March 10, 2014
(CBS Local) – Is it the future of pain relief, the end of pain pills, physical therapy and knee or hip replacements? CBS 2’s Mary Kay Kleist looks at a new procedure offered at only a handful of places. It’s … Read More
March 7, 2014
(Phys.org) – But what makes a “good” stem cell, one that can reliably be used in drug development, and for disease study? Researchers have made enormous strides in understanding the process of cellular reprogramming, and how and why stem cells … Read More
March 6, 2014
(Medical News Today) – Research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests that the expression of the so called MYC gene is important and necessary for neurogenesis in the spinal cord. The findings are being published in the journal EMBO Reports. … Read More
March 6, 2014
(Asian Scientist) – A phase I clinical study conducted by researchers in Korea has found that it is safe and feasible to use stem cell therapies for preventing and treating lung disease in preterm infants. Advances in neonatal care for … Read More
March 4, 2014
(Medical News Today) -Â Researchers in London, UK, are investigating the effectiveness of stem cell therapies for facial reconstruction. A joint team, from London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and University College London’s Institute of Child Health, has published the … Read More
February 28, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – A single injection of stem cells into degenerative discs reduced low back pain for at least 12 months according to results of a 100-patient, phase II, international clinical trial that included researchers at the Emory Orthopaedics & … Read More
February 26, 2014
(The Scientist) – An investigation by the University of Düsseldorf in Germany has found evidence of scientific misconduct related to research conducted there on stem cells used to heal damaged cardiac tissue. The conclusion follows a 2013 indictment by researchers … Read More
February 24, 2014
(Phys.org) – Precision is also required in the large strategic research opening by Tekes which Franssila and his research group are participating in with the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital. The project has an ambitious goal: getting … Read More
February 24, 2014
(Nanowerk) – The power of regenerative medicine now allows scientists to transform skin cells into cells that closely resemble heart cells, pancreas cells and even neurons. However, a method to generate cells that are fully mature—a crucial prerequisite for life-saving … Read More
February 24, 2014
(Tech Times) – Researchers have taken an old mouse whose heart has thickened and enlarged with age, circulated a newly discovered protein in its blood, and saw that the heart reverted back to a more youthful state. They now believe … Read More
February 24, 2014
(Wired) – Using scaffolds outside of the body to generate synthetic tracheas, cell-grown blood vessels and ears (kind of) is already an established practice in bioengineering research. But what happens once those scaffolds have been implanted? A team from Duke … Read More
February 21, 2014
(Science Codex) – One of the major causes of hearing loss in mammals is damage to the sound-sensing hair cells in the inner ear. For years, scientists have thought that these cells are not replaced once they’re lost, but new … Read More
February 21, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Scientists from A*STAR’s Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) led in the discovery that two little-known fat cell markers have huge potential to assist researchers to further their understanding of fats. The discovery was recently published in prestigious science … Read More
February 20, 2014
(Times of India) – People with poor health history or those suffering from genetic diseases are going to the dentists in greater numbers for stem cell banking from teeth. The major reason to adopt stem cell banking from teeth is … Read More
February 20, 2014
(Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News) – Duke University researchers say they have moved a step closer to being able to generate replacement cartilage where it’s needed in the body by combining a synthetic scaffolding material withgene delivery methods. Initiating tissue … Read More
February 19, 2014
(BioNews) – New research has recently revealed there could be higher risk associated with the development of secondary solid cancers, oral cancers and esophageal cancers after receiving a treatment called allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allogeneic HSCT). HSCT, which involves the transplantation of … Read More
February 19, 2014
(Medical News Today) – A new study describes the complexity of the new T cell repertoire following immune-depleting therapy to treat multiple sclerosis, improving our understanding of immune tolerance and clinical outcomes. n the Immune Tolerance Network’s (ITN) HALT-MS study, … Read More
February 14, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Platelets, whose primary function is to prevent bleeding, are vital for treating various forms of trauma and blood diseases. However, they can only be obtained through blood donations at present. Researchers reporting online February 13 in the … Read More
February 14, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that a well-known protein has a new function: It acts in a biological circuit to determine whether an immature neural cell remains in a … Read More
February 13, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – A child’s illness can challenge a parent’s wellbeing. However, a study recently published in the journal Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation shows that in the case of a child’s stem cell transplant, parents feel increased distress … Read More
February 13, 2014
(Medical News Today) – Foreskin-derived stem cells have therapeutic potential for the currently untreatable condition congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), according to a proof of concept study published in the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy. CMD is a group of … Read More
February 13, 2014
(Medical Xpress) – Cancer researchers led by stem cell scientist Dr. John Dick have discovered a pre-leukemic stem cell that may be the first step in initiating disease and also the culprit that evades therapy and triggers relapse in patients … Read More
February 12, 2014
(The Japan Times) – Nobel Prize-winning scientist Shinya Yamanaka, facing reporters in Kyoto, decried “three misconceptions†about the induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells that he developed in relation to STAP cells were recently unveiled. The Kyoto University professor said … Read More
February 7, 2014
(Phys.org) – One major challenge in stem cell research has been to reprogram differentiated cells to a totipotent state. Researchers from RIKEN in Japan have identified a duo of histone proteins that dramatically enhance the generation of induced pluripotent stem … Read More
February 7, 2014
(The Guardian) – Scientists believe they may have moved a step closer to a cure for the type of diabetes that develops in childhood and usually leads to a lifetime of insulin injections. Researchers in California report that they have … Read More
