July 17, 2013
Magnets could be a tool for directing stem cells’ healing powers to treat conditions such as heart disease or vascular disease. By feeding stem cells tiny particles made of iron oxide, scientists at Emory and Georgia Tech can use magnets … Read More
July 16, 2013
A new protocol for reprogramming induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into mature blood cells, using just a small amount of the patient’s own blood and a readily available cell type, is reported on in the current issue of STEM CELLS … Read More
July 16, 2013
Scientists who used adult stem cells to create functional and long-lasting blood vessels in mice say this research could lead to new treatments for cardiovascular disease. (U.S. News and World Report)
July 16, 2013
In a study published in the journal Radiology last week, researchers explained how a common chemical compound could significantly reduce the time needed for a successful transplant. (Huffington Post)
July 15, 2013
Researchers have developed a new method to produce stem cells using designed proteins. The new system is more precise and more natural than current techniques and the team believe it could be a more efficient and safer route to producing … Read More
July 10, 2013
Before scientists and engineers can realize the dream of using stem cells to create replacements for worn out organs and battle damaged body parts, they’ll have to develop ways to grow complex three-dimensional structures in large volumes and at costs … Read More
July 9, 2013
Hannah Warren died on Saturday at Children’s Hospital of Illinois, hospital spokeswoman Shelli Dankoff said. The hospital said in a statement that Hannah couldn’t “overcome additional health issues that were identified as her care progressed”. (Herald Sun)
July 8, 2013
Transplanting tiny ‘liver buds’ constructed from human stem cells restores liver function in mice, researchers have found. Although preliminary, the results offer a potential path towards developing treatments for the thousands of patients awaiting liver transplants every year. (Nature)
July 8, 2013
A team of Toronto-based researchers may be one step closer to a ‘recipe’ for large-scale production of stem cells for use in research and therapy. (Science Daily)
July 4, 2013
Organ transplant tissues created from stem cells have been seen as a medical possibility for decades. An experiment with human liver stem cells points to one promising path to this kind of medicine. (U. S. A. Today)
July 3, 2013
Two men with HIV may have been cured after they received stem-cell transplants to treat the blood cancer lymphoma, their doctors announced today at the International AIDS Society Conference in Kuala Lumpur. (Nature )
July 2, 2013
Could the days of the root canal, for decades the symbol of the most excruciating kind of minor surgery, finally be numbered? Scientists have made advances in treating tooth decay that they hope will let them restore tooth tissue—and avoid … Read More
July 2, 2013
Damaged bones could be fixed with a new technique that involves 3D printing a tissue using living stem cells. (Huffington Post)
July 2, 2013
Researchers at UCLA’s Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have successfully established the foundation for using hematopoietic (blood-producing) stem cells from the bone marrow of patients with sickle cell disease to treat the disease. … Read More
June 28, 2013
Japan has given the green light to the world’s first clinical trial using stem cells harvested from a patient’s own body, officials said Thursday, testing a treatment that may offer hope to millions of people robbed of their sight. (AFP)
June 27, 2013
Deep within the spongy marrow that fills large bones lie cells that give rise to all the body’s blood cells. These primitive cells, called haematopoietic stem cells, have the unique ability to divide indefinitely, making them essentially immortal. Mounting evidence … Read More
June 27, 2013
After progress in a second round of tests using stem cells to regrow nerve fibres, the China Spinal Cord Injury Network (ChinaSCINet) has applied for regulatory approval in China for a third and final phase, which it hopes to start … Read More
June 25, 2013
A new method of maturing human heart cells that simulates the natural growth environment of heart cells while applying electrical pulses to mimic the heart rate of fetal humans has led researchers at the University of Toronto to an electrifying … Read More
June 25, 2013
Americord today applauded a new study being conducted by Mayo Clinic to determine whether children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) can be successfully treated with stem cells from their own umbilical cord blood. (Sacramento Bee) Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/24/5519614/americord-applauds-study-on-stem.html#storylink=cpy
June 24, 2013
They have been searching for a human-cell model of early-disease progression. Now, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania scientists have used stem-cell technology to create a research cell line from a patient with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). (New-Medical.net)
June 21, 2013
An Australian-based biomedical company has approached sports scientists and doctors, including those at AFL clubs, spruiking contentious ”frontier” stem cell treatment to help players recover from injury. The developmental and largely unproven treatment, banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency if … Read More
June 21, 2013
Skin regeneration after serious wounds often takes a long time. When skin grows back after an injury, a scar, marking the place of the once missing skin, can often remain. However, cell growth stem cells and their regulating proteins can … Read More
June 18, 2013
A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young … Read More
June 17, 2013
One of the challenges facing stem cell researchers is how to ensure that cells delivered to patients don’t die after transplantation to the point of care. (Forbes)
June 14, 2013
Huntington’s disease is a devastating, hereditary neurodegenerative disease affecting about 1 out of every 10,000 people in the USA, Europe and Australia. It typically causes involuntary movements of the face and body and dementia. Symptoms worsen over time, eventually leaving … Read More
