October 21, 2011
As chairman and chief executive of her own company, Dr. Robin Smith is a significant player in the world of biopharmaceutical products and research. Self-confident, poised and well traveled, she is used to dealing with movers and shakers. (LA Times)
October 18, 2011
BABIES with holes in their diaphragms could soon become the first humans treated with “spare parts” built from their own stem cells. The cells, taken from amniotic fluid, would be grown in the lab ready to be implanted when the … Read More
October 17, 2011
Researcher James Thomson achieved a scientific breakthrough a few years ago when he found a way to access stem cells without destroying embryos. He also saw an opportunity to make it a business. (Wall Street Journal)
October 14, 2011
The prospect of doing human clinical trials with stem cells to treat diseases like multiple sclerosis may be growing closer, say scientists at the University at Buffalo and the University at Rochester, who have developed a more precise way to … Read More
October 13, 2011
Scientists have taken skin cells from a patient with liver disease and turned them into replacement liver cells, in a biological tour de force that promises to transform how the condition is treated. (The Guardian)
October 11, 2011
Stem cells made by reprogramming patients’ own cells might one day be used as therapies for a host of diseases, but scientists have feared that dangerous mutations within these cells might be caused by current reprogramming techniques. (Medical News Today)
October 6, 2011
One of the biggest complications associated with organ transplants is the need for lifelong use of immunosuppressants to prevent rejection, which typically cause a number of serious side effects. (ABC News)
October 3, 2011
Using a patient’s own stem cells, researchers at Johns Hopkins have corrected the genetic alteration that causes sickle cell disease (SCD), a painful, disabling inherited blood disorder that affects mostly African-Americans. (Medical News Today)
September 28, 2011
A Hampshire woman has become one of the first patients in the country to have part of a limb artificially regrown in a laboratory and put back in her body. (BBC News)
September 27, 2011
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned back the clock on mature muscle tissue, coaxing it back to an earlier stem cell stage to form new muscle. Moreover, they showed in mice that the newly reprogrammed muscle stem … Read More
September 21, 2011
A group led by a University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health scientist has discovered a type of spinal cord cell that could function as a stem cell, with the ability to regenerate portions of the central nervous system … Read More
September 21, 2011
A ‘repair’ patch made from a human stem cells membrane has been developed hat could prevent thousands of premature births, scientists say. (Daily Mail)
September 14, 2011
Investigators have wondered since 2007 whether human induced pluripotent stem cells function the same as embryonic stem cells, which are sourced in primary stage embryos. (Medical News Today)
September 13, 2011
For the first time researchers of the Colorectal Cancer Lab at the Institute for Research and Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) identified and managed to grow human colon stem cells in a lab-plate. (Medical News Today)
September 13, 2011
Neurosurgery researchers at UC Davis Health System have used a new, leading-edge stem cell therapy to promote the growth of bone tissue following the removal of cervical discs — the cushions between the bones in the neck — to relieve … Read More
September 13, 2011
In a significant advance for cosmetic and reconstructive medicine, scientists at Rice University have unveiled a new method for making synthetic collagen (Medical News Today)
September 7, 2011
Yale researchers report that signals from stem cells in the fatty layer of the skin may trigger the growth of new hair. The study in mice may lead to better understanding and treatments to reverse baldness in humans. (TIME)
September 7, 2011
An Australian company developing a stem cell treatment to prevent heart failure has been given the go-ahead for a mid-stage clinical trial in Europe, moving potential “off-the-shelf” stem cell treatments a step closer. (MSNBC)
September 1, 2011
Adult stem cells can be rejuvenated, simply by growing them in a youthful environment – at least in mice. The discovery boosts hopes that adult human stem cells could be used to grow replacement tissue without the need for embryonic … Read More
August 29, 2011
For the past seven years, the Sethys had a faint but haunting feeling that they had let their daughter down. Danya, 10, is their only child and the Sethys strive for the best for her: She takes Japanese language, traditional … Read More
August 26, 2011
Two papers published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (20:6), now freely available on-line http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct/, highlight the rich source of stem cells in human amniotic fluid that can be isolated and transplanted for therapeutic purposes. (Medical News Today)
August 24, 2011
Each year in the United States, about 10,000 people are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. A long-term treatment that not only relieves symptoms but also repairs the damage caused by the disease has eluded researchers. (Cleveland)
August 23, 2011
Scientists have for the first time generated stem cells from one of the most rapidly progressing forms of Parkinson’s disease. (BBC News)
August 23, 2011
New stem cell lines developed from the skin of adults living with bipolar disorder are providing researchers at the University of Michigan Health System an unprecedented opportunity to delve into the genetic and biological underpinnings of the devastating mood disorder. … Read More
August 9, 2011
No organ in the human body is as resistant to study as the brain. Whereas researchers can examine living cells from the liver, lung and heart, taking a biopsy of the brain is, for many reasons, more problematic. (Scientific American)
