Muscle Stem Cells Ready to Repair Injury

Penn researchers found that TRF2, long known for protecting chromosome ends, also preserves muscle stem cell identity during injury repair in mice.

Medical Daily · Aug 5

Recurring risk: Like Zika, Oropouche virus can also affect the brains of unborn babies

Discovered in 1955, the Oropouche virus circulated mainly in the Amazon, causing a febrile illness virtually indistinguishable from dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, viruses also transmitted by biting mosquitoes.

The Conversation · Aug 4

Biohacker Bryan Johnson Says He 'Cloned' Himself, but Scientists Say It Misrepresents Stem Cell Science

Biohacker Bryan Johnson says he "cloned" himself using his own cells, but scientists say the technology is actually induced pluripotent stem cells, not human cloning.

Medical Daily · Jul 30

Gray Hair Reason Found: A Japanese study explains why people get grey hair and it may be linked to cancer

Why Do People Get Grey Hair: New research in Japan suggests grey hair may signal a body's protective response against Cancer. Stem cells shut down after severe DNA damage, preventing harm, however, certain carcinogens can cause these cells to multiply unchecked. This process can lead to melanoma, the most dangerous…

The Economic Times · Jul 27