December 23, 2013
In a first of its kind case in India, stem cell therapy came to the rescue of a 19-year-old city girl who was suffering from delayed puberty and was unlikely to conceive. The B Sc (biotechnology) student was suffering from … Read More
December 23, 2013
Researchers at UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have discovered a mechanism by which certain adult stem cells suppress their ability to initiate skin cancer during their dormant phase—an understanding that could be … Read More
December 20, 2013
A new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine demonstrates that the therapeutic value of stem cells collected from fat declines when the cells come from older patients. (Medical News Today)
December 19, 2013
Primary cilia, tiny hair-like structures protruding from a cell, may serve as signaling hubs, influencing a number of biochemical pathways including those involved in stem cell differentiation. Cilia are also sensitive to their surroundings. Working on a hunch that cilia, … Read More
December 18, 2013
Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues in Belgium have developed a specialized catheter for transplanting stem cells into the beating heart. The novel device includes a curved needle and graded openings along the needle shaft, allowing for increased distribution of cells. … Read More
December 17, 2013
Stem cell grafts may provide a key treatment for children born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a congenital bone disease that causes stunted growth and painful fracturing. Researchers believe that by using mesenchymal stem cells, connective tissues in the infants’ bodies … Read More
December 16, 2013
Just when Pani and others in Italy were breathing a sigh of relief, an Italian court has thrown an unexpected spanner into the works. The court ruled last week that an expert committee behind a detailed report that demolished the … Read More
December 16, 2013
Sufferers of an incurable form of a common age-related eye disease that leads to blindness could soon be cured, thanks to ground-breaking stem cell research. Developmental biologist and Nobel laureate Professor John Gurdon says that stem cell replacement therapy for … Read More
December 16, 2013
A Japanese research team said it has successfully created three-dimensional kidney parts from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells for the first time in the world. The achievement, published Thursday in the U.S. journal Cell Stem Cell, is “expected to … Read More
December 16, 2013
Scientists from UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research are bringing stem cell science funded by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state stem cell agency, directly to patients in two exciting … Read More
December 13, 2013
Rice University bioengineers have developed a hydrogel scaffold for craniofacial bone tissue regeneration that starts as a liquid, solidifies into a gel in the body and liquefies again for removal. The material developed in the Rice lab of bioengineer Antonios … Read More
December 13, 2013
The journal Nature Medicine highlights that: “The significance of this work goes beyond the generation of a mouse with reprogrammable tissue”, adding that “stem cells created in vivo reached a totipotent-like state and a plasticity that surpasses that of embryonic … Read More
December 13, 2013
Years of research have highlighted the opportunities mesenchymal stem cells — traditionally found in bone marrow — present. These include the growth of skin, a liver, and even teeth. But according to a new study, these cells, which are promising … Read More
December 13, 2013
After genetic testing, Smith’s son Taylor was born in 1995, and because of early detection, he received the first-ever in-utero bone marrow cell transplant, previously only done on sheep. Today, at 18, he is “thriving,” according to his mother and … Read More
December 11, 2013
Researchers at UC Irvine’s Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders have received a two-year, $600,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging to develop and study patient-derived stem cell lines. Led by Frank LaFerla and Mathew Blurton-Jones, the UCI … Read More
December 10, 2013
Donated umbilical cord blood contains stem cells that can save the lives of patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers. Now a study lead by a Loyola University Medical Center oncologist has found that growing cord blood stem cells … Read More
December 10, 2013
Rates of black and minority ethnic (BME) people finding stem cell donors for blood cancer treatment are approaching those of white people after years of lagging behind, a study has found. Over the past 15 years, the chances of BME … Read More
December 9, 2013
At 15, Hayley Mogul lacks the fine motor skills needed to write. Her sister Bari is 9 and still eating baby food. There’s no cure for their rare disorders, caused by unique genetic mutations. But for once, there’s an advantage … Read More
December 9, 2013
Adding bortezomib (Velcade) to standard preventive therapy for graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) results in improved outcomes for patients receiving stem-cell transplants from mismatched and unrelated donors, according to researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. In a new phase 2 trial, patients treated with … Read More
December 9, 2013
Two HIV-infected men who were thought to be clear of the virus after having stem cell transplants have had the AIDS-causing pathogen return, their doctors said, scuppering hopes their cases might lead to a cure. The two Boston men, who … Read More
December 9, 2013
Scientists say they have found a way to grow intestinal stem cells and get them to develop into different types of mature intestinal cells. This achievement could one day lead to new ways to treat gastrointestinal disorders such as ulcers … Read More
December 2, 2013
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have shown that they can grow unlimited quantities of intestinal stem cells, then stimulate them to develop into nearly pure populations of different types of mature intestinal cells. Using these cells, scientists … Read More
December 2, 2013
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 modeling lung disease, screening drugs, studying human lung … Read More
December 2, 2013
Scientists and surgeons at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered a promising new approach to treating colorectal cancer by disarming the gene that drives self-renewal in stem cells that are the root cause of disease, resistance to treatment and relapse. … Read More
November 29, 2013
Prostate cancer stem cells evolve into different cells as the disease progresses and this becomes a moving target for treatment, U.S. researchers say. Drs. Andrew Goldstein, Owen Witte and Tanya Stoyanova and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles’ … Read More
