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New study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal

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.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Researchers study how chemicals in drugs and around us impact stem cells

Chemicals in pharmaceutical drugs can obviously save lives. But as more and stronger chemicals have been introduced, our basic knowledge of the broader health impact of all these chemicals has not kept up with the rapid pace ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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University of Kentucky offers stroke stem cell trial

The University of Kentucky will be the first site in the state and one of a select few in the entire country participating in the first stages of a groundbreaking study to investigate the effects of MultiStem, a human adult ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Hopes for reversing age-associated effects in MS patients

New research highlights the possibility of reversing ageing in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study is published today, 06 January, in the journal Cell Stem Cell.

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Flexible adult stem cells, right there in your eye

In the future, patients in need of perfectly matched neural stem cells may not need to look any further than their own eyes. Researchers reporting in the January issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have identi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Autologous stem cell transplantation does not improve os in patients with follicular lymphoma

High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDC-ASCT), for previously untreated patients with advanced follicular lymphoma (FL) does not improve overall survival compared with conventional-dose chemotherapy ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adult stem cells use special pathways to repair damaged muscle (w/ Video)

When a muscle is damaged, dormant adult stem cells called satellite cells are signaled to "wake up" and contribute to repairing the muscle. University of Missouri researchers recently found how even distant satellite cells ...

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Implanted neurons, grown in the lab, take charge of brain circuitry

Among the many hurdles to be cleared before human embryonic stem cells can achieve their therapeutic potential is determining whether or not transplanted cells can functionally integrate into target organs or tissues.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cell therapy for diabetes still a long way off

Ever since scientists started talking about the potential of embryonic stem cells, curing Type 1 diabetes has been a dear dream.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vatican, biotech firm host adult stem cell meeting

(AP) -- The Vatican has entered into an unusual partnership with a small U.S. biotech company to promote using adult stem cells for treating disease, rather than focusing research on embryonic stem cells.

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Texas board mulls stem cell therapy used on Perry

(AP) -- The experimental stem cell procedure that Texas Gov. Rick Perry underwent this summer could be restricted or even blocked under new rules being considered Friday by the state's Medical Board.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Gene therapy shows promise as hemophilia treatment in animal studies

For the first time, researchers have combined gene therapy and stem cell transplantation to successfully reverse the severe, crippling bleeding disorder hemophilia A in large animals, opening the door to the development of ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Evidence for spinal membrane as a source of stem cells may advance spinal cord treatment

Italian and Spanish scientists studying the use of stem cells for treating spinal cord injuries have provided the first evidence to show that meninges, the membrane which envelops the central nervous system, is a potential ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intestinal stem cells respond to food by supersizing the gut

A new study from University of California, Berkeley, researchers demonstrates that adult stem cells can reshape our organs in response to changes in the body and the environment, a finding that could have ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover important step in sperm reprogramming

When sperm meets egg, the chemical instructions that tag sperm cells must be erased so that human life can start anew. One way these instructions are erased is through demethylation, the removal of specific ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast