News tagged with adult stem
Scientists program blood stem cells to become vision cells
Jul 31, 2009 |
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University of Florida researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice, suggesting a potential treatment for one of the most common causes of vision loss in older people.
Cell microenvironments hold key to future stem cell therapies
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Adult stem cells and their more committed kin, progenitor cells, are prized by medical researchers for their ability to produce different types of specialized cells. The potential of using these cells to repair ...
Scientists discover source of cancer stem cells' resistance to radiation
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Much to the dismay of patients and physicians, cancer stem cells — tiny powerhouses that generate and maintain tumor growth in many types of cancers — are relatively resistant to the ionizing radiation often used as therapy ...
Your own stem cells can treat heart disease
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ...
New type of adult stem cells found in the prostate may be involved in prostate cancer development
Sep 09, 2009 |
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A new type of stem cell discovered in the prostate of adult mice can be a source of prostate cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical ...
Some mice stem cells divide in unexpected ways
Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new genetic tools, Cornell researchers have found that some stem cells in mice behave dramatically different than in fruit flies, where most of the pioneering stem cell work has been ...
Evidence That Patient's Own Stem Cells Could Treat Their Heart Disease
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Preliminary data presented on March 28 as a late-breaking abstract at the American College of Cardiology's 58th annual scientific session from the largest CD34+ adult stem cell study for heart disease has shown the first ...
Stem cells crucial to diabetes cure in mice
Mar 16, 2009 |
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More than five years ago, Dr. Lawrence C.B. Chan and colleagues in his Baylor College of Medicine laboratory cured mice with type 1 diabetes by using a gene to induce liver cells to make insulin.
Stem cell breakthrough gives new hope to sufferers of muscle-wasting diseases
Mar 05, 2009 |
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An experimental procedure that dramatically strengthens stem cells' ability to regenerate damaged tissue could offer new hope to sufferers of muscle-wasting diseases such as myopathy and muscular dystrophy, according to researchers ...
Lured by promise of stem cells, Americans head abroad for medical treatment
Feb 09, 2009 |
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A quadriplegic since she was 14, Jessica Grimm learned long ago how to work around her body's limitations. She lives alone, uses a computer, has a job, even drives a car. But the Arlington, Texas, student must rely on a coterie ...
Single factor converts adult stem cells into embryonic-like stem cells
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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The simple recipe scientists earlier discovered for making adult stem cells behave like embryonic-like stem cells just got even simpler. A new report in the February 6th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, ...
Researchers find new molecule to block ‘Hedgehog’ signaling in cancer, development
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Jan 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have achieved a feat drug developers had thought difficult, if not impossible, discovering a compound that blocks the functioning of a key developmental protein by binding to an “undruggable” ...
Single adult stem cell can self renew, repair tissue damage in live mammal
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Dec 14, 2008 |
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The first demonstration that a single adult stem cell can self-renew in a mammal was reported at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 48th Annual Meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2008 in San Francisco.
Adult stem cell breakthrough
Nov 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first tissue-engineered trachea (windpipe), utilising the patient's own stem cells, has been successfully transplanted into a young woman with a failing airway. The bioengineered trachea ...
Researchers find stem cells from monkey teeth can stimulate growth and generation of brain cells
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Nov 11, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered dental pulp stem cells can stimulate growth and generation of several types of neural cells. Findings from this study, available ...
