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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Stem Cell News - March 3, 2015

Save a life by giving your blood stem cells
HAVING the same tissue-type as another person means that you could help save their life by donating some of your blood stem cells to help cure a ..
Scientists move closer to creating cartilage from stem cells
(Nanowerk News) Scientists have succeeded in producing cartilage formed from embryonic stem cells that could in future be used to treat the painful ..
A new stem cell advance
In his self-patterning approach, Merkle put 5,000 stem cells in a dish amid an ... “And our ability to study them using these stem cells is fundamentally ...
Sarnia Anti-Aging Clinic plans to use adult stem cells to treat arthritis
Cardiologist Dr. Khalid Al-Saddon stands with one of the pieces of equipment at his soon-to-open Sarnia Anti-Aging Clinic. 
The ins and outs of bone marrow transplantation
All your blood cells are made by blood stem cells, which live primarily in the spongy center of your big bones. In the years before you got leukemia, ...
'Miraculous' stem cell treatment may reverse symptoms of multiple sclerosis
Stem cells are viewed on a computer screen at the University of Connecticut`s (UConn) Stem Cell Institute at the UConn Health Center on August 27, ...
'Miracle' stem cell treatment reboots immune system in MS
It used high doses of chemotherapy to “knock out” the existing faulty cells of the immune system, before rebuilding it using stem cells taken from the ...
  
Genetic Mutations Associated With Leukemia Are Almost Inevitable With Age
"Leukemia results from the gradual accumulation of DNA mutations in blood stem cells, in a process that can take decades," says Dr. Thomas ...
Searching for a match: York Region students swabbing in young girl's memory
Mark has advocated tirelessly for “One Match”, a program through the Canadian Blood Services that connects people who are sick with stem cells.
The Running Doc on CC Sabathia's microfracture surgery
Platelets send out a signal in the body for stem cells to come to the area and rejuvenate and rebuild cartilage. This process is similar to PRP ...
Healthcare Outcomes Improve When Technology Imitates Nature
The goal is to extract the mechanics of stem cell differentiation, leading to more beneficial stem cell therapies. Stem cells start as sort of a “blank slate,” ...
A US Cloning Pioneer's Startling New Partnerships
... mature oocyte allow a 'more normal' reprogramming of somatic cells to stem cells compared to the classic transcription factor-based reprogramming ...
San Diego Zoo Gets Funding To Help Save Northern White Rhinos
Researchers hope to convert some of the cells stored in the Frozen Zoo to stem cells. These could then be developed into sperm and eggs. Ultimately ...
Lubbock Residents, Armed With T-Shirts, Helping Boy's Battle Against Cancer
For the next week, Doctors will be harvesting his stem cells, which will be stored and later given back to him in a month-long procedure later this year.
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Monday, March 2, 2015

Stem Cell News - March 2, 2015

Researchers discover 'milk' protein that enables survival of the species
"Stem cells and luminal progenitor cells both require MCL-1 for their survival. Our team has previously implicated both these cell types in some types ...
 
Mother wins competition to have baby's stem cells frozen as an 'insurance policy' for later life after ...
The stem cells are an exact DNA match to the baby and can help cure many life threatening diseases, such as leukaemia and sickle cell disease.
 
 Culture Clash: How Stem Cells Are Grown Affects Their Genetic Stability
San Diego, California - The therapeutic promise of human stem cells is indisputably huge, but the process of translating their potential into effective, ...
 
 Eye teeth: Dental stem cells could be used to treat corneal scarring
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, have shown in mice that stem cells from dental pulp, the tissue from the inner part of the tooth, can be ...
 
Graphene Inhibits Lung Cancer Stem Cells' Proliferation
Cancer stem cells are hypothesized as the underlying cause of tumor recurrence, metastasis and drug-resistance. This is due to their resistance to ...
 
Call for more blood stem cell donors in Worcestershire
It says every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma and blood stem cells from a ...
 
Mutation may cause early loss of sperm supply
"What's fascinating about these mice is they can reproduce," said Richard Freiman, senior author of the new study in the journal Stem Cells. "Mice can ...
 
Deadly shortage of black stem cell donors
As part of stem cell transplants, stem cells are removed from the tissue of donors or, where possible, patients. These cells are usually from human ...
 
 MS stem cell treatment hailed 'miraculous' as patients make dramatic recovery
This is because it isn't clear whether the stem cells worked or if the patients are simply experiencing the remissions that occur naturally in many people ...
 
Stem cells help same-sex couples
When comparing the engineered stem cells to human cells from foetuses, it was found they were identical. Investigator with the Weizmann Institute of ...
 
Europe's first marketing approval for stem cell product granted 'Holoclar is the very first medicinal product based on stem cells to be approved and formally registered in the Western world,' confirmed Andrea Chi
 
Researchers discover 'milk' protein that enables survival of the species
"Stem cells and luminal progenitor cells both require MCL-1 for their survival. Our team has previously implicated both these cell types in some types ...
 
Gene Editing Therapies Thunder Along
However, you need to keep in mind that it's a numbers game and hematopoiesis is driven by only a few stem cells at a time so if you get majority ...
 
Master Gene Regulatory Pathway Revealed as Key Target for Therapy of Aggressive Pediatric ...
“These factors provide stem cells with characteristics that cancer cells also have, such as resistance to environmental insults. These help tumor cells ..
 
Clinical studies offer hope for participants, future generations
Two of the most exciting areas of study at Heartland, Poling said, are an innovative procedure that removes a patient's own fat to harvest stem cells, ...
 
Nourishing the Aging Brain
Decreased cell proliferation also leads to slower division of stem cells, allowing these progenitor cell populations to supply the various cell types of the ...
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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Stem Cell News - March 1, 2015


Clinical studies offer hope for participants, future generations Two of the most exciting areas of study at Heartland, Poling said, are an innovative procedure that removes a patient's own fat to harvest stem cells, ...

MS stem cell treatment hailed 'miraculous' as patients make dramatic recovery This is because it isn't clear whether the stem cells worked or if the patients are simply experiencing the remissions that occur naturally in many people ...

Mouse embryos given a human regulator gene grow bigger brains -- science roundup (photos ... The human HARE5 mouse embryos also experienced faster proliferation of neural progenitor cells. (In brain development, stem cells yield progenitor ...

Scientists at San Diego Zoo Safari Park trying to save endangered species ... Zoo Safari Park are trying to save some of the endangered species using an advanced technology that involves turning skin cells into stem cells and ...

'Miracle' stem cell therapy reverses multiple sclerosis In the new treatment, specialists use a high dose of chemotherapy to knock out the immune system before rebuilding it with stem cells taken from the ...

Stem cells: A weapon for Huntington's disease? Mike is signed up to receive the stem cells. He's excited about the possibilities, especially for his kids. They each have a 50/50 chance of inheriting ...

Ligaments and tendons of the future And these pig tissues may be preloaded with stem cells and growth factors from the injured patient. Fixing broken people with the goal of making them ...

Treating mid-stage arthritis for happier life during old age Stem cell treatment uses stem cells to promote recovery to normal cartilage. High tibial osteotomy is usually performed on relatively younger arthritis ...

Gene Mutations As We Grow Old Put Us At Risk Of Leukemia? "Leukemia results from the gradual accumulation of DNA mutations in blood stem cells, in a process that can take decades," said McKerrell. Mutations ...

A way to measure the effectiveness of blood cancer drug However, the existence of treatment-resistant cancer stem cells – cells that are able to repeatedly renew the leukaemia cell population – is one way by ...

Now, same-sex couples can make babies LONDON (TIP): In a breakthrough, researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist, have shown that stem cells from the skin of two adults of the same sex ...

Share “Business of Health: Confusing the hope and...” Over two days, an anesthesiologist administered stem cells — cells that can form other types of cells in the body — from third-party donors to Howe.

Cancer survivor shares story at Pottsville Area's Mini-THON Her brother, Robert, donated stem cells for her treatment. “Cancer tried to shake me down, but the Four Diamonds Fund helped to build me back up.

Hockey legend's recovery highlights stem-cell advances Eight hours after Mr. Howe received what is called a lumbar puncture, where stem cells were injected in the spinal fluid of his lower back by an ...
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