Ex vivo cultivation of stem cells vital for treatment of limbal stem cell deficiency
OSN SuperSite (subscription) - Thorofare,NJ,USA, 13 Mar 2008
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay - Patients with unilateral limbal stem cell deficiency get the most benefit from ex vivo cultivation of stem cells, a surgeon said ... read more
Adult Stem Cells for Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegenerative Disorders
By Christoper Wisd,13 Mar 2008An adult stem cell is an undifferentiated cell found among differentiated cells in a tissue or organ; it can renew itself and can differentiate to yield the major specialized cell types of the tissue or organ. The primary roles of adult ... read more
Cloned Human Embryos and Skin Cells
Explore Stem Cells, 13 Mar 2008A human embryo has now been cloned from skin cells, which means that patients can be treated with their own cells, thereby addressing the issue of immune system rejection... read more
Video: How to Use Shrinky Dinks to Grow Stem Cells
Wired News Fri, 14 Mar 2008University of California scientist Michelle Khine uses Shrinky Dinks to create lab tools. In this video, she shows how her students create containers for growing stem cells using the popular toy plastic... read more
Stem cells develop new kidneys and pancreases in genetically ...
Fareastgizmos.com, 14 Mar 2008University of Tokyo researchers have succeeded in generating kidneys and pancreases in mice that had been reprogrammed to grow without such organs, by injecting embryonic stem cells from healthy mice into fertilized eggs. ... read more
Induced Stem-Cells for Gene Therapy
The Future of Things - USA, 14 Mar 2008Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham succeeded in using induced stem-cells for gene ... read more
Researchers Discover Two Proteins That Regulate Potassium In Stem Cells
Medical News Today Sat, 15 Mar 2008Researchers at Texas Tech University and the University of Wisconsin have discovered two proteins that control potassium regulation in stem cells found in the embryonic brain of rats... read more
Cloning in the Mahabharata
Organiser - New Delhi,India, 15 Mar 2008Cloning depends completely on the principle of stem cell. Human embryo is made up of only three cells. It is from these cells only that the whole body is ... read more
Elderly Screened Too Often For Cancer
Tyler Morning Telegraph Sun, 16 Mar 2008Dr. Peter Dirks of the University of Toronto identified possible cancer stem cells in brain tumors... read more
An act that could save a stranger
BBC News - UK, 16 Mar 2008"A nurse came round and gave injections in my arm to stimulate the amount of stem cells that were produced by my body. "I went to a hospital in Harley ... read more
300 Researchers Gather in Singapore for First UK-Singapore Partners in Science Stem Cell Symposium
Singapore, 17th March 2008 More than 300 researchers from four countries Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines will be at Singapore's Biopolis for a two-day Stem Cell Symposium on cutting edge advances in stem cell research... read more
Post Brain Injury: New Nerve Cells Originate From Neural Stem Cells
Science Daily Sun, 16 Mar 2008Another step has been taken towards the understanding of processes to be able to substitute for injured brain cells after accidents. Stem cells that originate from supporting cells can evolve again into new nerve cells... read more
Adult Stem-Cell Success Stories Take Center Stage
CitizenLink - Colorado Springs,CO,USAIn an effort to convince researchers to use adult stem cells instead of life-destroying embryonic stem cells, those who have been helped by the ethical ... read more
Parthenogenesis: A Way of Fulfilling The Stem Cell Needs of 50% of The Population - - And Without ethical Objections.
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA, 17 Mar 2008(7), and many others: We believe that, on the basis of available research data, the time is right for IAAM Stem Cell Research, Dr. Hans J. Kugler, PhD, ... read more
Stem cell transplant helps MS patient
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada, 17 Mar 2008Hope for Leah came last October, when she became only the 17th -- and the youngest -- MS patient in Canada to undergo a stem cell transplant specifically ... read more
New Hope For Regenerating Damaged Human Retina: Sleeping Stem ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA, 19 Mar 2008
Progenitor cells are similar to stem cells but are more mature and are more limited in the number of cells types they can become. But until this study, ... read more
Awakening Sleeping Stem Cells Holds Cure for Regenerating Damaged Retina
MedIndia - Chennai,India, 19 Mar 2008Progenitor cells are like stem cells but are more mature and are more limited in the number of cells types they can become. However, until this study, ... read more
Pain in the knee? Stem cell surgery can offer relief
Straits Times Singapore, 19 Mar 2008
NUH doctors grow new cartilage in lab, implant it into worn-down joints...
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New stem cell variety found in menstrual blood
San Diego Union Tribune - United States, 20 Mar 2008By Terri Somers A startup stem cell company with part of its operations in San Diego has discovered a new type of stem cell in menstrual blood, ... read more
Adult Stem Cells Offering Patients New Hope
WBZ Boston Thu, 20 Mar 2008There's been a lot of controversy over the use of embryonic stem cells in recent years, but adult stem cells, which few people oppose using, are already giving some patients a new
lease on life. read more
Family of Three Americans Become Pain Free and Improve Their Quality of Life With Stem Cell Treatment in Mexico
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 20 Mar 2008Optimum Health Regeneration Center announced the successful treatment of an American family treated for pain management and impaired mobility... read more
New Type of Stem Cell Found in Menstrual Blood
Redorbit, 20 Mar 2008A startup stem cell company with part of its operations in San Diego has discovered a new type of stem cell in menstrual blood, a finding that might allow researchers to avoid the medical and ethical issues ... read more
New Source For Stem Cells Found?
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA, 21 Mar 2008A local biotech lab claims it has discovered a new type of stem cell source -- cells that only women can supply. A published report in the Journal Of ... read more
Visions of a brighter future
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA, 21 Mar 2008Barlett said she started looking into nerve regeneration research using stem cells. Much research is being conducted on the possibilities stem cells offer ... read more
Adispose Tissue As A New Source of Adult Stem Cells
Lab Manager - Amherst,NH,USA, 21 Mar 2008The major sources of adult stem cells are bone marrow and umbilical cord blood. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) isolated from cord blood are low in number and ... read more
Stem Cells that Transform to Beating Cardiomyocytes
Pharmalicencing Fri, 21 Mar 2008Many Americans die each year of congestive heart failure occurring from a variety of causes including cardiomyopathy, myocardial ischemia, congenital heart disease and valvular heart disease resulting in cardiac cell death and myocardial dysfunction... read more
Are Dual Cord Blood Banks The Answer To Increasing Stem Cell Demand?
Science Daily Fri, 21 Mar 2008Demand for stem cells from cord blood is greater than supply. Two senior doctors analyze the UK's growing cord blood banking industry and the potential impact of a new bank that provides blood for both personal and public use. One private cord blood bank will store 20% of a sample for private use and 80% for public use... read more
Little Red Dot's big stem-cell drive
The Straits Times Singapore, 22 Mar 2008
But how can tiny Singapore hope to compete against larger nations with longstanding research programmes?...
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Protein Protects Embryonic Stem Cells' Versatility And Self-renewal
Science Daily (press release), 23 Mar 2008A protein known as REST blocks the expression of a microRNA that prevents embryonic stem cells from reproducing themselves and causes them to ... read more
Hybrid cells - monsters or miracles?
Scotsman - United Kingdom, 23 Mar 2008It can then grow and divide like a normal embryo, generating stem cells that can be harvested by scientists. The stem cells can become almost any type of ... read more
Scientists make stem cell Parkinson's breakthrough
ABC Online - Australia, 23 Mar 2008American scientists say they have made a significant breakthrough in stem cell technology, creating tailor-made cells for treating Parkinson's disease in ... read more
Stem Cells Curing Parkinson’s in Mice – Big Leap into the Future
eFluxMedia - USA, 23 Mar 2008Before being injected with the stem cells, the mice had a number of behaviors common to their disease. They moved their paws in certain unusual ways and, ... read more
A Bone Marrow Disease With a Brighter Prognosis
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA, 23 Mar 2008Bone marrow -- the spongy material inside bones -- produces stem cells that normally develop into the three main types of blood cells -- red blood cells, ... read more
Disabled teen still showing progress after stem cell treatment
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA, 23 Mar 2008Stem cells have the potential to turn into different cell types in the body, and theoretically can divide without limit as long as the person is alive, ... read more
Implantation of Adult Stem Cells in Cuba
Cuba Headlines - Ciudad Habana,Habana,Cuba, 23 Mar 2008Autotransplant of adult stem cells, from the same patient, to treat critical lower limb ischemia has been one of the most important medical achievements in ... read more
USC And Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Researchers Discover A Way To Enhance The Growth Of Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord Blood After Transplantation
Medical News Today (press release) - UK, 24 Mar 2008According to Dr. Crooks, "We hope that this approach might be used to treat patients for whom limited numbers of cord blood stem cells are available for ... read more
Stem Cells Save Two Brothers
WQAD - Moline,IL,USA, 24 Mar 2008Teresa researched the disease and the possibility of a cure using stem cells. Doctors at the University of Minnesota studied lab mice with EB. ... read more
Scientists To Create Stem Cells From Japanese Patients
Sin Chew Jit Poh Mon, 24 Mar 2008
A group of researchers including Kyoto University Prof. Shinya Yamanaka that successfully developed induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, plans to create iPS cells from the cells of Japanese patients suffering from about 10 intractable and incurable diseases, including muscular dystrophy.
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Stem cells from cord lining
Straits Times Singapore, 24 Mar 2008
Singapore compant CellResearch Corporation has made headlines for discovering that stem cells can be harvested form the umbilical cord lining...
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REST protein protects embryonic stem cells' versatility and self-renewal
News-Medical-Net Tue, 25 Mar 2008
A protein known as REST blocks the expression of a microRNA that prevents embryonic stem cells from reproducing themselves and causes them to differentiate into specific cell types, scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the journal Nature.
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Umbilical cord blood cell therapy may reduce signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
The study, led by researchers at the University of South Florida, is published online in the peer-reviewed journal Stem Cells and Development ...
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Mobile Cancer Stem Cells - The Real Bad Guy? - New Model of Metastasis Formation Presented in Berlin
uniprotokolle Thu, 27 Mar 2008
Mobile cancer stem cells can form metastases in colon cancer and other malignant tumours...
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Researchers Create Protective Sac for Growing Stem Cells
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Thu, 27 Mar 2008
THURSDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- A "mini stem cell lab" created by U.S. researchers holds promise for use in cell therapy and other biological applications, as well as in the design of certain kinds of electronic devices and new materials...
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Self-assembled Materials Form Mini Stem Cell Lab
Science Daily Thu, 27 Mar 2008 3:13 PM PDT
Researchers have discovered a new and unexpected mode of self-assembly involving a polymer (hyaluronic acid) and a small molecule (peptide amphiphiles)...
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Stem Cell Research Provides Medical Breakthrough to Repair Heart Cell Damage Created by a Heart Attack
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 27 Mar 2008
In the medical community at large, there is no disputing the fact that heart attacks kill and destroy cells in the heart muscle. Multiple attempts by medical research scientists...
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Key Factor In Brain Development Revealed, Offers Insight Into Disorder
Science Daily Thu, 27 Mar 2008
In the earliest days of brain development, the brain's first cells -- neuroepithelial stem cells -- divide continuously, producing a population of cells that eventually evolves into the various cells of the fully formed brain.
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Umbilical Cord Blood Cell Therapy May Treat Cognitive Decline Of Alzheimer's Disease, Animal Study Suggests
Science Daily Thu, 27 Mar 2008
A novel strategy based on targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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Study: Cryopreservation of transplantable cultured limbal stem cells possible
OSN SuperSite (subscription) - Thorofare,NJ,USA, 27 Mar 2008
Limbal stem cells expanded on amniotic membrane can be cryopreserved for potential transplantation to treat patients with limbal stem cell deficiency, ...
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ImmuneRegen® BioSciences Releases Study Results Showing Homspera™ Stimulates Adult Stem Cell Activity
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA, 27 Mar 2008
The results show Homspera to be effective in stimulating human, adult, blood-forming stem cells (hematopoietic stem cells), which have previously been shown...
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Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Differ In Genes That Could Control Disease Susceptibility
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA, 27 Mar 2008
The results show Homspera to be effective in stimulating human, adult, blood-forming stem cells (hematopoietic stem cells), which have previously been shown...
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Stem cells from hair follicles may help engineer new blood vessels
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA, 29 Mar 2008
Washington, March 29 -- Scientists at the University of Buffalo have suggested that stem cells derived from hair follicles have the potential to be formed ...
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Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Slow Down Alzheimer's Progression in Mice
The Christian Post Sun, 30 Mar 2008
Scientists have found that targeted immune suppression using stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood may reduce the progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the March issue of Stem Cells and ...
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New online stem cell patent database
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia, 30 Mar 2008
While the media has focused on the key WARF patents on embryonic stem cells, there are at least 1200 issued patents dealing with stem cells directly in one ...
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Key factor in brain development revealed, offers insight into lissencephaly
News-Medical-Net Sun, 30 Mar 2008
In the earliest days of brain development, the brain's first cells - neuroepithelial stem cells - divide continuously, producing a population of cells that eventually evolves into the various cells of the fully formed brain. e progression of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the March issue of Stem Cells and ...
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Uterine stem cells create new neurons that can curb Parkinson's disease
EurekAlert! Mon, 31 Mar 2008
The injection of uterine stem cells trigger growth of new brain cells in mice with Parkinson’s disease, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in an abstract presented at the 2008 Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) Annual Scientific Meeting held March 26-29 in San Diego, California...
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Boozer's young son battles anemia
Greensboro News & Record Mon, 31 Mar 2008
Twenty-two month-old Carmani is improving after receiving an injection of stem cells from his younger brother last year. (Credit: "The Associated Press")...
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Young patients with knee disorder get active after new Stanford surgical procedure
Eurekalert, 1 Apr 2008
STANFORD, Calif. - At 14 years old, Adam Vasser of Los Altos, Calif., was an active kid who loved baseball. Then a mysterious virus attacked his heart, making a heart transplant necessary to save his life...
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Fetal Cells Detected in Mothers' Blood Years After Donor Egg Pregnancies
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
Male cells were found in the blood of the women up to nine years after they'd had the child. "These findings may impact how we think about using stem cells ...
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Amorcyte Completes Phase I Trial Of Stem Cell Therapy For Acute Myocardial Infarction
Medical News Today Wed, 02 Apr 2008
Amorcyte, Inc. (Amorcyte) announced the completion of the phase I clinical trial of its lead product, AMR-001 - an autologous stem cell product for the treatment of damaged heart muscle following acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
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British scientists make human-cow embryos
MSNBC Wed, 02 Apr 2008
WASHINGTON - British researchers say they have created embryos and stem cells using human cells and the egg cells of cows, but said such experiments would not lead to hybrid human-animal babies, or even to direct medical therapies.
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British scientists create human hybrid
Guardian - UK, 2 Apr 2008
Britain's first human-animal hybrid embryos have been created, forming a crucial first step, scientists believe, towards a supply of stem cells that could ...
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Stem Cell Advance Yields Over 140 Cell Types From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Medical News Today Thu, 03 Apr 2008
A team of North American scientists has unveiled a new technology that could revolutionize the industrialization and commercialization of stem cell therapies. Since the first isolation of human embryonic stem cells in 1998, researchers have struggled to find a means to isolate purified populations of the many hundreds of medically-relevant cell types.
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Enrollment Completed for Investigator-Initiated Stem & Regenerative Cell Breast Augmentation Study in Japan
Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance Thu, 03 Apr 2008
Enrollment was completed in a 20 patient investigator-initiated study in Japan using adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells in breast augmentation procedures...
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High-res technology shows significant differences in stem cell lines
PhysOrg Thu, 03 Apr 2008
UCLA stem cell researchers using a high-resolution technique to examine the genome of a pair of human embryonic stem cell lines have found that while both lines could form neurons, they differed in the numbers of certain genes that could control such things as individual traits and disease susceptibility...
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Study could lead to stem-cell breakthrough
CTV.ca Thu, 03 Apr 2008
A new study suggests that women who have babies from donor-egg pregnancies have fetal cells in their systems years after giving birth...
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New source studied to ‘grow’ blood vessels
UB Reporter Thu, 03 Apr 2008
For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients’ heads, according to new research published earlier this month by UB engineers...
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New development for fighting skin cancer
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom, 3 Apr 2008
Drugs have already been developed to target these cells, which are aberrant forms of stem cells, the parent cells that turn into the various types found in ...
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Promising New Stem Cell Nanotechnology For Spinal Cord Injury
April 03, 2008 - Stem Cell Research Daily
Researchers have shown that a new nano-engineered gel that includes stem cells inhibits the formation of scar tissue at a spinal cord injury site...
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Stem cell surgery helps quadriplegic walk again
By CottShop, 4 Apr 2008
An experimental Adult Stem Cell surgery done in Portugal, is helping a Quadriplegic to walk again. Paul Rudat, a former champion swimmer, went to Portugal last year for an experimental surgery where they took stem cells from his nose, ...
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Adult stem cell injections meant to heal damaged cardiac muscle
Houston Chronicle - United States, 4 Apr 2008
Houston researchers have launched an experimental trial in which primitive adult stem cells are injected directly into the hearts of heart attack victims, ...
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Houston surgeons perform historic stem cell procedure to treat heart disease
KHOU - Houston,TX,USA, 4 Apr 2008
It seems that doctors at the Texas Heart Institute became the first in the world to inject stem cells into a patient’s heart. The monumental medical case ...
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Georgia Start-Up Aruna Bio Devises Way to
Cell Based Assay News (subscription) - New York,NY,USA, 4 Apr 2008
He also said that Aruna’s neural progenitor cell lines, called ENStem progenitor lines, are derived from H9 hES stem cells. These cells are easier to work ...
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Stem cell breakthrough offers new treatments for diabetes
The Cheers - Paikuse,Estonia, 4 Apr 2008
The team, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, was able to genetically manipulate the stem cells so that they produced an ...
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Signaling protein in skin cancer found
Moldova.org Fri, 04 Apr 2008
Researchers in Switzerland said they may have found a way to stop the uncontrolled growth of squamous cell carcinomas.The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research has identified the method by which tumor cells in the upper layers of skin signal to each other to maintain their population by renewing cancer stem cells, ...
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Researchers pin hopes on stem-cell injections in heart
Houston Chronicle Fri, 04 Apr 2008
Houston researchers have launched an experimental trial in which primitive adult stem cells are injected directly into the hearts of heart attack victims, an attempt to prevent heart failure from developing. The research, based on the remarkable ability of human stem cells to grow into almost any tissue, has enormous implications for the nearly...
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Researchers map 5000 proteins in a stem cell
Mangalorean.com - Mangalore,India, 6 Apr 2008
New York, April 6 (IANS) Researchers in Germany have mapped over 5000 proteins present in embryonic stem cells in a bid to understand the mechanism of their ...
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Parkinson's Disrupts Stem Cell Therapy Transplants
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA, 6 Apr 2008
SUNDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Current therapies using stem cell transplants in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease may not work long-term, ...
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Researchers Use Stem Cells To Strengthen Weakened Hearts
TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA, 6 Par 2008
With the ability to regenerate themselves and act as a repair system, stem cells are being used in a variety of ways to fight disease and even grow new ...
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Transplanted Dopamine Neurons Are Affected By the Parkinson's Disease Process
Newswise Sun, 06 Apr 2008
A new groundbreaking study published in Nature Medicine has implications for the future of transplantation and stem cell therapies as a treatment for Parkinson's disease. The study also provides a critical clue into the nature of Parkinson's disease itself. Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Rush University Medical Center have discovered that dopamine cells that have been ...
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Stem cells from skin treat brain disease in rats
Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Skin cells re-programmed to act like embryonic stem cells eased symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats, researchers reported on Monday in a first step toward tailored treatments for people that bypass concerns about using human embryos...
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Stem cells made to mimic disease
BBC News Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Scientists have taken skin cells from patients with eight different diseases and turned them into stem cells...
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Scientists create 'ethical' stem cells from skin for tests of treatment for Parkinson's
Daily Mail Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Stem cells taken from ordinary skin have been used to ease the effects of Parkinson's disease. The breakthrough, revealed today, could pave the way for a host of new treatments. Crucially, the cells were generated without using embryos, sidestepping the ethical arguments surrounding stem cell science ...
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Advanced Cell Technology Platform Yields Over 140 Cell Types From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Medical News Today Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC; http://www.advancedcell.com) reported on a large-scale differentiation process that has generated panels of differentiating human progenitor cell lines from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)...
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Advanced Cell Technology Platform Yields Over 140 Cell Types From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Medical News Today Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC; http://www.advancedcell.com) reported on a large-scale differentiation process that has generated panels of differentiating human progenitor cell lines from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)...
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A Comprehensive Protein Map of a Stem Cell
Science Daily Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Researchers have successfully identified over 5,000 proteins that are present in embryonic stem cells, tripling the size of previous results and in the process creating the largest quantified protein map to date. Stem cells hold great potential in biology and medicine, but a host of questions lingers about how they operate and convert into other cells...
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Enrollment Completed For Investigator-Initiated Stem & Regenerative Cell Breast Augmentation Study In Japan
Medical News Today Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Enrollment was completed in a 20 patient investigator-initiated study in Japan using adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells in breast augmentation procedures. The study, which began November 2007, is evaluating a procedure whereby a woman's fat tissue is enriched with her own adipose derived stem and regenerative cells to create a natural filler...
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Artificial human sperm could make men redundant, German experts say
Earthtimes - London,UK, 7 Apr 2008
The genetic scientists at the University of Goettingen in Germany have produced 65 mouse foetuses using sperm which was grown from embryonic stem cells, ...
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Enrollment Completed For Investigator-Initiated Stem & Regenerative Cell Breast Augmentation Study In Japan
Medical News Today Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Enrollment was completed in a 20 patient investigator-initiated study in Japan using adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells in breast augmentation procedures. The study, which began November 2007, is evaluating a procedure whereby a woman's fat tissue is enriched with her own adipose derived stem and regenerative cells to create a natural filler...
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Stem cells may not help fight off Parkinson's
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA, 7 Apr 2008
It also raises questions about whether stem cell transplants could become the best treatment for Parkinson's, because the disease might spread to affect the ...
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Scientists develop technique to 'clean' stem cells
AlertNet Mon, 07 Apr 2008
Source: Reuters HONG KONG, April 8 (Reuters) - Scientists in Singapore have developed a strategy to "clean up" embryonic stem cells, which researchers hope can one day be used to replace damaged tissues and ...
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Stem cell method treats Parkinson's symptoms in rats
MIT News - MA,USA
A team including MIT researchers has demonstrated for the first time that artificially created stem cells can be used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's ...
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Skin yields stem cell clue to diseases
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom, 7 Apr 2008
Scientists have created stem cells from skin taken from patients with seven different diseases, raising hopes for potential new treatments. ...
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Scientists Create Stem Cells from Skin Cells
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA, 7 Apr 2008
As scientists continue to pursue their goal of using a patient’s stem cells to create cures for diseases, many still argue that the process is ethically ...
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Does APP Signaling, Even Diabetes, Depress Neurogenesis?
Alzforum News, 08 Apr 2008
The relatively recent realization that neurogenesis is alive and kicking in the adult hippocampus has scientists wondering if the phenomenon can be exploited to protect against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
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Singapore team makes key Alzheimer's discovery
Salma Khalik, Straits Times
A team of Singapore scientists has discovered new information about the human brain that could eventually lead to a cure for Alzheimer's disease...
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Singaporean researchers shed new light on Alzheimer’s disease
Joint Media Release, 08 Apr 2008
Researchers in the Department of Clinical Research, Singapore General Hospital (SGH), under the SingHealth Group, the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have uncovered a novel cell signaling pathway of great potential significance in the field of neural stem cell biology...
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'Blank' stem cells showing promise
Boston Globe Tue, 08 Apr 2008
Cambridge scientists have used stem cells that were "reprogrammed" from ordinary skin cells to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rodents, illustrating the vast medical potential of this new type of stem cell.
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Skin stem cells to treat brain disease
The Times of India Tue, 08 Apr 2008
WASHINGTON: Skin cells re-programmed to act like embryonic stem cells eased symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats, researchers reported on Monday in a first step toward tailored treatments for people that bypass concerns about using human embryos
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Cancer Stem Cells Created in Lab
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Wed, 09 Apr 2008
WEDNESDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers at Stanford University have succeeded in transforming skin cells into what appear to be cancer stem cells, in a feat that could propel cancer research forward...
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Method to deliver molecules within embryonic stem cells improves differentiation
EurekAlert! Wed, 09 Apr 2008
Todd McDevitt, an assistant professor in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech, shows an aggregate of embryonic stem cells with blue-stained nuclei undergoing differentiation. He has developed a molecular delivery method...
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Module map links embryonic stem cells and cancer stem cells
EurekAlert! Wed, 09 Apr 2008
A new study suggests that a genetic fingerprint associated with normal embryonic stem cells may be important for the development and function of cancer stem cells...
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MIT: Stem cells from skin treat Parkinson's symptoms
BizJournals Wed, 09 Apr 2008
MIT researchers report they have demonstrated for the first time that artificially created stem cells can be used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats...
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Reprogrammed stem cells reduce Parkinson's
UPI Tue, 08 Apr 2008
U.S. scientists say transplanted neurons from reprogrammed stem cells reduced symptoms of Parkinson's disease in laboratory rats...
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Cancer stem cells created with technique developed at Stanford
Eurekalert, 9 Apr 2008
With a bit of genetic trickery, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have turned normal skin cells into cancer stem cells, a step that will make these naturally rare cells easier to study...
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Potential Parkinson's Treatments Could Follow Identification Of Dopamine 'Mother Cells'
Medilexicon, 9 Apr 2008
Stem Cell Research 'Mother cells' which produce the neurons affected by Parkinson's disease have been identified by scientists, according to new research published in the journal Glia...
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Two Studies Shed Light on Cancer Stem Cells
eFluxMedia - USA, 9 Apr 2008
By Alice Turner Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have allegedly turned normal skin cells into cancer stem cells. ...
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Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Reveals Earliest Step in Human Development
Newswise (press release) - USA, 09 Apr 2008
Their identification of a critical signal mediated by the protein BMP-4 that drives the differentiation of stem cells into what will become the placenta, ...
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Method To Deliver Molecules Within Embryonic Stem Cells Improves Differentiation
Science Daily (press release) - USA, 9 Apr 2008
ScienceDaily (Apr. 9, 2008) — Embryonic stem cell therapies have been proposed for regenerative medicine and tissue replacement after injury or disease. ...
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Method to deliver molecules within embryonic stem cells improves differentiation
EurekAlert! Wed, 09 Apr 2008
Todd McDevitt, an assistant professor in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech, shows an aggregate of embryonic stem cells with blue-stained nuclei undergoing differentiation. He has developed a molecular delivery method...
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Module map links embryonic stem cells and cancer stem cells
News-Medical-Net Thu, 10 Apr 2008
A new study suggests that a genetic fingerprint associated with normal embryonic stem cells may be important for the development and function of cancer stem cells. read more
Stem Cells And Cancer: Cancer Pathways That Also Control The Adult Stem Cell Population
Science Daily Thu, 10 Apr 2008
Researchers in the United Kingdom are investigating a mechanism that normally drives adult stem cells to repair the intestine. They have found that if things go wrong and a crucial gene called Apc is lost or damaged, then this normal function of controlling the adult stem cell population breaks down and ultimately leads to a tumour...
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Research using human embryonic stem cells reveals earliest step in human development
News-Medical-Net Thu, 10 Apr 2008
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have uncovered the molecular underpinnings of one of the earliest steps in human development using human embryonic stem cells...
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Stem-cell 'scaffolds' could repair damage of strokes
Scotsman - United Kingdom, 10 Apr 2008
By LYNDSAY MOSS STEM cells fixed on to tiny scaffolds could help repair the damage in the brains of patients who have suffered a stroke, researchers said ...
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Gene Involved In Blood Stem Cell Replication, Movement, Identified
Science Daily Fri, 11 Apr 2008
Researchers have identified a gene that is responsible for the division and movement of marrow-derived, blood-forming stem cells, a finding that could have major implications for the future of bone marrow and blood cell transplantation...
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Secrets Of Cellular Signaling Shed Light On New Cancer Stem Cell Therapies
Science Daily Fri, 11 Apr 2008
By revealing the inner workings of a common cell-to-cell signaling system, biologists have uncovered new clues about mysterious and contentious creatures called cancer stem cells...
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Doctor: Stem cells show promise to restore vision
Lebanon Daily News Fri, 11 Apr 2008
MYERSTOWN— In a few years, doctors may be able to stop — perhaps even cure — serious eye disorders, such as macular degeneration.
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New Debate on Human Test of Stem Cells
CBS News Fri, 11 Apr 2008
Regulators are debating the risks and benefits of research that implants stem cells in humans...
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Stem Cells And Cancer: Scientists Investigate A Fine Balancing Act
Science Daily Fri, 11 Apr 2008
The mechanisms normally involved in balancing different functions of stem cells may also contribute to cancer. Scientists are delving into these mechanisms to understand how stem cells are normally regulated, and what role they may play in malignant brain tumors...
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Scientists discover messaging system to control adult stem cells
New Kerala Fri, 11 Apr 2008
Washington, Apr 11 : Researchers at the University of Manchester have taken a major step forward in the development of an Adult Stem Cells (ASCs) treatment for damaged tissue, by uncovering a messaging system that instructs ASCs to contribute to tissue repair in response to chemical signals in the body...
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Embryonic Stem Cells Could Help To Overcome Immune Rejection Problems
Science Daily Fri, 11 Apr 2008
Tissues derived from embryonic stem cells could help to pacify the immune system and so prevent recipients from rejecting them...
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Stem cells from ‘reprogrammed' skin cells show promise in treatment of Parkinson's disease
The Kansas City Star Sat, 12 Apr 2008
BOSTON | Scientists have used stem cells “reprogrammed” from ordinary skin cells to alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in rodents, illustrating the medical potential of this new type of stem cell...
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Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope For Osteoarthritis Patients
AHN - USA, 12 Apr 2008
The technique, which uses a patient's own stem cells to replace lost cartilage, is already being tried out on goats and would soon be tested on humans as ...
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Iranian scientists isolate kidney stem cells
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran, 12 Apr 2008
TEHRAN, Apr. 12 (MNA) -- Iranian researchers have succeeded in isolating human kidney stem cells for the first time in the country, public relation ...
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Doctor: Stem cells show promise to restore vision
Lebanon Daily News - Lebanon,PA,USA, 12 Apr 2008
Dr. Colin J. Barnstable offered those with severe eye diseases some hope as he talked about promising research using stem cells to restore vision. ...
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Good News: Adult Stem Cells Show Promise for Treatment of Paralysis
CitizenLink - Colorado Springs,CO,USA, 12 Apr 2008
The researchers have discovered adult stem cells can respond to chemical signals that instruct the cells to repair damaged tissue. The process could lead to ...
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Treating back pain with mesenchymal stem cells
By StemCellPatents.com, 12 Apr 2008
... limitations such as need for resurgery, degeneration of the adjacent disc, and relapse of pain. One exciting method of treating disc degeneration involves the administration of stem cells into the nucleus pulposus in order to reverse...
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Embryonic stem cells could help to overcome immune rejection problems
Vidyya Medical News Service, 12 Apr 2008
Tissues derived from embryonic stem (ES) cells could help to pacify the immune system and so prevent recipients from rejecting them, according to information presented on 11 April at the UK National Stem Cell Network Science Meeting. ...
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Bayer team makes stem cells from skin
The Japan Times Fri, 11 Apr 2008
OSAKA (Kyodo) A team of researchers from the Japan unit of German chemical giant Bayer A.G. was successful last year in producing induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, from human skin cells,...
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Stem cells and cancer: cancer pathways that also control the adult stem cell population
News-Medical-Net Sun, 13 Apr 2008
Speaking at the UK National Stem Cell Network Annual Science Meeting in Edinburgh, Professor Alan Clarke from Cardiff University described his work to investigate a mechanism that normally drives adult stem cells to repair the intestine...
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Scientists uncover the potential to control adult stem cells
News-Medical-Net Sun, 13 Apr 2008
Research presented at the UK National Stem Cell Network Annual Science Meeting in Edinburgh represents a step towards the use of Adult Stem Cells (ASCs) to repair damaged tissue...
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Stem cells offer hope for arthritis sufferers
New Kerala Sun, 13 Apr 2008
London, April 13 : Scientists have successfully identified stem cells that may be harnessed to repair damaged cartilage, offering relief to millions of osteoarthiritis patients...
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Embryonic stem cells could help curb immune rejection problems
New Kerala Sun, 13 Apr 2008
Washington, Apr 12 : According to a University of Oxford researcher, tissues derived from embryonic stem (ES) cells could help pacify the immune system and thus prevent recipients from rejecting them...
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Right Idea, Wrong Drug, Stem Cell Study Shows
Newswise Sun, 13 Apr 2008
Preliminary data from one of the first clinical trials to test a stem cell-targeting drug in cancer patients shows that while the drug did not prolong survival, its suppressing effect on patients' stem cells was impressive enough to send investigators looking for a better drug to try... read more
Stem Cells: The Role Of Cancer-initiating Cells In Diagnosis And Treatment
Science Daily Sun, 20 Apr 2008
Recent discoveries about the role of stem cells in cancer have altered the landscape of cancer research. As scientists learn more their cancer-initiating properties, stem cells are emerging as potential therapeutic targets for many types of cancers. Studies presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, April 12-16, report stem cell discoveries related to ... read more
Study shows lapatinib reduces tumourigenic stem cells in breast cancer
PharmaBiz Sun, 20 Apr 2008
GlaxoSmithKline has announced for the first time final results from a prospective study that demonstrated that lapatinib decreases tumourigenic stem cells in primary breast cancers of women receiving neoadjuvant treatment...
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Selling longer life — or snake oil?
MSNBC - USA, 20 April 2008
Take it and increase “the number of circulating stem cells in your body.” Not only can it “replace diseased cells with healthy cells” and provide ...
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Breakthrough in heart research
Radio Netherlands - Netherlands, 20 Apr 2008
Up to now heart muscle cells - or cardio myocides as they're officially called - could only be grown from embryonic stem cells. The newly developed heart ...
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Child's Life Could Be Saved By Stem Cells
FOX 6 News Milwaukee Sun, 20 Apr 2008
What would you do to save your child's life? One family says their children are dying, and the only solution is controversial and expensive. FOX's Duarte Geraldino has the details...
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Column: Continue research on all cells
Wausau Daily Herald - Wausau,WI,USA, 20 Apr 2008
Recent news that scientists in Japan and the United States have converted skin cells into stem cells that are akin to human embryonic stem cells surprised ...
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Scientists weigh in on skin creams and their claims of harnessing the power of stem cells
Los Angeles Times Mon, 21 Apr 2008
Skin creams tout stem cells' restorative powers. But the science isn't there yet. "Restore and renew." "Significantly reduces the loss of cells in the epidermis." "Regenerate cells and repair tissue." ...
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Mature B Cells Reprogrammed To Stem-cell-like State
Science Daily Mon, 21 Apr 2008
Fully differentiated mouse cells, such as mature B cells, can be reprogrammed to embryonic-stem-cell-like induced pluripotent stem cells, without the use of an egg. Using reprogrammed mature B cells, researchers may be able to create mouse models that will aid in understanding autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes...
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Research Institutes Collaborate to Study Stem Cells
FOX 6 News San Diego Mon, 21 Apr 2008
Four of San Diego's leading research institutes plan to create a collaborative for studying stem cells in La Jolla...
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Pioneers digging into controls of stem cells
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Mon, 21 Apr 2008
Madison - Researchers are tackling the complex circuitry that gives an embryonic stem cell its fragile power...
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Local Center To Explore Medical Uses For Stem Cells
NBC 7/39 San Diego Mon, 21 Apr 2008
A consortium of four San Diego research institutions plans to build a stem cell research institute that would open in 2010...
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Leukaemia victim thanks the selfless stranger who saved his life
Daily Mail Mon, 21 Apr 2008
She saved his life with a 60million-to-one chance - and yesterday he got to say thank you. George Kannides and his living donor Lea Rosenberg hugged and wept as they met for the first time since she provided the transplanted stem cells which enabled him to beat leukaemia. Mr Kannides, 50, told how it was made possible by the courage of Mrs Rosenberg, a total stranger living 4,000 miles away ...
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Adult stem cells to the rescue
Cordis News - Brussels,Belgium
EU-funded researchers have for the first time demonstrated the presence of neural stem cells in an adult human spinal cord. The finding, which is published...
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Sickle Cell cure
WHOI - Peoria,IL,USA, 21 Apr 2008
Researchers at the University of Alabama Birmingham are studying the use of stem cells as a possible cure for sickle cell disease in mice. Stem cells have ...
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Mature B cells reprogrammed to stem-cell-like state
Science Centric, 21 Apr 2008
Fully mature, differentiated B cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the use of an egg according to a study published in the 18 April issue of Cell...
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Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells Identified, Characterized
BioresearchOnline Tue, 22 Apr 2008
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified, characterized and cloned ovarian cancer stem cells and have shown that these stem cells may be the source of ovarian cancer's recurrence and its resistance to chemotherapy ...
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Stem Cells Healing Hearts
WFTV 9 Orlando Tue, 22 Apr 2008
Bypass surgery will work on millions with congestive heart failure. But when it doesn't, some patients turn to their own stem cells. VIDEO: Stem Cells Healing Hearts ...
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Troops' body parts may be regrown from their own stem cells
Addict 3D Tue, 22 Apr 2008
THE Pentagon is joining with universities and hospitals in $US250 million ($267m) research to discover how to help wounded soldiers regenerate skin, muscle and even limbs from their own stem cells...
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A stem cell type supposed to be crucial for angiogenesis and cancer growth does not exist?
News-Medical-Net Tue, 22 Apr 2008
It is widely believed that tumor angiogenesis and cancer growth critically depend on circulating endothelial precursor cells, mobilized from the bone marrow. The recent study from researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Stanford University, US, now suggests that a stem cell type supposed to be crucial for blood vessel formation and cancer growth does not actually exist. ..
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Embryonic stem cells coaxed into key heart cells
Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 24 Apr 2008 7:12 AM PDT
Scientists say they have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming three of the major cell types in the human heart, and they improved cardiac function when transplanted into mice...
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Study: New abundant source of stem cells
UPI Thu, 24 Apr 2008
U.S. researchers say they have identified a potentially unlimited, non-controversial, easily collectible and cheap source of stem cells -- menstrual blood...
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New Resource For Stem Cells?
KARK Little Rock Thu, 24 Apr 2008
One company says it's found a new source for stem cells --that only women can provide. The source? A woman's menstrual blood....because they have a natural function which is to make new blood vessels...
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Heart Cells Made From Embryonic Stem Cells
Medical News Today Thu, 24 Apr 2008
A group of scientists from Canada and the US has successfully used embryonic stem cells to produce heart progenitor cells which are able to make three major types of cell essential for a healthy heart. The researchers said this discovery represents a significant step in the development of human heart tissue for use in heart repair and drug testing...
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Multipotential Stem Cells Could Be Provided By Menstrual Blood
Medical News Today Thu, 24 Apr 2008
Researchers seeking new and more abundant sources of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine have identified a potentially unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source - menstrual blood.Stromal stem cells - cells that are present in connective tissues - have recently been identified in endometrial tissues of the uterus...
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Heart attack victims treated with own stem cells in breakthrough surgery
Daily Mirror Thu, 24 Apr 2008
Two heart attack victims have been treated with their own stem cells in breakthrough surgery...
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Stem cells could heal hearts
Evening Standard Thu, 24 Apr 2008
Pioneering stem cell treatment could "turn the clock back" for heart attack victims by repairing damaged tissue, a doctor revealed today...
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Scientists grow heart-derived stem cells into heart muscle cells
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand, 24 Apr 2008
Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): Dutch researchers have made a breakthrough in stem cell research by successfully growing stem cells from adult human heart into ...
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Scientists prolong life in fruit flies by eliminating germline
Washington, April 24 2008
Brown University biologists have found that fruit flies live longer when they do not produce germline stem cells, the cells that make ...
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Heart attack victims treated with own stem cells in breakthrough
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK, 24 Apr 2008
Two heart attack victims have been treated with their own stem cells in breakthrough surgery. The men had cells from bone marrow injected into their hearts ...
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Embryonic stem cells coaxed into key heart cells
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters), 24 Apr 2008
Scientists say they have coaxed human embryonic stem cells into becoming three of the major cell types in the human ...
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Tissue-specific Blood Stem Cell Line Established From Embryonic Stem Cells
Science Daily Mon, 28 Apr 2008
Researchers in Sweden have established and isolated the tissue-specific stem cell that produces blood cells (blood stem cell) by using genetically modified embryonic stem cells...
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Eliminating germline extends fly lifespan
UPI Mon, 28 Apr 2008
U.S. biologists say they've discovered eliminating germline stem cells -- the cells that make eggs and sperm -- lengthens the life of fruit flies...
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Skin creams capitalize on intrigue of stem cell technology
The Record Searchlight Mon, 28 Apr 2008 6:47 AM PDT
"Restore and renew." "Significantly reduces the loss of cells in the epidermis." "Regenerate cells and repair tissue." ...
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Researchers Nurture Heart Cells in Lab
HeartZine - London,UK, 28 Apr 2008
The researchers used cultures derived from embryonic stem cells to create the heart cells. To do this, they provided a cocktail of growth factors and other ...
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Health: Spinal Fusion
CBS 3 - Philadelphia,PA,USA, 28 Apr 2008
But she wasn't happy with surgical options until she learned of a new procedure using adult stem cells to fuse the spine together. ...
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Stem Cells Could Help Stop Melanoma, Breast Cancer
Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA, 28 Apr 2008
Researchers have found out that stem cells could help those with melanoma, and aggressive breast cancers. In the new study, the researchers exposed ...
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Interspecies blends walk razor's edge
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA, 28 Apr 2008
Electrical impulses were used to stimulate division of the cells in the embryos, and these stem cells then were harvested. The long-term objective of this ...
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Tissue-specific blood stem cell line established from embryonic stem cells
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (Pressemitteilung) - Bayreuth,NRW,Germany, 28 Apr 2008
A deeper understanding of the regulation of blood stem cells is important if we are to be able to further develop treatments for diseases that require bone ...
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Menstrual Blood Hope for Heart Repair
HeartZine - London,UK, 28 Apr 2008
If the findings are verified, they could be the way out to the opposition faced by stem cell treatment. Embryonic stem cells are currently seen as the best ...
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Len Seymour: This is only the beginning of what gene therapy can do
Independent - London,England,UK, 28 Apr 2008
There, vectors were administered to bone marrow stem cells isolated from patients, and then reintroduced so that they can repopulate the patients' immune ...
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Chemo fails to root out breast cancer stem cells: study
AFP via Yahoo! News Tue, 29 Apr 2008
While chemotherapy can remove breast cancer tumors, it fails to root out the stem cells that can revive the cancer, researchers said in a study published Tuesday...
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Stem Cell-Like Cancer Cells Resistant To Standard Therapy, Responsive To Targeted Therapy
Science Daily Tue, 29 Apr 2008
A comparison of breast cancer biopsies before and after treatment show that a subset of cells, which have stem cell-like properties, are resistant to standard chemotherapy. Tumors treated with lapatinib, which inhibits a pathway important for self-renewal, retained a smaller fraction of these
tumorigenic cells after therapy...
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Stem Cells Found For The First Time In The Pituitary
Science Daily Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Scientists have for the first time identified stem cells that allow the pituitary glands of mice to grow even after birth. They found that, in contrast to most adult stem cells, these cells are distinct from those that fuel the initial growth of this important organ. The results suggest a novel way that the hormone-secreting gland may adapt, even in adolescents and adults, to traumatic stress or ...
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Stem cells in Blood Center program
Ballard News-Tribune Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Stem cells. These words still evoke fear in many people's hearts with the accompanying images of embryos being killed so that embryonic stem cells can be harvested...
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Research tackles breast cancer roots
Breast cancer tumours possess stem cells that essentially act as roots. Though anti-cancer drugs can shrink and even kill tumours, these stem cells often ...
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Reprogrammed Mouse Fibroblasts Differentiate into Cells of the Cardiovascular and Hematopoietic Lineages
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Stem Cells At Root Of Antlers' Branching
ScienceDaily May 1, 2008
The ability to regenerate lost body parts is unevenly distributed among higher organisms. Among vertebrates, some amphibians are able to replace lost limbs completely, while mammals are unable to regenerate complex appendages. The only exception to this rule is the annual replacement of deer antlers...
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LSU-N.O. surgery first of its kind
The Advocate Fri, 02 May 2008
In a scientific first, an LSU doctor has successfully transplanted the stem cells from a baby’s afterbirth to treat a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the bone marrow and blood...
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