The term “zwitterionic polymers” refers to polymers that bear a pair of oppositely charged
groups in their repeating units. When these oppositely charged groups are equally …

Matrigel, a basement-membrane matrix extracted from Engelbreth–Holm–Swarm mouse
sarcomas, has been used for more than four decades for a myriad of cell-culture …

Cultivating meat from stem cells rather than by raising animals is a promising solution to
concerns about the negative externalities of meat production. For cultivated meat to fully …

Over the past 20 years, and particularly in the last decade, significant developmental
milestones have driven basic, translational, and clinical advances in the field of stem cell …

Early human embryonic development involves extensive lineage diversification, cell-fate
specification and tissue patterning. Despite its basic and clinical importance, early human …

Although only a few stem cell-based therapies are currently available to patients, stem cells
hold tremendous regenerative potential, and several exciting clinical applications are on the …

Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …

Since human embryonic stem cells were first differentiated to beating cardiomyocytes a
decade ago, interest in their potential applications has increased exponentially. This has …

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) provide powerful resources for application in
regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical development. In the past decade, various …

Rationale: Cardiomyocytes (CMs) differentiated from human pluripotent stem cells (PSCs)
are increasingly being used for cardiovascular research, including disease modeling, and …