MELBOURNE: Vitamins A and C complement each other in erasing “memory” associated with DNA, an important effect for improving technologies geared towards regenerative medicine and stem cell therapy, scientists have found. Vitamins A, C can enhance success in the challenging process of converting adult cells into stem cells The two vitamins can enhance success in the challenging process of converting adult cells into stem cells, an international... 

3D Printing representational image Scientists from University of Bristol have found a new bio-ink for 3D printing with stem cells that allows printing of living tissue known as bio-printing. The new bio-ink contains two different polymer components: a natural polymer extracted from seaweed and a sacrificial synthetic polymer used in the medical industry. “Designing the new bio-ink was extremely challenging. You need a material that is printable,...