December 20, 2016
(Associated Press) – The 4-month-old on the operating table has a shocking birth defect, nearly half his heart too small or even missing. To save him, surgeons will have to totally reroute how his blood flows, a drastic treatment that … Read More
December 19, 2016
(Physorg) – For the first time, human stem cells have been coaxed to begin to form amniotic sac tissue in a laboratory-based model mimicking the wall of the uterus. The new study, performed at the University of Michigan and reported … Read More
December 16, 2016
(Science) – Stem cells can spawn other types of body cells, but they have another striking capability—they remain young. Researchers have now harnessed this ability to boost the life spans of mice and refurbish some of their tissues. Although the … Read More
December 14, 2016
(Medical Xpress) – Scientists from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, have developed the first functional pacemaker cells from human stem cells, paving the way for alternate, biological pacemaker therapy. Their findings, “Sinoatrial node cardiomyocytes derived from … Read More
December 13, 2016
(The Scientist) – After human somatic cells are reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), the resulting cells retain both genetic and epigenetic indicators of the age of the person who donated the somatic-cell progenitors, scientists have found. Ali Torkamani, … Read More
December 13, 2016
(Science) – As the 21st Century Cures Act cleared the U.S. Senate last week, many attendees of the annual World Stem Cell Summit (WSCS) here took a victory lap. The meeting assembled some of the lawyers, analysts, and activists who … Read More
December 12, 2016
(Reuters) – Israeli biotech company Bonus Biogroup’s lab-grown, semi-liquid bone graft was successfully injected into the jaws of 11 people to repair bone loss in an early stage clinical trial, it said on Monday. The material, grown in a lab … Read More
December 7, 2016
(Eurekalert) – Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a novel strategy to reprogram cells from one type to another in a more efficient and less biased manner than previous methods. The ability to convert cells from one type … Read More
December 2, 2016
(STAT News) – Excitement for stem cell treatments has been growing as scientists have learned more about how the cells could be coaxed into replacing damaged or dead cells throughout the body, with possible treatment applications for a wide range … Read More
December 2, 2016
(NPR) – A nonprofit research group is giving scientists a new way to study the secret lives of human cells. On Wednesday, the Allen Institute for Cell Science provided access to a collection of living stem cells that have been … Read More
November 30, 2016
(Sacramento Bee) – For long-suffering patients such as Green, stem cells offer tantalizing hope. In the last few years, more than 570 stem cell clinics have popped up nationwide, advertising treatment for a range of maladies, from autism and Alzheimer’s … Read More
November 22, 2016
(The Sun) – SCIENTISTS believe they are on the brink of a cure for people born deaf after producing stem cells to correct a hereditary defect. Experts have found a way of growing new cells for the cochlea, the spiral cavity … Read More
November 22, 2016
(Science Daily) – Scientists report in Nature Medicine using human pluripotent stem cells to grow human intestinal tissues that have functioning nerves in a laboratory, and then using these to recreate and study a severe intestinal nerve disorder called Hirschsprung’s … Read More
November 14, 2016
(Nature) – Public prosecutors in Turin, Italy, are investigating whether disgraced stem-cell entrepreneur Davide Vannoni — convicted on criminal charges last year for administering unproven stem-cell therapies in Italy — is offering his treatments again, this time in eastern Europe. In March 2015, Vannoni … Read More
November 14, 2016
(Science) – Of all the materials valued in biomedical research, embryonic stem (ES) cells and fetal tissue have gotten disproportionate attention from politicians. Because creating ES cell lines initially requires destroying a human embryo, President George W. Bush tightly restricted … Read More
November 5, 2016
Science and Engineering Ethics (vol. 22, no. 5, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Defining Nano, Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Why Should It Matter?” by Priya Satalkar, Bernice Simone Elger, and David M. Shaw “Some Ethical Concerns About Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells” by … Read More
November 3, 2016
(Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News) – Next-generation sequencing has moved beyond the confines of genomic samples obtained from heterogeneous tissues and begun to disseminate information at the single-cell level. The information gathered from these single-cell genomic methods is becoming increasingly … Read More
November 3, 2016
(National Post) – Just 12 days old, Jack was infused with his own stem cells, becoming the youngest person ever to undergo the therapy in Canada and the first in the country to be treated for HIE with stem cells. … Read More
November 2, 2016
(The Guardian) – Stem cells obtained from patients with schizophrenia carry a genetic mutation that alters the ratio of the different type of nerve cells they produce, according to a new study by researchers in Japan. The findings, published today … Read More
November 1, 2016
(Australia Broadcasting Co) – A stem cell treatment which has successfully restored some movement in quadriplegics’ arms and hands will soon be available in Australia if a US company has its way. The chief medical officer of Asterias Biotherapeutics, Dr … Read More
October 31, 2016
(Medical Xpress) – A microscopic image of a mouse leg that has been reconstructed with a stem cell transplant shows what may one day help patients regrow new muscle after a major surgery. The image shows cross-sectioned muscle fibers as … Read More
October 25, 2016
(The Guardian) – At times, the language in Fatal Experiments: the Downfall of a Supersurgeon is far from clinical. The documentary, which sparked controversy in Sweden earlier this year and which airs on the BBC this week, slices open the … Read More
October 25, 2016
(Eurekalert) – How do you improve a Nobel Prize-winning discovery? Add a debilitating disease-causing gene mutation. In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, who first created induced pluripotent stem … Read More
October 21, 2016
(Medical Xpress) – A table-top device that enables medical staff to genetically manipulate a patient’s blood to deliver potential new therapies for cancer, HIV and other diseases would eliminate the need for multi-million-dollar “clean rooms,” making gene therapy more possible … Read More
October 18, 2016
(The Scientist) – For the first time, scientists generate functional mouse eggs from stem cells in culture. Scientists have for this first time reprogrammed murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into fully functional oocytes in … Read More
