August 29, 2012
Scientists create sperm from skin sample
Scientists have found that a man’s fertility could be restored by the growing of early stage sperm from a skin sample. (Telegraph)
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August 22, 2012
Stem Cell Trial for Autism Launches in U.S.
Families with autistic children must navigate a condition where questions outnumber the answers, and therapies remain sparse and largely ineffective. (Scientific American)
August 7, 2012
Stem-cell pioneer banks on future therapies
Progress toward stem-cell therapies has been frustratingly slow, delayed by research challenges, ethical and legal barriers and corporate jitters. (Nature News)
July 31, 2012
Spinal-Cord Injury Therapy OK’d by FDA Could Lead to Cures
Marc Buoniconti has been paralyzed from the neck down for 27 years after a college football injury at South Carolina’s The Citadel. (ABC News)
July 31, 2012
‘Spray-patch’ could mend hearts
A 10,000 volt 3D electric sprayer, which fires out a stream of heart cells, could be the latest tool in mending broken hearts. (BBC News)
July 26, 2012
Stunning Recovery for First Child to Get Stem Cell Trachea
The first child in history to receive a trachea fashioned by his own stem cells has shown remarkable progress since the initial transplant two years ago, marking a new record for the novel procedure. (ABC News)
July 11, 2012
Cord Blood Stem Cells Restore Toddler’s Hearing
A virus infection Stephanie Connor acquired during pregnancy put her unborn daughter at significant risk for brain damage and lifelong hearing loss. (ABC News)
July 6, 2012
Cord blood saving lives
Grayson Ommert is less than a day old, but he’s already a hero. The infant and his mother, Suzanne, donated their umbilical cord blood after he was born. (Fox News)
July 6, 2012
Amniotic fluid offers alternative stem cell source
Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid can be transformed into a more versatile state similar to embryonic stem cells and may offer an alternative to the medically valuable but controversial cells, scientists said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
July 2, 2012
3D-printed sugar network to help grow artificial liver
Researchers have moved a step closer to creating a synthetic liver, after a US team created a template for blood vessels to grow into, using sugar. (BBC News)
June 28, 2012
First synthetic larynx part transplanted
Surgeons in Russia have successfully transplanted a completely synthetic chunk of the larynx. The operation, which has been performed in two patients, is the first step towards creating an entire synthetic voicebox. (New Scientist)
June 25, 2012
Lab-Grown ‘Custom’ Organs May Be Future of Medicine
What if dying patients waiting for an organ transplant could receive a custom, lab-grown replacement rather than waiting for a donor organ? (ABC News)
June 25, 2012
New Issue of Cell Stem Cell is Now Available
Cell Stem Cell (Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2012) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “The Impact of Cell Culture on Stem Cell Research” by Elaine Fuchs. “Synthetic Organs for Regenerative Medicine” by Roger A. Pedersen, Victoria Mascetti, … Read More
June 22, 2012
Rudimentary liver grown in vitro
Japanese scientists have used induced stem cells to create a liver-like tissue in a dish. (Nature News)
June 19, 2012
Stem Cells Move Into Prime Time
For more than a decade, stem cell therapies have been touted as offering hope for those suffering from genetic and degenerative diseases. The promise took another step toward reality last week with announcements here at the annual meeting of the … Read More
June 13, 2012
Doctors Transplant Vein Grown from Patient’s Own Cells
Scientists in Sweden are reporting a medical first: a vein grown in a lab for a 10-year-old girl using her body’s own cells. (ABC News)
June 13, 2012
UCLA stem cell researchers grow bone from fat cells
UCLA continues to make advances in stem cell research. Their latest breakthrough involved the use of fresh, purified fat stem cells to grow bone. (Examiner)
June 7, 2012
Stem cells may preclude hip replacements
British physicians say some patients with osteonecrosis who need hip replacements could be treated with stem cells from their own bone marrow. (UPI)
June 7, 2012
Skin Cells May Offer New Hope For Alzheimer’s
A team of scientists has discovered what could be a novel source for researching and potentially treating Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions involving the destruction of brain cells. (ABC News)
May 24, 2012
Stem cells take root in drug development
Stem cells have assumed near-mythical status in the popular imagination as a possible cure for every disease under the sun. But while public attention has focused on their potential in regenerative medicine, stem cells have quietly gained a foothold in … Read More
May 24, 2012
A Stem-Cell-Based Drug Gets Approval in Canada
In a boost for the field of regenerative medicine, a small biotechnology company has received regulatory approval in Canada for what it says is the first manufactured drug based on stem cells. (NY Times)
May 23, 2012
Scientists turn skin cells into beating heart muscle
Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition. (Reuters)
May 11, 2012
Stem Cell Study Shows Promising Results Against Heart Failure
A new treatment that involves spinning bone marrow stem cells to enhance their healing potential may help people with advanced heart failure feel and function better, a small study suggests. (U.S. News and World Report)
May 10, 2012
Stem cell shield ‘could protect cancer patients’
It may be possible to use “stem cell shielding” to protect the body from the damaging effects of chemotherapy, early results from a US trial suggest. (BBC News)
May 9, 2012
Here’s one I made earlier: Making organ donation a thing of the past – the British lab growing human spare parts
‘This is a nose we’re growing for a patient next month,’ Professor Alexander Seifalian says matter-of-factly, plucking a Petri dish from the bench beside him. Inside is an utterly lifelike appendage, swimming in red goo. (Daily Mail)
