Intestinal stem cells are multipotent adult stem cells, which in mammals reside in the base of the crypts of the adult intestine. Intestinal stem cells continuously self-renew by dividing and ...

so stem cells must create replacements. What's really remarkable about the intestinal lining is how big it is. If we were to filet open your intestine and lay it flat, it would cover the surface ...

More information: Jaakko Mattila et al, Stem cell mTOR signaling directs region-specific cell fate decisions during ...

These components of the small intestine would need to be generated ... Although cell-based therapy such as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been practiced for decades, the use of ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have achieved a breakthrough in drug delivery: they have successfully transported lipid ...

This is especially problematic in cases of blocked blood vessels, which can repeatedly starve large areas of the heart of ...

In particular, discoveries related to the control of stem cell proliferation and how dysregulation of proliferation leads to oncogenesis have been foremost. For intestinal stem cells, the WNT ...

Figure caption, The properties and functions of stem cells in animals Some locations in the adult body, such as the lower layers of the skin and small intestine, still contain populations of stem ...

The authors examine the role of Numb, a Notch inhibitor, in intestinal stem cell self-renewal in Drosophila during homeostasis and regeneration. This is an important study providing evidence of a Numb ...