July 2, 2014
(BBC) – Scientists have developed a new technique to regrow human corneas. Using key tracer molecules, researchers have been able to hunt down elusive cells in the eye capable of regeneration and repair. They transplanted these regenerative stem cells into … Read More
June 30, 2014
(Science Codex) – Scientists working to make gene therapy a reality have solved a major hurdle: how to bypass a blood stem cell’s natural defenses and efficiently insert disease-fighting genes into the cell’s genome. In a new study led by … Read More
June 27, 2014
(Medical News Today) – Stem cells have the unique ability to become any type of cell in the body. Given this, the possibility that they can be cultured and engineered in the laboratory makes them an attractive option for regenerative … Read More
June 27, 2014
(News-Medical) – Over the last few years, studies have provided a better understanding of how to control the differentiation of MSCs [mesenchymal stem cells] using material surface engineering, such as stiffness, chemistry, nanotopography, etc. These techniques are currently being used … Read More
June 27, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Scientists working to make gene therapy a reality have solved a major hurdle: how to bypass a blood stem cell’s natural defenses and efficiently insert disease-fighting genes into the cell’s genome. In a new study led by … Read More
June 26, 2014
(Drug, Discovery, & Development) – Researchers induced human stem cells to create a 3-D retina structure that responds to light. The finding may aid the study of eye diseases and could eventually lead to new therapies. When we view a … Read More
June 26, 2014
(Med Page Today) – Broad-spectrum T cells appear to effectively treat the viral infections that commonly follow an hematopoietic stem cell transplant, researchers reported. In a small clinical trial, infusions of T cells were associated with a 94% response rate … Read More
June 25, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Among patients with a severe, life-threatening type of sclerosis, treatment with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), compared to intravenous infusion of the chemotherapeutic drug cyclophosphamide, was associated with an increased treatment-related risk of death in the first … Read More
June 23, 2014
(U.S.A. Today) – Recent strides in stem-cell research show adult stem cells to be ever-more-promising, many scientists say, quelling the controversy steeped in faith and science that has long surrounded embryonic stem cells. In fact, University of Louisville researcher Scott … Read More
June 23, 2014
(Science Blog) – Duke researchers have found a new type of neuron in the adult brain that is capable of telling stem cells to make more new neurons. Though the experiments are in their early stages, the finding opens the … Read More
June 23, 2014
(Science Codex) – The Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has identified a biomarker that enables researchers to accurately characterize the properties and function of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the body. MSCs are the focus of … Read More
June 20, 2014
(The Telegraph) – A stem cell treatment first used on racehorses could help humans battle a crippling Achilles tendon disease, scientists have revealed. The existing treatment for Achilles tendinopathy which causes pain in the heel and tendon, helped a horse … Read More
June 20, 2014
(Medical News Today) – An association between the regulation of adult stem cell growth and the formation of pre-cancerous lesions has been described for the first time by researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. They … Read More
June 20, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Researchers in Taiwan have found that peripheral blood stem cells can be “mobilized” by injection of a special preparation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) into rats that modeled osteoarthritis (OA). The bone marrow was stimulated to produce … Read More
June 19, 2014
(Nanowerk) – Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have a natural ability to differentiate into various cell types, such as muscle, cartilage and bone. They can be classified according to their source and include adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) and bone marrow-derived stem … Read More
June 19, 2014
(Science Codex) – New research, published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology, suggests that the diversity of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of patients receiving stem cell transplants may be an important predictor of … Read More
June 16, 2014
(The Toronto Star) – After a severe heart attack five weeks ago, the 67-year-old has become the first Toronto patient to enter a groundbreaking cell therapy trial led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. … Read More
June 11, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Yuet Wai Kan of the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues have created HIV-resistant white blood cells by editing the genomes of induced pluripotent stem cells. The researchers inserted genes with a mutation that confers resistance … Read More
June 11, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – The new Mount Sinai study reveals how loss of a protein called Sirtuin1 (SIRT1) affects the ability of blood stem cells to regenerate normally, at least in mouse models of human disease. This study has shown that … Read More
June 10, 2014
(Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News) – A pluripotent stem cell may be imagined to be in a state of readiness—ready to differentiate into any of the cell types that exist in the body. But stem cells don’t pass through developmental … Read More
June 10, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s 2014 Annual Meeting revealed how a protein encourages the production of stem cells that regenerate damaged tissues of the heart following an acute attack (myocardial infarction). They … Read More
June 10, 2014
(New Scientist) – Take a hot new method that’s opened up a new era of genetic engineering, apply it to the wonder stem cells that in 2012 won their discoverer a Nobel prize, and you might just have a tool … Read More
June 9, 2014
(Business Standard) – Liver is known to regenerate itself, but can liver cells be reverted to a stem-cell like state? Yes, researchers say. The finding can pave the way for liver cells transplant to cure genetic liver disorders. Researchers at … Read More
June 6, 2014
(Nature) – Reports of a new kind of stem cell, produced by simply stressing mature mouse cells, kicked up a storm of controversy soon after their publication in Nature on 30 January. Duplicated and manipulated images as well as plagiarism … Read More
June 6, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – In the first evidence of a natural intervention triggering stem cell-based regeneration of an organ or system, a study in the June 5 issue of the Cell Press journal Cell Stem Cell shows that cycles of prolonged … Read More
