Stem Cell News - December 17, 2012

The HER2 paradox: HER2-positive stem cells found in HER2-negative breast ... Medical Xpress Instead, researchers found in the tumors small groups of aggressive, treatment-resistant HER2-positive breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs). The findings will be published Dec. 15 in Clinical Cancer Research. "These BSCSs are very resistant to traditional ...
Cancer stem cells isolated from kidney tumors Science Daily (press release) “In earlier studies, cancer stem cells were isolated from adult cancers of the breast, pancreas and brain but so far much less is known about stem cells in paediatric cancers,” remarked Professor Benjamin Dekel, head of the Pediatric Stem Cell Research ...
Stem cell vet ACT aims for pioneering human trial of iPS cell-derived therapy FierceBiotech Induced pluripotent stem cells provide supplies of stemlike cells that do not require the destruction of embryos, a major perk for researchers seeking to advance stem cell science without the weight of ethical objections to embryonic stem cells to ...
Cytori launches $20 million offering | UTSanDiego.com U-T San Diego Cytori gets its stem cells from the patient's own body fat. These cells are extracted from the fat with a Cytori device called Celution. The stem cells are then injected back into the body in the place where healing is desired. The company is testing ...
Making brain cells from urine to help fight diseases SmartPlanet.com (blog) Now, scientists have found a relatively straightforward way to persuade the cells discarded in human urine to turn into these valuable neurons – without having to involve embryonic stem cells. Nature News reports. Duanqing Pei and his colleagues at ...
Cedars-Sinai physician-scientist awarded $3M to study most common inherited ... Phys.Org (press release) Induced pluripotent stem cells have been stepped back, through genetic manipulations to a point where scientists can turn them into any of the body's mature cells, such as brain, blood and bone cells. This allows researchers to study a disease by ...
Biophysical regulation of stem cell behavior within the niche 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Stem cells reside within most tissues throughout the lifetimes of mammalian organisms. To maintain their capacities for division and differentiation and thereby build, maintain, and regenerate organ structure and function, these cells require extensive ...