Neurons at the laboratory can be integrated into human brain tissue

by Universitat de Barcelona

4 years ago
cellular reprograming, brain, neurons, tissue

A team of researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro) and Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS) has demonstrated that neurons can be generated from skin cells of a human donor us...

IBEC researchers explain 'Durotaxis', a cell migration mechanism with a potential role in several diseases

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
Durotaxis, cell, tissue, diseases

Xavier Trepat, group leader of the “Integrative cell and tissue dynamics” at IBEC together with Raimon Sunyer, Senior researcher in Trepat’s lab, have written a Primer in Current Biology magazin...

A research team develops a Mini-Factory of Human Cardiac Tissue

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

5 years ago
regenerative medicine, heart, cardiac, tissue

A system developed by researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Centre of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMR[B]) is capable of producing tissues in a laborator...

A newly identified mechanism can be targeted to boost angiogenesis

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

6 years ago
angiogenesis, ischemic, tissue, heart attack

Scientists of the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) led by Rui Benedito have discovered a cellular and molecular mechanism that can be exploited to induce productive and sustained ang...

Coming to VHIO: Barcelona-based debate and exchange of latest insights and advances in GIST

by VHIO

6 years ago
VHIO, GIST, gastrointestinal, tissue

It is thanks to important research centered on the genetic causes and molecular characteristics of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) that much progress has been made in more effectively treating ...

The CNAG-CRG leads a study that shows that cryopreserved material can be readily combined with conventional single cell sequencing methods

by Parc Científic de Barcelona

8 years ago
genomics, cells, tissue, cryopreservation

Researchers from the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) have substantially broadened the applicability of single cell genomics by combining cell and tissue cryopreservation with workflo...

A short jump from single-celled ancestors to animals

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

8 years ago
evolution, animals, single-celled ancestor, tissue

In a Developmental Cell paper publishing October 13, researchers demonstrate that the single-celled ancestor of animals likely already had some of the mechanisms that animal cells use today to develop...