AllInOneNews: stem cells

Brain Support Cells From Umbilical Cord Stem Cells

Thu Jan 19 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, which may eventually lead to new treatment options for spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, among other nervous system diseases. "This is the first time this has been done with non-embryonic stem cells," says James Hickman, a University of Central Florida bioengineer and leader of the research group, whose accomplishment is described in the journal ACS Chemical Neuroscience*...

Stem cells reverse blindness caused by chemical burns

Thu Jun 24 11:01:57 CDT 2010

[USATODAY.com] Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells, Italian researchers reported Wednesday.

Directing Stem Cells To Increase Bone Formation And Bone Strength

Tue Feb 07 03:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] A research team led by UC Davis Health System scientists has developed a novel technique to enhance bone growth by using a molecule which, when injected into the bloodstream, directs the body's stem cells to travel to the surface of bones. Once these cells are guided to the bone surface by this molecule, the stem cells differentiate into bone-forming cells and synthesize proteins to enhance bone growth...

Young Stem Cells Made Rapidly Aging Mice Live Longer And Healthier

Wed Jan 04 03:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] Mice bred to age too quickly seemed to have sipped from the fountain of youth after scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine injected them with stem cell-like progenitor cells derived from the muscle of young, healthy animals...

Stem Cells Show Promise For Delivering Gene Therapy For Huntington's Disease

Tue Jan 24 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] A team of researchers at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures has developed a technique for using stem cells to deliver therapy that specifically targets the genetic abnormality found in Huntington's disease, a hereditary brain disorder that causes progressive uncontrolled movements, dementia and death...

Stem Cells and the Lawsuit That May Shape Our Medical Future

Fri Feb 10 17:32:13 CST 2012

[Forbes] ? Regenerative Sciences, a medical company that pioneered a procedure to treat orthopedic injuries using patients? own stem cells, is fighting the Food and Drug Administration tooth and nail over a claim that human cells should be federally regulated as drugs, in a landmark case that has far-reaching implications for the future of regenerative medicine. ...

Type 1 Diabetes Reversed With Stem Cells From Cord Blood

Wed Jan 11 04:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] Stem cells from cord blood "re-educated" the immune system T cells of people with type 1 diabetes so their pancreas started producing insulin again, thereby reducing the amount of insulin they needed to inject. These are the findings of a study led by Dr Yong Zhao, from University of Illinois at Chicago that were published online on Tuesday in the open access journal BMC Medicine...

New Process Could Advance Use Of Healthy Cells Or Stem Cells To Treat Disease

Fri Dec 23 02:00:00 CST 2011

[Medical News Today, UK] In a discovery that may help speed use of "cell therapy" - with normal cells or stem cells infused into the body to treat disease - scientists are reporting development of a way to deliver therapeutic human cells to diseased areas within the body using a simple magnetic effect. Their report appears in ACS' journal Langmuir...

New Class Of Stem Cell-Like Cells Discovered In Spinal Cord Offers Possibilities For Spinal Cord Repair

Fri Sep 16 05:00:00 CDT 2011

[Medical News Today, UK] The Allen Institute for Brain Science announced today the discovery of a new class of cells in the spinal cord that act like neural stem cells, offering a fresh avenue in the search for therapies to treat spinal cord injury and disease...

Therapeutically Useful Stem Cell Derivatives In Need Of Stability

Wed Jan 25 03:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] Human stem cells capable of giving rise to any fetal or adult cell type are known as pluripotent stem cells. It is hoped that such cells, the most well known being human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), can be used to generate cell populations with therapeutic utility. In this context, neural derivatives of hESCs are being tested in clinical trials...

Heart patient's stem cells harnessed for healing

Thu Jan 26 15:37:01 CST 2012

[The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]

Some heart bypass patients are receiving cardiac stem cell transplants to try to repair damage.

Stem Cells Show Promise in Blind

Mon Jan 23 12:20:56 CST 2012

[WSJ.com, The Wall Street Journal] Scientists are reporting hints that embryonic stem cells can ease blindness in some people. The research was published in the journal Lancet.

Stem cells offer first glimpse of blindness treatment

Mon Jan 23 17:55:40 CST 2012

[USATODAY.com] The research published online Monday in the journal Lancet is the first results from the use of embryonic stem cells in humans.

Fish Oil May Hold Key To Leukemia Cure

Tue Jan 03 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn State researchers...

Treating Brain Injuries With Stem Cell Transplants - Promising Results

Sun Feb 05 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] The February edition of Neurosurgery reports that animal experiments in brain-injured rats have shown that stem cells injected via the carotid artery travel directly to the brain, greatly enhancing functional recovery...

Britain announces research deals with China

Tue Jan 17 12:54:23 CST 2012

[China News.Net] BEIJING (AFP) - Britain said Tuesday it had signed deals with China to research stem cells and smart grids, after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne held talks with officials in Beijing ...

Study: Stem cells may aid vision in blind people

Mon Jan 23 17:00:49 CST 2012

[Associated Press] LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists reported Monday....

Hepatitis Research May Benefit From Stem Cells

Fri Feb 03 13:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] Hepatitis C is a viral disease that leads to inflammation and organ failure. However, researchers are puzzled as to why some individuals are very susceptible to the disease, while others are not. Researchers believe they could find out how genetic variations produce these different responses by investigating liver cells from different individuals in the lab...

Bioengineers Reprogram Muscles To Combat Degeneration

Sun Sep 25 03:00:00 CDT 2011

[Medical News Today, UK] Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned back the clock on mature muscle tissue, coaxing it back to an earlier stem cell stage to form new muscle. Moreover, they showed in mice that the newly reprogrammed muscle stem cells could be used to help repair damaged tissue...

Key Finding In Stem Cell Self-Renewal

Wed Feb 08 03:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin. The work has implications in two areas. In cancer treatment, it is desirable to inhibit cell proliferation...

Stem cells may bring vision to blind people: study

Mon Jan 23 17:27:37 CST 2012

[New Zealand Herald] Two legally blind women appeared to gain some vision after receiving an experimental treatment using embryonic stem cells, scientists have reported.While embryonic stem cells were first isolated more than a decade ago, most of the...

Lab-Made Neurons Allow Scientists To Study A Genetic Cause Of Parkinson's

Wed Feb 08 15:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] By reverse engineering human skin cells to become induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and then coaxing them to become neural dopamine cells, scientists in the US have developed a way to study a genetic cause of Parkinson's disease in lab-made neurons...

Data For Adipose Stem Cell Heart Attack Trial Published In JACC

Thu Jan 26 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX) has announced the publication of previously reported six-month outcomes from APOLLO, the Company's European clinical trial evaluating adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (heart attack or AMI), as Research Correspondence in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology...

Stem Cells Could Drive Hepatitis Research Forward

Fri Feb 03 03:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] Hepatitis C, an infectious disease that can cause inflammation and organ failure, has different effects on different people. But no one is sure why some people are very susceptible to the infection, while others are resistant. Scientists believe that if they could study liver cells from different people in the lab, they could determine how genetic differences produce these varying responses...

Stem Cell Implants Help Heal Traumatic Brain Injury In The Lab

Sun Jan 15 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] For years, researchers seeking new therapies for traumatic brain injury have been tantalized by the results of animal experiments with stem cells. In numerous studies, stem cell implantation has substantially improved brain function in experimental animals with brain trauma. But just how these improvements occur has remained a mystery...

Exercise Triggers Stem Cells In Muscle

Wed Feb 08 03:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] University of Illinois researchers determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic techniques using these cells to rehabilitate injured muscle and prevent or restore muscle loss with age...

Scientists Transform Skin Cells Direct To Brain Cells, Bypassing Stem Cell Stage

Wed Feb 01 02:00:00 CST 2012

[Medical News Today, UK] Bypassing the stem cell stage, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine in California converted mouse skin cells directly into neural precursor cells, the cells that go on to form the three main types of cell in the brain and nervous system. They write about their findings in the 30 January early online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

Stanford Study Finds IPS Cells Match Embryonic Stem Cells In Modeling Human Disease

Thu Dec 22 02:00:00 CST 2011

[Medical News Today, UK] Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have shown that iPS cells, viewed as a possible alternative to human embryonic stem cells, can mirror the defining defects of a genetic condition - in this instance, Marfan syndrome - as well as embryonic stem cells can. An immediate implication is that iPS cells could be used to examine the molecular aspects of Marfan on a personalized basis...