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Thursday, 18 August 2011 00:37 |
 New research suggests that blood stem cells can be involved in the generation of leukemia, even when the leukemia is caused by the abnormal proliferation of mature cells. The study, published by Cell Press in the August 16th issue of the journal Cancer Cell, may guide future strategies aimed at identifying therapeutic targets for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:32 |
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According to a study published in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), researchers have reported that administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), a drug that releases stem cells from the bone marrow into the blood, is unlikely to put healthy stem cell donors at risk for later development of abnormalities involving loss or gains of chromosomes that have been linked to hematologic disorders such as myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
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Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:05 |
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Work is under way at Al Amal Hospital to have a full- fledged Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) Programme that will help in the treatment of cancer. In December this year, a dedicated laboratory will be opened for stem cell processing and cryo-preservation.
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Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:02 |
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Stem cell researchers at UCLA have uncovered for the first time why adult human cardiac myocytes have lost their ability to proliferate, perhaps explaining why the human heart has little regenerative capacity.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:15 |
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Researchers have come up with a recipe for making functional neurons directly from human skin cells, including those taken from patients with Alzheimer's disease. The new method may offer a critical short cut for generating neurons for replacement therapies of the future, according to research published in the August 5th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.
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Tuesday, 09 August 2011 02:08 |
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When the clock strikes noon and office microwaves commence nuking lunches across the nation, it's because our grumbling stomachs insist that we eat.
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Tuesday, 09 August 2011 02:02 |
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 Scientists in Japan successfully produced living sperm from mice stem cells.
The research, published in an online academic journal Cell, sheds hope as it is a crucial step in treating human infertility.
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Thursday, 04 August 2011 00:46 |
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 Scientists claim the forkhead box O (FOXO) transcription factor FOXO1 is an essential component of the cellular control mechanism that maintains pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Studies by a Mount Sinai School of Medicine-led team suggest the protein may directly control OCT4 and SOX2 gene expression by activating the genes’ promoters.
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011 00:52 |
 Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) are truly talented multi-taskers. They can reproduce almost all cell types and thus offer great hope in the fight against diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. However, it would appear that their use is not entirely without risk: during the reprogramming of body cells into iPS cells, disease-causing mutations can creep into the genetic material.
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011 00:11 |
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FOR a group one race horse, a partially torn tendon doesn't just mean a break from racing for up to a year, the risk of re-injury is also high.
So when a prizewinning filly was recently referred to Sydney veterinarian Robin Bell he recommended the horse undergo stem cell therapy.
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:35 |
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 Scientists at the university will explore the molecular properties that allow the cells to survive, spread and resist treatment.
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 00:30 |
 After a heart attack or stroke, heart scarring can lead to dangerously paper-thin heart walls and a decreased ability to pump blood through the body. Although the heart is unable to completely heal itself, a new treatment developed at Tel Aviv University uses laser-treated bone marrow stem cells to help restore heart function and health.
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Saturday, 13 August 2011 00:04 |
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Many times in equine medicine, therapies are used in conjunction with each other to treat injuries. For example, a veterinarian might recommend administering non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in conjunction with cold therapy to treat tendon injuries.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:16 |
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The possibility of developing stem cells from a patient's own skin and using them to treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer has generated tremendous excitement in the stem cell research community in recent years.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:05 |
 In the latest issue of Nature, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania clarify the role of two proteins key to T-cell development.
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Tuesday, 09 August 2011 02:04 |
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 For many years, Bill Garten lived what he calls "the casino life."
As an electronics technician, Garten worked on slot machines and was often asked to drive across the Upper Midwest on a moment's notice to verify that machines had properly awarded big jackpots.
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Thursday, 04 August 2011 00:50 |
 The future of regenerative medicine lies in harnessing the potential of the human body to renew and repair itself. Now, scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, have developed a new genetic engineering technique that promises safer stem cell therapy for cancer patients.
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Thursday, 04 August 2011 00:42 |
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The University of Michigan’s stem cell research scientists have created new stem cell lines that will use adult stem cells, instead of the controversial embryonic stem cells, to study psychological and neurological disorders.
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011 00:14 |
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A PIONEERING series of stem cell experiments on patients is set to bring new hope of treatment for multiple sclerosis sufferers.
The £10million study will investigate whether damage to the brain and spinal cord caused by active MS lesions can be slowed, halted or even reversed.
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Saturday, 30 July 2011 00:34 |
 Delicate, threadlike protrusions used by cancer cells when they invade other tissues in the body could also help them escape control mechanisms supposed to eliminate them, a research group led by led by Bradley Davidson in the University of Arizona's department of molecular and cellular biology reports in Nature Cell Biology.
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