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Researchers explore curing diabetes with animal transplants

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created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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TGen analysis identifies biomarkers for diabetic kidney failure

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers using a DNA analysis tool developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and UCLA have identified genetic markers that could help treat chronic kidney disease among diabetics.


Penn researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Reproductive researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have succeeded in isolating and transplanting pure populations of the immature cells that enable male ...


Sticks and stones break bones, but new study may prevent it

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The best way to prevent a fracture is to stop bones from reaching the point where they are prone to breaking, but understanding the process of how bones form and mature has been challenging. Now researchers at the University ...


Autologous stem cell transplantation for soft tissue sarcoma: insufficient research into therapy

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Due to a lack of suitable studies, it is unclear whether patients with soft tissue sarcoma can benefit from autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. With this type of therapy, some of the patient's own (autologous) ...


Umbilical stem cells may help recover lost vision for those with corneal disease

Umbilical stem cells may help recover lost vision for those with corneal disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) may help in the recovery of lost vision for patients with corneal scarring.


Scientists use virus to kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells intact

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A virus that in nature infects only rabbits could become a cancer-fighting tool for humans. Myxoma virus kills cancerous blood-precursor cells in human bone marrow while sparing normal blood stem cells, a ...


Gene mismatch influences success of bone marrow transplants

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A commonly inherited gene deletion can increase the likelihood of immune complications following bone marrow transplantation, an international team of researchers reports in the November 22 advance online issue of Nature Ge ...


First reconstitution of an epidermis from human embryonic stem cells

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem cell research is making great strides. This is yet again illustrated by a study carried out by the I-STEM Institute (France), published in the Lancet on 21 November 2009. The I-STEM team, directed by Marc Peschanski has su ...


Scientists reveal how induced pluripotent stem cells differ from embryonic stem cells

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The same genes that are chemically altered during normal cell differentiation, as well as when normal cells become cancer cells, are also changed in stem cells that scientists derive from adult cells, according to new research ...


Immunotherapy demonstrates long-term success in treating lymphoma

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeted immunotherapy has been an attractive new therapeutic area for a number of cancers because it has the potential to destroy tumor cells without damaging surrounding normal tissue. New study results demonstrate high ...



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