by Dolly the Sheep | Mar 27, 2020 | News
Social distancing and shelter-in-place orders currently in effect in response to the COVID-19 crisis have upturned work patterns of companies and academics alike. With several labs shutting down and grinding experiments to an abrupt halt, scientists find themselves...
by Dolly the Sheep | Mar 24, 2020 | Organoids, Stem Cell
Organoid models include three-dimensional (3D) cell culture systems that closely resemble the in vivo organ or tissue from which they are derived. These 3D systems replicate the complex spatial morphology of a differentiated tissue, and allow biologically relevant...
by Dolly the Sheep | Mar 18, 2020 | News, Stem Cell
The human body develops from a single diploid cell called a zygote and contains at adulthood an estimated 85 trillion cells, of which more than 150 billion turn over every day. All of these cells originate from a tiny population of so-called “embryonic”...
by Dolly the Sheep | Mar 12, 2020 | Cancer, Immunology, Immunotherapy, in vivo Studies
CTLA-4 and PD-1 based immunotherapies have demonstrated significant clinical efficacy in melanoma patients, but many patients remain non-responsive and relapse is common. To try and improve the response rate, researchers are currently working to develop innovative...