January 17, 2014
A research team has identified a protein that increases the transfer of mitochondria from mesenchymal stem cells to lung cells. In work published in The EMBO Journal, the researchers reveal that the delivery of mitochondria to human lung cells can … Read More
January 16, 2014
Breast cancer stem cells exist in two different states and each state plays a role in how cancer spreads, according to an international collaboration of researchers. Their finding sheds new light on the process that makes cancer a deadly disease. … Read More
January 14, 2014
Geneticists from Ohio, California and Japan joined forces in a quest to correct a faulty chromosome through cellular reprogramming. Their study, published online today in Nature, used stem cells to correct a defective “ring chromosome” with a normal chromosome. Such … Read More
January 13, 2014
German scientists have developed artificial bone marrow that allows stem cells to multiply and may simplify the treatment of leukaemia. The porous structure possesses essential properties of natural bone marrow and can be used for the reproduction of stem cells … Read More
January 13, 2014
Harvard stem cells scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT can now engineer cells that are more easily controlled following transplantation, potentially making cell therapies, hundreds of which are currently in clinical trials across the United States, more functional … Read More
January 13, 2014
Sapporo Medical University said Friday that it will launch the nation’s first clinical trial for using stem cells to regenerate nerves in people with spinal cord injuries. A team including professors Toshihiko Yamashita and Osamu Honmo will solicit about 30 … Read More
January 13, 2014
Using skin-derived stem cells (SDSCs) and a previously developed collagen tube designed to successfully bridge gaps in injured nerves in rat models, the research team in Milan, Italy that established and tested the procedure has successfully rescued peripheral nerves in … Read More
January 10, 2014
Patients with potentially fatal “superbug” forms of tuberculosis (TB) could in future be treated using stem cells taken from their own bone marrow, according to the results of an early-stage trial of the technique. The finding, made by British and … Read More
January 10, 2014
Researchers have identified fourteen genes that could be implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, and one gene in particular shows the importance that inflammation may play in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients. The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute in … Read More
January 9, 2014
Researchers at Emory University in the United States are hoping to extend the lives of patients diagnosed with the deadly neuro-degenerative disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS kills by destroying a patient’s nervous system but in clinical trials, the scientists … Read More
January 9, 2014
Researchers have developed a new way to study bone disorders and bone growth, using stem cells from patients afflicted with a rare, genetic bone disease. The approach, based on Nobel-Prize winning techniques, could illuminate the illness, in which muscles and … Read More
January 8, 2014
With the help of biomimetic matrices, a research team led by bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego has discovered exactly how calcium phosphate can coax stem cells to become bone-building cells. This work is published in the Proceedings … Read More
January 8, 2014
Scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute, working in collaboration with scientists from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), for the first time generated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells lines from non-cryoprotected brain tissue of patients with … Read More
January 7, 2014
Researchers see new potential for using blood found in the umbilical cord of newborns to treat a range of diseases. Transplants using the stem-cell-rich blood have already become lifesaving treatments for certain cancers and disorders of the blood, but these … Read More
January 7, 2014
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance, reported by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, has significant potential for modelling lung disease, screening drugs, studying human lung … Read More
January 7, 2014
Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Department of Neurosurgery identified immune system targets on cancer stem cells – cells from which malignant brain tumors are believed to originate and regenerate – and created an experimental vaccine to … Read More
January 6, 2014
The ultimate objective of this research is to get human organs to grow inside pigs. By itself, that would be a massive breakthrough for science. But what Prof Nakauchi is trying to achieve goes further. He is hoping to develop … Read More
January 3, 2014
Scientists have obtained the first detailed molecular structure of a member of the Tet family of enzymes. The finding is important for the field of epigenetics because Tet enzymes chemically modify DNA, changing signposts that tell the cell’s machinery “this … Read More
January 3, 2014
In an early indication of lay opinions on research with induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which are stem cells made from skin or other tissues, a new study by bioethicists at Johns Hopkins University indicates that despite some ethical concerns, … Read More
January 2, 2014
A team of engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has created a process that may revolutionize stem cell research. The process, outlined in a paper published in Stem Cells on December 19, 2013, will improve the state of the art … Read More
December 30, 2013
A Hyogo Prefecture-based pharmaceutical company will submit an application for government approval of cultured cells as medicine by the end of this year, making it the nation’s first firm to do so, it has been learned. The use of cultured … Read More
December 28, 2013
Stem cell-based gene therapy holds promise for the treatment of devastating genetic skin diseases, but the long-term clinical outcomes of this approach have been unclear. In a study online December 26th in the ISSCR’s journal Stem Cell Reports, published by … Read More
December 28, 2013
Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) age 66 to 74 years did as well with stem cell transplantation as patients age 60 to 65 years. This research was presented at the 2013 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, December 7-10, … Read More
December 26, 2013
Researchers from the University of Southern California say they have made a number of new discoveries that could lead to potential hair regeneration treatment, and even skin regeneration. This is according to three studies published in the journals Stem Cells … Read More
December 26, 2013
Researchers in the US are sending human stem cells to the International Space Station (ISS) to study whether they grow faster in space. Dr Abba Zubair of the Cell Therapy Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Florida has received a USD … Read More
