The relationship between stem cells and the recurrence of colon cancer has been confirmed in a study by researchers at Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Its authors propose genetic tests of the epithelium of the intestine to predict which patients are at increased risk of having cancer return

STAFF | MARCH 18TH, 2011

Researchers at Barcelona’s Center for Genomic Regulation, in collaboration with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the U.S., have identified a new oncogene, p63, responsible for a type of skin cancer and that promotes the abnormal growth of stem cells. The finding was made public to coincide with the eve of World Cancer Day

STAFF | FEBRUARY 4TH, 2011

Swedish scientists have lowered the incidence of tumors after transplantation of stem cells into mice suffering from Parkinson's disease.

A. R. | June 8, 2010

One of the major problems in the cultivation of stem cells is that they needed the addition of animal proteins, which contaminate them and prevent their use in humans. A team of Swedish and American scientists has devised a new process that overcomes this drawback.

Staff | 1 june 2010