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Stem cells appear to cure boy
2008-06-07 00:34:00 Using stem cells from umbilical cord blood and bone marrow, researchers have apparently cured a fatal genetic disease in a 2-year-old Minneapolis boy, a feat that could open the door for a variety of stem cell treatments.
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Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine: Basic Science and Therapeutic Potentia
2008-06-04 15:05:00 Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine: Basic Science and Therapeutic Potential Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine: Basic Science and Therapeutic PotentialCarlos Simon, Antonio Pellicer ?Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine: Basic Science and Therapeutic Potential"Informa Healthcare | 2006-12-05 | ISBN: 0415397774 | 248 pages | PDF | 4,4 Mb This book gives an overview of the revolutionary advances in stem cell science that may potentially impact human reproductive medicine. The contents cover the production and regeneration of female and male germ cells, trophoblasts, and endometrium from human embryonic and adult stem cells. New developments in hESC derivation that will impact clinical use are covered and cutting-edge technologies such as reprogramming, nuclear transfer, and imprinting are addressed in relation to reproductive medicine. There is a tremendous thirst for knowledge about this topic and this will be one of the first books to address the key issues specifically for th...
Is Menstrual Blood A Valuable Source Of Stem Cells?
2008-05-12 06:19:00 Researchers seeking new and more abundant sources of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine have identified a potentially unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source ? menstrual blood. Stromal stem cells - cells that are present in connective tissues - have recently been identified in endometrial tissues of the uterus. When the fresh growth of ...
Curator euthanizes living leather jacket made from human mouse stem-cells
2008-05-08 15:33:00 From Boing Boing: A curator at NY-MOMA had to euthanize a living leather jacket made from human mouse stem-cells -- the art-work had grown out of control and threatened to overflow its containment unit. One of the central works in the exhibition "Design and the Elastic Mind" at
Vet Stem Cells Save Dogs From Arthritis
2008-05-02 06:40:00 The new arrival of Vet Regenerative Medicine is here and the use of stem cells in animals such as Dogs, Horses and Cats is becoming a safe and successful procedure for arthritis in pets.  Unlike the embryo cells used in human stem cell research, this procedure uses fat cells that are harvested and re injected into the hip or affected area. The cells then regrow or regenerate health cells and within 30 days there is marked improvement in function and healing with the cell transplants.  A company in San Diego called Vet Stem is the leader in Regenerative medicine using harvested stem cells from the fat cells in an animal which is then implanted into the hip or joint areas and the treatment has a high success rate.  The cells used from one’s body and using your own cells is far superior and heal more quickly without the problems of rejection from foreign cells such as in organ transplants.  Stem cells by nature can take on the traits of many kinds of cells and then rep...
By: Dog Health1
A Look at the Michigan Ballot for 2008: Proposals: Marijuana, Stem Cells, t
2008-04-23 18:46:00 Originally, I was just going to do this in one blog post, but I realized that my views on one proposal alone are going to be incredibly long, so today, I am just going to introduce the proposals that might be on the ballot this November. The following document was put out by the Secretary of ...
Stem Cells: The Future Of Medicine
2008-04-10 02:06:00 Drive not rhythmical dire doctors anymore.Time something goes naughty you drive by the skin of ones teeth stick out advance to your village gene treatment clinic to bewilder a attune up with some freshly grown injectable flow cells engineered to restore your la investigation malady.Issue cells are undifferentiated, non- delineated sensitive cells with a fullplement of DNA that include not the to be sure transformed into anything delineated such as the cells in your turn over submit or the cells in your hair follicles.Are apt of being a mechanic someone is concerned your body; they can restore you by undergoing cubicle upset to manufacture whatever cells are needed in not cricket c out ofmission to supplant advanced in years damaged, or cells that are no longer sensible and dire to be replenished.Issue cubicle lines, in olden days cut off are easygoing someone is concerned scientists to work with beca usefulness they can pursue to kind these cells someone is concerned testing from th...
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Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine: Basic Science and Therapeutic Potentia
2008-04-04 07:16:00 Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine: Basic Science and Therapeutic Potential Carlos Simon, Antonio Pellicer “Stem Cells in Reproductive Medicine: Basic Science and Therapeutic Potential" Informa Healthcare | 2006-12-05 | ISBN: 0415397774 | 248 pages | PDF | 4,4 Mb This book gives an overview of the revolutionary advances in stem cell science that may potentially impact human reproductive
Church Scaremongering on Stem Cells
2008-03-25 09:41:00 Injecting human DNA into a non-human egg is a “monstrous” undertaking, of “Frankenstein” proportions, according to the Catholic church. Next they’ll be telling us that The Earth is flat. These comments, delivered in an Easter sermon by a high-ranking Cardinal, are part of the Catholic church’s recent campaign against The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, ...
Breastmilk Contains Stem Cells!
2008-03-16 20:08:00 Here's an excerpt:"The Perth scientist who made the world-first discovery that human breast milk contains stem cells is confident that within five years scientists will be harvesting them to research treatment for conditions as far-reaching as spinal injuries, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.He believes that it not only meets all the nutritional needs of a growing infant but contains key markers that guide his or her development into adulthood.'We already know how breast milk provides for the baby’s nutritional needs, but we are only just beginning to understand that it probably performs many other functions,' says Dr Cregan, a molecular biologist at The University of Western Australia."Read the full article here.
Protein in Embryonic Stem Cells Controls Malignant Tumor Cells
2008-03-11 21:31:00 A protein that governs development of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) also inhibits the growth and spread of malignant melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, Northwestern University researchers have discovered. Metastatic melanoma, which develops from the transformation of skin pigment cells or melanocytes, has a death rate of more than 80 percent and a median survival of less than 7.5 months.The Northwestern scientists, led by researcher Mary J. C. Hendrix, additionally found that the protein, called Lefty, prevents aggressive breast cancer cells from metastasizing. Death from metastatic breast cancer exceeded 40,000 in 2007, with over 180,000 new cases diagnosed in the United States.Importantly, Lefty is secreted only in hESCs, and not in any other stem cell type tested ? including stem cells isolated from amniotic fluid, cord blood or adult bone marrow ? or placental cells.Results of the study, described in an article in the March 3rd online version of The Proceedings of the Na...
By: science life
Brazil court to rule on stem cells
2008-03-05 14:46:00 From Yahoo! News: Science News: Brazil's Supreme Court is set to decide if scientists in Latin America's largest country can conduct embryonic stem cell research, which many say can lead to cures for degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The court's 11 justices
Panel of Stem Cells Meets to Discuss Religion and Medical Research
2008-02-23 16:58:00 Announcement? Right here on this very blog, a panel of leading stem cells has agreed to discuss the contemporary stem cell tissue with none other than ?us truly? ? that is, my own personal cells, particularly the neurons, usually known in the collective vernacular as ?me? but by most collections of stem cells as ?whatever.? Best of all, despite their great distinction, these stem cells have agreed to a poetry-slam format.Thanks to Hayden for inspiring (?) the ?poem? with informed comments about stem cell research on my recent discussion threads. However, it isn't her fault; she couldn?t possibly have known that her comments would excite my brain cells in this manner. In fact, my own brain cells withheld information that the poem was coming until they started prompting my finger cells {?fingerus cellulose?} along the keyboard. Don?t worry; the poetic debate will use less scientific terminology.The debate is in process now, even as your cells are left to ponder the results while you ...
By: Original Faith
Human skin cells into embryonic stem cells
2008-02-12 18:56:00 UCLA stem cell scientists have reprogrammed human skin cells into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, without using embryos or eggs. Led by scientists Kathrin Plath and William Lowry, UCLA researchers used genetic alteration to turn back the clock on human skin cells and create cells that are nearly identical to human embryonic stem cells, which have the ability to become every cell type found in the human body. Four regulator genes were used to create the cells, which are called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells. The UCLA study confirms the work of researchers Shinya Yamanaka at Kyoto University and James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin, first reported in late November 2007. The UCLA research appears today in an early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences. The implications for disease treatment could be significant. Reprogramming adult stem cells into embryonic stem cells could generat...
By: science life
Scientists Reprogram Human Skin Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells
2008-02-11 18:33:00 U.S. scientists say they've reprogrammed human skin cells into ones with the same blank-slate properties as embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that could aid in treating many diseases while sidestepping controversy.Human embryonic stem cells have the ability to become every cell type found in the human body. Being able to create these cells en masse and without using human eggs or embryos could generate a potentially limitless source of immune-compatible cells for tissue engineering and transplantation medicine, said the scientists, from the University of California, Los Angeles.The researchers genetically altered human skin cells using four regulator genes, according to findings published online in the Feb. 11 edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences.The result produced cells called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, that are almost identical to human embryonic stem cells in function and biological structure. The reprogrammed cells al...
Scientists Create Three-parent Embryos
2008-02-05 18:28:00 British scientists have created human embryos with three parents in a development they hope could lead to effective treatments for a range of serious hereditary diseases within five years.Researchers from Newcastle University, in northern England, presented their findings at a medical conference at the weekend, a university spokeswoman said on Tuesday.The IVF, or test-tube, embryos were created using DNA from one man and two women.The idea is to prevent women with faults in their mitochondrial DNA passing diseases on to their children. Around one in 5,000 children suffer from mitochondrial diseases, which can include fatal liver, heart and brain disorders, deafness, muscular problems and forms of epilepsy.If all goes well, researchers believe they may be able to start offering the technique as a treatment in three to five years.Mitochondria are tiny power packs inside cells that provide their energy. Faulty genetics can mean mitochondria do not completely burn food and oxygen, leadi...
Adult stem cells offer effective treatment for peripheric vascular disease
2008-01-25 13:08:00 Two separate studies have provided evidence that multi-potent adult progenitor stem cells extracted from bone marrow (MAPC) may offer an effective treatment for peripheric vascular disease. Both studies—one by the University Hospital of Navarra jointly with the Centre for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), also of the University of Navarra, and the other by the Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology atthe Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)—prove MAPCs to be effective in the regeneration of blood vessel tissue, and also in muscle tissue when treating peripheric vascular disease. Acute peripheric vascular disease involves the obstruction of the blood circulation in a determined area of the organism, as a consequence of the occlusion of the artery supplying blood to it, with the consequent reduction in blood flow. If it is not treated in time, the ischemia can cause various complications. The basic effect of peripheric ischemia is an important l...
By: B4U India
Scientists find elusive pancreatic stem cells in adult mice
2008-01-25 12:57:00 A study on adult mice has revealed that the pancreas harbours stem cells with the capacity to generate new insulin-producing beta cells. The newfound progenitor cells will provide a potential target for therapeutic regeneration of beta cells in diabetes, provided that the results replicate in human studies also. “One of the most interesting characteristics of these (adult) progenitor cells is that they are almost indistinguishable from embryonic progenitors,” said Harry Heimberg of the JDRF Center at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and the Beta Cell Biology Consortium. “In terms of their structure and gene expression, there are no major differences. They look and behave just like embryonic beta cell progenitors," the researcher added. Insulin is required for cells to take up blood sugar, the body’s primary energy source. In people with certain types of diabetes, pancreatic beta cells lose the ability to produce suffic...
By: B4U India
Stem Cells Used In Attempt To Fix Hearts
2008-01-23 21:29:00 And, guess, what? Once again, the ones used are not embyonic (via Insty) British scientists have been given the go-ahead to begin potentially ground-breaking experiments using injections of stem cells to repair patients’ damaged hearts. The team hopes to repair the organs of people who have suffered the most severe heart attacks. (snip) The trial will involve patients with the worst prognosis, those who have scarring on at least half of the left ventricular wall. “It’s the worst heart attack you can have. Most patients just die,” said Ascione. The team will extract bone marrow from all 60 patients and separate out a class of stem cells that makes up 1% of the tissue. Previous studies have suggested that this cell type is able to regenerate heart muscle cells and blood vessels. By using the patient’s own cells there will be no problems with tissue rejection. Excellent news. Like Glenn, I hope it works, too. And all without killing babies. Copyright ©...
By: Pirate's Cove
US Company Claims Cloned Humans, Made Stem Cells
2008-01-23 12:02:00 A California company said on Thursday it used cloning technology to make five human embryos, with the eventual hope of making matched stem cells for patients. Stemagen Corp. in La Jolla, California, destroyed the embryos while testing to make sure they were true clones. But the researchers, based at a fertility center, said they believed their ready source of new human eggs would make their venture a success.Other experts were skeptical about the claims, published in the journal Stem Cells. If verified, the team would be the first to prove they have cloned human beings as a source of stem cells, the master cells of the body.There are several types of stem cells. Embryonic stem cells, made from days-old embryos, are considered the most powerful because they can give rise to all the cell types in the body.The Stemagen team said they got five human embryos using skin cells from two adult men who work at the IVF center. They said they had painstakingly verified that the embryos were clo...
Stem cells may give vision to the blind
2008-01-20 05:15:00 Good news for millions of elderly people who go blind. British scientists have developed a technique to restore eyesight by using embryonic stem cells.
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Finally? a practical use for stem cells.
2008-01-19 21:03:00 News Item: Lunch Break Boob Jobs You knew it was coming, didn’t you… A scientific breakthrough amazes and astounds us, then someone says “Wait a miinute, first things first”, and so it is with stem cells. A lot has been written, and argued about, the viability of the research. It holds promise to repair spinal cord injuries ...
Stem cells to grow a beating heart?
2008-01-15 04:27:00 The latest news is that scientist have made a beating heart. It’s going to take awhile, but what was done is that they took a heart and destroyed all the cells of the heart, leaving behind the framework of blood vessels and supporting connective tissue. They then took heart cells from a lot of baby rats and ...
Researchers Create Beating Heart With New Cells
2008-01-14 06:38:00 Researchers at the University of Minnesota seeking new treatments for heart disease have grown a beating rat heart in the lab by using stem cells. VOA's Jessica Berman reports the research reported by the journal Nature Medicine is laying the groundwork for the transplant of what the scientists are calling bio-artificial organs in humans.Experts say there are an estimated 100 million people around the world whose hearts do not work well enough to pump blood through their bodies. Many heart patients in need of a transplant will die waiting for a new organ to become available. But the researchers say if human hearts can be made from animal organs, they could save lives.In their experiments, researchers removed the hearts of newborn lab rats and stripped them of their cells in a process called organ decellularization.Lead researcher Doris Taylor, who heads the University of Minnesota's Center for Cardiovascular Repair, says investigators were left with a white protein matrix shaped l...
A Little Stem Cell Humor
2008-01-06 05:35:00 Re-posted from Secondhand Smoke. Humor is good.
By: Choose Life!
Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs - 2007
2007-12-28 11:53:00 Researchers Turn Skin Cells to Stem Cells Chimpanzees Make Spears for Hunting Mummified Dinosaur Excavated and Scanned Enzymes Convert Any Blood Type to O Laboratory Mice Cured of Rett Syndrome Soft Tissue from T. Rex Leg Bone Analyzed Engineers Create ...
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Researchers Use Human Embryonic Stem Cells To Kill Cancer Cells
2007-12-27 15:49:00 Researchers generated “natural killer” cells from the human embryonic stem cells. As part of the immune system, natural killer cells normally are present in the blood stream and are play a role in defending the body against infection and against some cancers. “This is the first published research to show the ability to make cells from human embryonic stem cells that are able to treat and fight cancer, especially leukemias and lymphomas,” said Dan Kaufman, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Stem Cell Institute and Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and lead author of the study. “We hear a lot about the potential of stem cells to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. This research suggests it is possible that we could use human embryonic stem cells as a source for immune cells that could better target and destroy cancer cells and potentially treat infections,”...
By: Genedy
New Way To Sort Stem Cells Discovered
2007-12-20 22:10:00 From ScienceDaily: Latest Science News: Scientists have found a new way to sort stem cells that should be quicker, easier and more cost-effective than current methods. The technique could in the future expedite therapies for people with conditions ranging from brain and
Scientists identify and repress breast cancer stem cells
2007-12-18 03:45:00 By manipulating highly specific gene-regulating molecules called microRNAs, researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report that they have succeeded in singling out and repressing stem-like cells in mouse breast tissue cells that are widely thought to give rise to cancer. If certain forms of breast cancer do indeed have their origin in wayward stem cells, as we believe to be the case, then it is critical to find ways to selectively attack that tumor-initiating population, said Gregory Hannon, Ph.D., CSHL professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Hannon also is head of a lab focusing on small-RNA research at CSHL and corresponding author of a paper reporting the new research, reported in the latest issue of Genes and Development........
Japanese Doctor Makes Stem Cell Breakthrough
2007-12-14 11:43:00 The debate about using embryonic stem cells for medical research has been known to be a very passionate topic for millions of people, both of whom are for and those who are against the research. There have been many proven positive results from the previous exams that have been created, that is was important to Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese doctor, to create a stem cell reproduction that did not involve actual stem cells.For the last eight years, Dr. Yamanaka has been searching for a means in seeing is such a result would be feasible. Today, Dr. Yamanaka is pleased to announce that he is indeed one of the many new researchers that have found that there is new evidence to support that there can be reproduction and healing for millions of people through adult skin cells versus embryonic skin cells. The function of the adult skin cells is known to work just the same, and have the same healing properties. This is thought to believe that it will be helpful for those that will not be ab...
Emotionally Tied to Embryonic Stem Cells
2007-12-07 19:06:00 Now that normal skin cells can be made to mimic embryonic stem cells, you’d think that the big push to keep destroying embryos and the ethical considerations that accompany it would pretty much die out. You’d be wrong. Michael J. Fox, one of the more vocal and visible players advocating embryonic stem cell research, will have none of that. MENOUNOS: Tell me what that does to Parkinson’s and how exciting that was for you? FOX: Well any of these breakthroughs are fantastic. And it’s just thrilling. And at the same time too we don’t want to discontinue the embryonic stem cell research that’s being done because one begat the other and, and it all becomes part of a broad canvas that we want to continue to work on. In the name of some ephemeral “broad canvas”, Fox simply won’t let go of his emotional tie (how else to explain it) to actual embryos. Science could very well get rid of the need to deal with the ethical and moral entangl...
DeGette Loves Embryonic Stem Cells
2007-12-04 22:58:00 Talk about having ones head in the sand U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado (Democrat) made news this past week by endorsing Sen. Hillary Clinton for president. She’ll be back in the spotlight in coming weeks as she continues her fight for federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research in light of a promising new study that ordinary ...
By: Pirate's Cove
Menstrual blood tapped as source of stem cells
2007-12-01 07:07:00 While the excitement continues to swirl around the recent breakthrough of converting skin cells to stem cells, other researchers are quietly pursuing1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
Stem Cells: Clean Your Own Side of the Street
2007-11-28 00:00:00 My friend and fellow scientist Jason has been hassling me to write a post about the recent stem cell breakthroughs that have been all over the news for the last week. Two research groups, one led by Shinya Yamanaka at Kyoto University and the other by James Thomson at the ...
More Success with Adult Stem Cells
2007-11-26 06:08:00 The avalanche of success with adult stem cells continues to impress me. Now, researchers have replaced the immune system in mice with them: In this new advance, the Stanford team said it found a method of transplanting blood-forming adult stem cells into the bone marrow of mice and replacing their failed immune systems. Should scientists be able to replicate the studies in humans, it could provide a renewed hope for patients with autoimmune or genetic blood diseases.
Stem Cells: In a Nutshell
2007-11-22 19:17:00 The advent of stem cell research has brought in its wake controversies galore. Now it seems that theres a light at the end of the tunnel.1 Vote(s)
By: JeQQ it
What the Media Won?t Tell You About Stem Cell Research
2007-11-22 06:48:00 From an article at CitizenLink: Every new study on embryonic stem cells produces an onslaught of optimistic articles confidently proclaiming that with just a little more time and a lot more public money embryonic stem cells will provide cures for dozens of diseases and hope for millions of sick patients. Meanwhile, stories highlighting adult stem cell ...
By: Choose Life!
Skin Deep: a breakthrough for Pluripotent stem cells
2007-11-22 03:08:00 In 1998 James Thomson produced the world’s first human stem cell line, which is a single stem cell that is manipulated to divide into new stem cell clones producing a stem cell line. Whilst this opened up a whole new very promising area in genetic research it came under heavy criticism because it required embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells come can only be harvested from a human embryo
By: The IWH Inquirer
World first: Hadassah uses adult stem cells to help patients - Jerusalem Po
2007-11-22 00:45:00 World first: Hadassah uses adult stem cells to help patientsJerusalem Post, Israel - 1 hour agoBy JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Neurologists at Jerusalem's Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem, are the first in the world to help multiple sclerosis (MS) and ...
The End of the Ethical Debate: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
2007-11-21 19:23:00 by TK Kenyon "These iPS cells completely end the whole debate about whether or not obtaining stem cells from the destruciton of a human embryo is ethical. That's it. It's over. Don't want to hear any more about it."
Major Breakthrough In Stem Cells Achieved. . . Liberals Not Satisified As E
2007-11-20 17:47:00 The stem cell research described below was accomplished with the aid of an executive order signed by President Bush (the executive order can be seen here). Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy. Laboratory teams on... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Stem cells without embryos- skin cells transformed
2007-11-20 16:50:00 Source: Reuters. By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Two separate teams of researchers announced on Tuesday they had transformed ordinary skin cells into batches of cells that look and act like embryonic stem cells — but without using cloning technology and without making embryos. Their breakthroughs could make possible the long-sought goal ...
By: Prudent Musings
Skin cells made to mimic stem cells
2007-11-20 16:39:00 Researchers have found recipes to give skin cells the power to turn into virtually any kind of human tissue ? a technique that could ease the ethical debate over stem cells.
Pelosi: Stem Cells to Treat Crow?s Feet
2007-11-17 19:30:00 (WASHINGTON) ? As the creator of Dolly, the world?s first cloned sheep, announced he had abandoned cloning to pursue more promising ways of tapping the potential of stem cells, Democrats in Congress will introduce legislation this week to fund research ?to find other good reasons to create and destroy embryos.? Prof. Ian Wilmut?s choice to turn ...
Cloning using skin cells rather than stem cells
2007-11-17 15:49:00 reposted & edited from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7-099758.stmWASP comments are in bright green; highlights in blockquotes (yellow). Dolly scientist abandons cloning An egg being collected The scientist who controversially created Dolly the sheep is abandoning the cloning of human embryos in stem cell research. Professor Ian Wilmut, of Edinburgh University, believes a rival method developed in Japan holds the key to curing serious medical conditions. The new method creates stem cells from fragments of skin and removes the need to use human embryos. Prof Wilmut developed a cloning technique which involved creating stem cells - which have the potential to be grown into any cell in the human body - from human embryos. Building blocks Embryonic or stem cells are widely regarded as the most flexible ...
Umbilical Stem Cells To The Rescue?
2007-11-14 08:16:00 (Image Credit: Gamida, via Israel 21st Century) Stem cells are often hailed as the "holy grail" that would enable scientists to help patients restore (or heal) sick organs critical for survival.Now it seems as if two Israeli companies (Teva and Gamida Cell) have partnered in order to help patients discover the benefits of stem cells by pulling them from an unlikely source--umbilical cords.(Israel 21st Century) For many patients suffering from blood-based cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma, the odds of survival have historically been poor. Bone marrow transplant treatment improves prospects for some - but suitable donors can generally be found for only 50 percent of patients. For the other half, no match can spell no hope.The StemEx technique, which involves a graft of expanded stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood, has been in clinical development by the Jerusalem-based Gamida Cell for the last five years. Gamida develops stem cell-based therapies to treat blood cancers an...
By: IsraGood
Stem cells offer hope of Alzheimer?s cure
2007-11-09 15:57:00 From Scotsman.com: RHIANNON EDWARD BRAIN diseases such as Alzheimer’s and strokes could be treated by stem-cell therapy, a study suggests. Scientists have used the technique to repair the damaged memory of mice - and believe it could work in humans. Stem cells are the basic building-block cells that can grow and change into different types of tissue. US researchers injected ...
Brain Stem Cells Against Cancer?
2007-11-06 16:27:00 Gliomas are a group of brain tumors where the most common type is also the most aggressive one. Chemotherapy and radiation have little effect on malignant gliomas, and patients survive only about a year after being diagnosed. But research at Lund University in Sweden provides hope that it may be possible in the future to develop stem cells from the brain into a new way to treat gliomas.Neural stem cells have been shown to have the ability to recognize signals from tumor cells in the brain and migrate there. If stem cells are injected into a part of the brain in laboratory animals with a glioma in another part of their brain, the stem cells migrate over to the tumor area.This has spawned the idea of having stem cells transport drugs or immune stimulants to the tumor. This was the principle the Lund scientists wanted to test. But as it turned out, no extra assistance was needed: the stem cells themselves had the ability to combat the tumor."We were truly amazed when we saw this effect...
By: Oncology
Stem cells can improve memory after brain injury
2007-10-30 22:50:00 Stem cells can improve memory after brain injury New UC Irvine research is among the first to demonstrate that neural stem cells may help to restore memory after brain damage. In the study, mice with brain injuries experienced enhanced memory -- similar to the level found in healthy mice -- up to three months after receiving a stem cell treatment. Scientists believe the stem cells secreted
?Interspecies? Rodent Created Using Embryonic Stem Cells
2007-10-23 03:23:00 ScienceDaily (2007-10-19) — By injecting embryonic stem cells from a wood mouse into the early embryo of a house mouse, scientists have produced normal healthy animals made up of a mixture of cells from each of the two distantly related species. This is the first time that stem cells from one mammalian species have been ...
By: Science Student
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