Posts Tagged ‘stem cells’
Therapy for MS prods brain to re-cloak neurons
CALTECH (US) — A new gene therapy, applied directly to the brain, may help protect neurons from damage by diseases like multiple sclerosis. Continue…
Friday, February 10, 2012 12:15 - 4 Comments
Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2012 11:39 - 0 Comments
From stem cells, grow patch to heal infant heart
RICE (US) — Researchers have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels—a step toward patches to repair infants’ hearts. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 26, 2012 13:02 - 1 Comment
Stem cells deliver therapy for Huntington’s
UC DAVIS (US) — A new therapy uses stem cells to deliver therapy that specifically targets the genetic abnormality found in Huntington’s disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 23, 2012 12:41 - 0 Comments
Could stem cells save snow leopards?
MONASH U. (AUS) — Scientists have produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of an adult snow leopard for the first time. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2012 18:20 - 0 Comments
After exercise, muscles have more stem cells
U. ILLINOIS (US) — A single bout of exercise in mice leads to an increase in the type of stem cell that aids in healing injury or disease in skeletal muscle. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 5, 2012 14:25 - 0 Comments
Hormone signals connect obesity, cancer
USC (US) — A new study finds that a hormone signaling process is a key link between obesity and the development of cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 4, 2012 13:02 - 0 Comments
Stem cells: Fountain of youth for old mice?
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Mice bred to age too quickly live longer, healthier lives after being injected with stem cell-like progenitor cells derived from the muscles of young, healthy animals. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 29, 2011 11:20 - 6 Comments
Fish oil compound stops leukemia in mice
PENN STATE (US) — A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, researchers say. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 13, 2011 11:12 - 0 Comments
Given time, stem cells may mutate
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) / U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A new study reveals how the genome of 138 stem cell lines of diverse ethnic backgrounds changed when the cells were grown in the laboratory. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 9, 2011 13:38 - 0 Comments
Open ‘back door’: How to reprogram cells
USC (US) — Proteins that can reprogram switched-off genes offer new clues to how cells can be reprogrammed, from skin, for example, to muscle or vice versa. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 18, 2011 11:42 - 0 Comments
30% more heart cells after stem cell therapy
U. BUFFALO (US) — Animals with heart disease generated healthy new heart cells after a stem cell infusion. (more…)
Top Stories - Nov 3, 2011 15:01 - 1 Comment
Heart cells created in the lab
MONASH (AUS) — Scientists will be able to mimic the effects of heart disease in a petri dish after identifying a new, reliable way to produce heart cells in the lab. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2011 11:30 - 0 Comments
Stem cells help body accept donor organs
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers working with rats have developed a way to trick the body into accepting a transplanted liver without a lifelong regimen of anti-rejection drugs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2011 11:07 - 3 Comments
Method weeds out best stem cells for MS
U. BUFFALO/ U. ROCHESTER (US) — Scientists have discovered a precise way to isolate the specific stem cells needed to treat multiple sclerosis and a variety of childhood diseases caused by the brain’s inability to make myelin. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 17, 2011 12:19 - 0 Comments
Live view of neural stem cells with MRI
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — An MRI-based technique that allows researchers to non-invasively follow stem cells in vivo could be used to develop treatments for brain injury caused by trauma, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological disorders. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 2, 2011 13:33 - 1 Comment
Repair sickle cell gene with stem cells
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Researchers have used a patient’s stem cells to correct the genetic alteration that causes sickle cell disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2011 10:15 - 0 Comments
Stem cells morph into cancer busters
PENN STATE (US) — Adult stem cells from mice converted to antigen-specific T cells may lead to a simpler, more efficient way to use the body’s immune system to fight cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 15, 2011 9:41 - 0 Comments
Weak link may halt breast cancer’s spread
CARDIFF U. (UK) — The discovery of a weakness in breast cancer cells may help prevent the disease from spreading. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 7, 2011 12:18 - 1 Comment
Grow neck vertebrae from adult stem cells
UC DAVIS (US) — Neurosurgeons are using a new stem cell therapy to promote the growth of bone tissue following the removal of cervical discs—to help treat chronic, debilitating pain. (more…)
