Online Now! Generation of human pineal gland organoids with melatonin production for disease modeling https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(25)00438-2?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #stemcells
Online Now! Niche-preserving transplantation promotes functional engraftment of intestinal organoids in rat short bowel syndrome https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(25)00441-2?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #stemcells
Online Now! Rebalancing NTRK2 isoforms promotes vascular regeneration in bronchopulmonary dysplasia https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(25)00440-0?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #stemcells
Online Now! Dysplastic epithelial repair promotes the tissue residence of lymphocytes to inhibit alveolar regeneration post viral infection https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(25)00439-4?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #stemcells
Online Now! Human cortical organoids recapitulate inter-individual variability in infant brain-growth trajectories https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(25)00435-7?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #stemcells

Meet Ioanna Tountas, a master’s student in #Biology in Dr Alisa Piekny’s lab. Her research explores how the mechanisms that control cell division change as stem cells differentiate into other cell types, and how disruptions in these processes can lead to disease.

#ConcordiaUniversity #ConcordiaResearch #ConcordiaHealth #CellDivision #StemCells #Microscopy #Disease

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk0eVLezhO8

Student Researcher: Ioanna Tountas - Studying Cell Division in Stem Cells

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Congratulations to our PhD student Amelie Schurer! She received the research prize from the #Wirtschaftskammer in the natural science category for her Master thesis on a #CRISPR screen on #organoids to identify candidate genes to revert #aging

https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/2025/wirtschaftskammer-pramiert-herausragende-abschlussarbeiten/

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A clinical trial by a Tokyo-based venture company confirmed that transplanting cardiac muscle cell clusters created from iPS cells into patients with severe heart failure led to improvements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/japan/science-health/tokyo-startup-ips-heart-muscle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #ips #stemcells #biotechnology
Tokyo startup confirms efficacy of iPS cell-derived heart muscle transplants

According to Friday's announcement, the transplant was performed on 10 patients, and no major safety issues were confirmed.

The Japan Times
Online Now! Human PSC-derived organoids model sympathetic ganglion development and its functional crosstalk with the heart https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(25)00410-2?rss=yes&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #stemcells