October 9, 2013
A man who was told by doctors he would never walk again is now taking steps after a treatment in Maryland. The 42-year-old Utah man has surprised doctors and become the face of a new treatment using “stem cells” not … Read More
October 8, 2013
Stem cells and real estate have this in common: the most important thing is location, location, and location. Stem cells are extensively studied because of their ability to generate a wide variety of tissue types—from new heart, liver and even … Read More
October 8, 2013
A type of pituitary tumour known as craniopharyngioma appears to form via a different mechanism to that thought to occur in more common tumours, according to a paper in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The novel findings, generated by a … Read More
October 7, 2013
University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following trauma. In a series of preclinical experiments, they report that transplanted cells appear to build a “biobridge†that links an … Read More
October 7, 2013
An EU-funded project has investigated the potential of stem cell-based replacement therapy for prevention of end stage renal disease. The work involved the design of a new type of magnetic nanoparticle to label the stem cells for in vivo tracking. … Read More
October 7, 2013
A group of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers, and collaborators at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have found a way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles. The researchers inserted modified strands of messenger … Read More
October 7, 2013
StemCells Inc. said it received authorization to start a clinical trial of its purified stem cell therapy as a treatment for chronic spinal cord injury. The company said the Food and Drug Administration approved its investigational new drug application, meaning … Read More
October 4, 2013
The ability to make induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from mature cells in the body holds great potential for improved drug screening, disease modeling, and medical treatments for numerous conditions. Establishing well-characterized panels of iPSC lines that reflect the diversity … Read More
October 4, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued a proposed rule that would include hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) acquired by apheresis under the definition of “human organ,” precluding payment for them. The agency says its aim is to make … Read More
October 4, 2013
Patients suffering from a range of diseases could benefit from better treatments if new standards in stem cell research are adopted by the international scientific community. Leading scientists are calling on governments from around the world to adopt a joined-up … Read More
October 3, 2013
Orthocell’s new technique is known as Autologous Tenocyte Implantation (Ortho-ATIT) and involves biopsy of the patient’s own healthy tendon, isolation and cultivation of tendon stem cells from the biopsy in a special laboratory and then injection of these cells back … Read More
October 2, 2013
It’s like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Researchers have reached inside the brain of a rat and pulled out neural stem cells – without harming the animal. Since the technique uses nanoparticles already approved for use in humans, … Read More
September 30, 2013
Scientists have used a brand new technique for examining individual stem cells to uncover dramatic differences in the gene expression levels – which genes are turned ‘up’ or ‘down’– between apparently identical ‘sister’ pairs. The research, published today in Stem … Read More
September 30, 2013
In a step that brings stem cells closer to the clinic, researchers in Japan have found that transplanting reprogrammed stem cells into the brains of primates elicits little rejection by their immune systems. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are created … Read More
September 30, 2013
Stem cell scientists have moved one step closer to producing blood-forming stem cells in a Petri dish by identifying a key regulator controlling their formation in the early embryo, shows research published online today in Cell. (Medical Xpress)
September 27, 2013
Stem cell-enriched fat grafting could become central to plastic and reconstructive surgery after the first randomised trial in humans confirms the technique’s excellent feasibility and safety. (Medical Xpress)
September 27, 2013
A new drug can often prevent a common, sometimes severe viral disease in patients receiving a transplant of donated blood-making stem cells, a clinical trial led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital indicates. In a … Read More
September 26, 2013
A new experimental approach to treating a type of brain cancer called medulloblastoma has been developed by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham). The method targets cancer stem cells—the cells that are critical for maintaining tumor growth—and halts their … Read More
September 25, 2013
University at Buffalo translational researchers are developing a richer understanding of atherosclerosis in humans, revealing a key role for stem cells that promote inflammation. The research was published recently in PLOS One. It extends to humans previous findings in lab … Read More
September 23, 2013
A PARENT will do whatever it takes to save their child’s life. For Rob and Cindy Harris, it means having a second baby to cure their nine-month-old son, Ryven, of a disease that will slowly kill him. In what doctors … Read More
September 23, 2013
A Portuguese company pioneering in the cryopreservation of stem cells from umbilical cord blood has recently invested €750,000 to expand the laboratory’s storage capacity from 50,000 to 300,000 samples, making it Europe’s second largest bank. (The Portugal News)
September 19, 2013
Researchers have for the first time converted cultured skin cells into stem cells with near-perfect efficiency. By removing a single protein, called Mbd3, a team at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, was able to increase the conversion … Read More
September 19, 2013
Scientists know that physical and biochemical signals can guide cells to make, for example, muscle, blood vessels or bone. But the exact recipes to produce the desired tissues have proved elusive. Now, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have taken … Read More
September 18, 2013
“For the first time, we have mimicked a patient’s disease condition in a petri dish, understood the mechanism of long QT syndrome 2 on this platform, and successfully tailored a drug that reverses the entire condition,” said Associate Professor Philip … Read More
September 17, 2013
STEM cells may have “almost miraculous powers” to treat a host of debilitating conditions, including stroke, according to Melbourne researchers. Based on previous work with animals, scientists from the Monash University School of Biomedical Sciences are preparing to conduct clinical … Read More
