Spotlight on Regenerative Medicine
The best healing is performed by our stem cells. Now the researchers recruit the body's own health workers to build up new healthy organs.
Stem cells will build our health
Stem cells will build our health
The human body has an amazing ability to repair itself. Everyone knows that a skin cut quickly heals itself. The body can even handle quite large wounds with just a little help to hold together the edges of the wound, using a plaster or stitches.
"We can make plasters for the heart"
"We can make plasters for the heart"
Molly Stevens designs biomaterial that can repair the body.
New mechanism of bone growth discovered
New mechanism of bone growth discovered
Andrei Chagin's research is about bone growth at a cellular level.
"We have a model of the brain"
"We have a model of the brain"
Anna Falk uses iPS cells to study diseases in the brain.
Unique stem cell brittle-bone study starts
Unique stem cell brittle-bone study starts
Transplantation of stem cells into unborn babies with osteogenesis imperfecta. Dr Cecilia Götherström is leading this study.
Trying to create recovery abilities
Trying to create recovery abilities
The salamander is a master at recreating parts of the body; lost limbs as well as parts of the heart and brain. András Simon wants to understand how it works.
Normal and abnormal formation of blood cells
Normal and abnormal formation of blood cells
Stein Eirik Jacobsen is exploring the mechanisms and regulation of healthy blood formation and the causes of diseases of the blood, such as leukaemia.
New tools to study the origin of embryonic stem cells
New tools to study the origin of embryonic stem cells
Researchers have identified cell surface markers specific for the very earliest stem cells in the human embryo. These cells are thought to possess great potential for replacing damaged tissue.
Stem-cell scarring aids recovery from spinal cord injury
According to a study published in Science (November, 2013) by Professor Jonas Frisén and colleagues at Karolinska Institutet, stem cell scarring aids recovery from spinal cord injury. Also visible in the film is doctoral students and coauthors Moa Stenudd and Hanna Sabelström.