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Researchers find molecular 'key' to successful blood stem cell transplants

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created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of British Columbia researchers have discovered a "molecular key" that could help increase the success of blood stem cell transplants, a procedure currently used to treat diseases such as leukemia, Hodgkin's lymphoma ...





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Researchers uncover signaling pathway that regulates movement of blood-forming stem cells

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a signaling pathway that helps regulate the movement of blood-forming stem cells in the body—a finding that provides ...


Study identifies gene involved in blood stem cell replication, movement

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created Apr 09, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have identified a gene that is responsible for the division and movement of marrow-derived, blood-forming stem cells, a finding that could have major implications for the future of ...


Researchers succeed in multiplying blood cells in the lab

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) at Université de Montréal has succeeded in producing a large quantity of laboratory stem cells from a small number of blood stem cells obtained ...


NC State first university in nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants

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created Sep 04, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone marrow ...


Sweet success for new stem cell ID trick

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created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomaterial scientists in Manchester believe they have found a new way of isolating the ‘ingredients’ needed for potential stem cell treatments for nerve damage and heart disease.


New technology enhances therapeutic potential of cord blood stem cells

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created Jun 06, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A CD26 Inhibitor increases the efficiency and responsiveness of umbilical cord blood for bone marrow transplants and may improve care for blood cancer patients according to research from Rush University Medical Center being ...


Human term placenta a new abundant source of hematopoietic cells

Scientists discover new source for harvesting stem cells

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A groundbreaking study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new avenue for harvesting stem cells from a woman's placenta, or more specifically the discarded placentas ...


'Mini' transplant may reverse severe sickle cell disease

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Results of a preliminary study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins show that "mini" stem cell transplantation may safely reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults.


Protein key to control, growth of blood cells

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created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research sheds light on the biological events by which stem cells in the bone marrow develop into the broad variety of cells that circulate in the blood. The findings may help improve the success of bone marrow transplants ...


Blood stem cell discovery is announced

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created Jan 23, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Boston-area scientists say they've discovered a method that dramatically multiplies blood stem cells.



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