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Thursday, 11 March 2010 18:33 |
 A mathematical model developed at Purdue University can predict complex signaling patterns that could help scientists determine how stem cells in an embryo later become specific tissues, knowledge that could be used to understand and treat developmental disorders and some diseases. |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:26 |
 They are considered to be the most important model organism for research into human biology: mice may look totally different, but they are in many ways similar to Homo sapiens on a fundamental level. For instance, an impressive 99 per cent of the mouse genes are matched by a corresponding sequence in the human genome. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:31 |
 Components of the blood or hematopoietic system derive from stem cell subtypes rather than one single stem cell that gives rise to all the different kinds of blood cells equally, said scientists from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell. |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 18:23 |
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Human embryonic stem cells have received Food and Drug Administration approval for testing as a treatment for a rare blindness syndrome. Olympic and Paralympic skier Brian McKeever is the best-known victim of the disease, which has no treatment. |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 16:18 |
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Adult stem cell therapy is considered cutting edge for a whole host of illnesses and conditions. The therapy is not just for humans. A growing number of dog owners are turning to it when other treatments have failed to relieve their pets' pain. |
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 17:41 |
 A heart patient's own skin cells soon could be used to repair damaged cardiac tissue thanks to pioneering stem cell research of the University of Houston's newest biomedical scientist, Robert Schwartz. |
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 17:10 |
 Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have discovered how cells communicate with each other during times of cellular injury. The findings shed new light on how the body repairs itself when organs become diseased, through small particles known as microvesicles, and offers hope for tissue regeneration. The paper is published in the March 2010 edition of the journal Experimental Hematology and is now available online in advance of publication. |
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 12:31 |
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Two new published studies provide further evidence for the effectiveness of adult stem cells in repairing heart damage, and suggest possible mechanisms for how the cells work. |
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 15:00 |
 An international research team led by Columbia University Medical Center successfully used mouse embryonic stem cells to replace diseased retinal cells and restore sight in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:01 |
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DeveloGen garnered a $500,000 grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to fund a project focused on developing new approaches to protecting insulin-producing beta cells. The work will be carried out in partnership with the Istituto San Raffaele in Milan. |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 16:35 |
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A husband and wife research team has found a way to use the sleeve-like cover on bone to heal serious bone injuries faster and more simply than current methods. And they've developed an artificial sleeve that spurs fast healing when a car wreck, bomb blast or disease leaves too little cover. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 18:33 |
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Tumor budding at the invasive tumor front of colorectal cancer is recognized as an independent prognostic factor significantly related to both lymph node and distant metastasis. Several lines of evidence seem to suggest that tumor buds may, to some extent, represent malignant colorectal cancer stem cells because of their potential for migration and re-differentiation locally and at sites of metastasis. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 16:28 |
 In a leap toward making stem cell therapy widely available, researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that endothelial cells, the most basic building blocks of the vascular system, produce growth factors that can grow copious amounts of adult stem cells and their progeny over the course of weeks. Until now, adult stem cell cultures would die within four or five days despite best efforts to grow them. |
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 17:20 |
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 Some time back, when I heard of Uttwiler Spätlauber, the first thing that came to my mind is that it must be a German something. As I followed the conversation, I came to know that it is a endangered Swiss apple variety that is known for its different taste. And guess what? Only 20 Uttwiller Spätlauber trees are left.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:48 |
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Children with Fanconi anemia, a genetic disease that can be fatal in the absence of a bone marrow transplant, typically do not experience low blood cell counts until about age 7. However, by modeling the disease in the laboratory using embryonic stem cells, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston reveal that the events leading to bone marrow failure (inadequate production of blood cells) may actually begin before birth, casting a whole new light on the disease. |
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 16:29 |
 Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new method for predicting -- with up to 99 percent accuracy -- the fate of stem cells. |
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 13:27 |
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 Early last year, a literary agent phoned Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D., and asked if he wanted to write a book. But not just any book. The agent wanted him to write "Stem Cells for Dummies."
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 16:03 |
 A software program created by an engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) can not only predict the types of specialized cells a stem cell will produce, but also foresee the outcome before the stem cell even divides. |
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 12:12 |
 Working with mice, Johns Hopkins scientists who tested drugs intended to halt growth of brain cancer stem cells -- a small population of cells within tumors that perpetuate cancer growth -- conclude that blocking these cells may be somewhat effective, but more than one targeted drug attack may be needed to get the job done. |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:53 |
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Some 200 veterinarians, stem cell researchers and other medical professionals from throughout the United States and abroad will gather March 5-6 in the heart of California's Central Coast horse region for a groundbreaking conference on the use of stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine to treat horses and other animals. |
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