Liver Stem Cells Scientists in Bath have discovered an easier way of producing precursor liver cells from stem cells, which is able to be applied to test new medicines. Professor Melanie Welham said the new way of developing the liver cells should reduce the cost of the procedure. “This will allow the scale on which [...]
June 5, 2011
Joint Repair With Adult Stem Cells
New research shows that a patients’ own adult stem cells display wonderful possibilities in regenerative medicine, including orthopedic applications. Stem cells isolated, or released, from bone marrow can enable bone as well as cartilage to heal. As soon as removed, the patients’ cells are processed as well as allowed to multiply in tissue culture. Then [...]
May 29, 2011
Can Your Own Stem Cells Heal Your Running Injuries?
A recent Wired article discussed NY Yankees pitcher, Bartolo Colon, and his resurgence as a Major League powerhouse after injury and age had taken a toll on Colon’s right shoulder. The 38-year old is back, Wired reports, because he underwent an experimental procedure in his home country of the Dominican Republic during which “fat and [...]
May 22, 2011
Adult Stem Cells To Fight Diabetes
Doctors believe they are getting closer to a cure that could dramatically change the lives of people with Type I Diabetes. In patients with Type I Diabetes the body thinks the pancreas is a foreign invader, so it starts to destroy the organ’s islet cells. Those are the cells that produce insulin. Now researchers at [...]
May 22, 2011
Pluripotent Adult Stem Cells Power Planarian Regeneration
(Media-Newswire.com) – Ever since animals, such as lizards and starfish, were observed regenerating missing body parts, people have wondered where the new tissues come from. In the case of the planarian flatworm, Whitehead Institute researchers have determined that the source of this animal’s extraordinary regenerative powers is a single, pluripotent cell type. Most advanced animals, [...]
May 5, 2011
Stem Cells – The Next Big Medical Leap
FEW issues seem to have caused as much controversy in recent years as stem cell research. Just mention the term, and the full gamut of religious, moral and political arguments are thrown up. Most of this is focused on the use and destruction of human embryos to further scientific knowledge. But what many are unaware [...]
May 5, 2011
Catholic Couple Blazes New Trails In Adult Cardiac Stem-Cell Research
LOS ANGELES — Dr. Eduardo Marban, director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, and his wife Linda Marban, research manager for Cedars-Sinai’s Board of Governors Heart Stem Cell Center, are blazing a new trail in adult cardiac stem-cell research. In a first-ever clinical trial, a small sample of a patient’s own heart tissue [...]
April 18, 2011
What Are The Stem Cells?
What Is A Stem Cell? Stem cells are actually like the seeds of our human bodies. Just as though the stem from a tiny plant can grow an entire tree, some types of stem cells can grow an entire human being. This is essentially what begins to happen to a human egg as soon as [...]
June 16, 2011
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