November 29, 2013
Researchers have long wondered what allows these stem cells to persist for decades, when their progeny last for days, weeks or months before they need to be replaced. Now, a study from the University of Pennsylvania has uncovered one of … Read More
November 26, 2013
New research has shown human neural stem cells could improve blood flow in critical limb ischemia through the growth of new vessels. Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a disease that severely obstructs arteries and reduces the blood flow to legs … Read More
November 25, 2013
According to experts, over 70 percent of patients in need of a stem cell transplant are unable to find a match due to lack of bone marrow donors. Also, the inventory of donated umbilical cord blood units is negligible. Realising … Read More
November 25, 2013
In a first, scientists have grown artificial skin using stem cells derived from the umbilical cord. Scientists from the Tissue Engineering Research Group at the Department of Histology at the University of Granada demonstrated the ability of Wharton jelly mesenschymal … Read More
November 25, 2013
In what is anticipated to be a major step forward for rare disease research, The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute is partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undiagnosed Disease Program (UDP). NYSCF scientists will generate … Read More
November 25, 2013
Australian biotech firm Mesoblast is excited by this week’s legislative changes in Japan that will allow fast tracked approvals of stem cell products. Mesoblast is the world’s biggest player in the biotechnology sector, with potential therapies made from adult stem … Read More
November 22, 2013
A multicenter team of researchers within the NIH-funded Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN), led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, have found end-stage heart failure patients who receive a surgically implanted left ventricular assist device (LVAD) heart pump … Read More
November 21, 2013
A foundational study published in the journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) this week by researchers at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) and the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine have identified … Read More
November 20, 2013
BioLineRx, a biopharmaceutical development company, announced today the publication of results showing that BL-8040 (formerly known as BKT-140) enables the efficient mobilization of stem cells from the bone marrow into the peripheral blood, thus facilitating autologous stem cell transplantation in … Read More
November 20, 2013
The British schoolgirl was spurred on to donate her cells after a family friend was tragically diagnosed with leukaemia earlier this year. Without her parents knowledge the A-level pupil signed up to the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register in February … Read More
November 19, 2013
New data reported by the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) at the 2013 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association in Dallas showed that the use of bone marrow mononuclear stem cells (BMCs) did not improve heart function significantly … Read More
November 18, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used genetic engineering of human induced pluripotent stem cells to specifically and precisely parse the roles of a key mutated protein in causing familial Alzheimer’s disease (AD), discovering … Read More
November 14, 2013
Artificial embryonic stem cells called induced pluripotent stem cells spontaneously correct certain genetic defects, according to scientists speaking at a discussion this week on new findings in stem cells. During creation of the IPS cells, a few of them manage … Read More
November 14, 2013
Scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have used stem cells created from the skin of patients with a rare form of diabetes—Wolfram syndrome—to elucidate an important biochemical pathway for … Read More
November 12, 2013
A specialized type of brain cell that tamps down stem cell activity ironically, perhaps, encourages the survival of the stem cells’ progeny, Johns Hopkins researchers report. Understanding how these new brain cells “decide” whether to live or die and how … Read More
November 11, 2013
A 69-year-old woman has filed a damage suit against a doctor and a director at a clinic in Tokyo, claiming she suffered serious psychological pain after receiving regenerative medicine treatment using stem cells without sufficient explanation of the side effects. … Read More
November 11, 2013
Skeletal muscle has proved to be very difficult to grow in patients with muscular dystrophy and other disorders that degrade and weaken muscle. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital’s Stem Cell Program now report boosting muscle mass and reversing disease in … Read More
November 8, 2013
An innovative Northwestern Medicine® research program investigating if stem cells may be the key to allowing organ transplant patients to stop taking immunosuppressive drugs has received $12 million in research funding. The grant will allow researchers to finish Phase II … Read More
November 8, 2013
A few weeks ago, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) announced promising results in a new approach to improving the success of cord blood stem cell transplants. In HCSI’s human clinical trial, scientists provided stem cell transplants to 12 patients … Read More
November 4, 2013
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have a new model for how the kidney repairs itself, a model that adds to a growing body of evidence that mature cells are far more plastic than had previously been imagined. After injury, … Read More
November 4, 2013
Survival in children with cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) appeared to be improved with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants compared with untreated patients, a researcher said here. Estimated 5-year survival probability in 65 children with cerebral ALD undergoing cell transplant in a retrospective, … Read More
November 4, 2013
Nanotechnology may provide new strategies for regenerative medicine, including better tools to improve or restore damaged tissues, according to a review paper by Taiwanese researchers. Published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, the paper (“Nanotechnology in the … Read More
November 1, 2013
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have generated the first known disease-specific induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from a patient with familial transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR). The findings, which are reported in Stem … Read More
November 1, 2013
Allogeneic stem cell transplants appeared to cure some patients with a rare, lethal form of mitochondrial disease but were fatally toxic to others, a researcher said here. With up to 8 years of follow-up, nine of 26 patients in whom … Read More
November 1, 2013
A team at the Weizmann Institute of Science has now taken a large step toward removing that obstacle: They have created iPS cells that are completely “reset” to the earliest possible state and maintained them in that state. Among other … Read More
