Recent Posts
- Sequentially expressed genes in neural progenitors create neural diversity, NYU biologists find
- Exposure to low doses of BPA linked to increased risk of prostate cancer in human stem cells
- Researchers demonstrate use of stem cells to analyze causes, treatment of diabetes
- Mount Sinai researchers succeed in programming blood forming stem cells
- Truly Pluripotent Stem Cells – A Pending Breakthrough
- Stem cells reach standard for use in drug development
- Rewinding development: A step forward for stem cell research
- Scientists coax brain to regenerate cells lost in Huntington’s disease
Sequentially expressed genes in neural progenitors create neural diversity, NYU biologists find
A team of New York University biologists has found that a series of genes sequentially expressed in brain stem cells control the generation of neural diversity in visual system of fruit flies. Their results are reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature.
Exposure to low doses of BPA linked to increased risk of prostate cancer in human stem cells
Exposing developing tissue to low levels of the plastic bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, is linked to a greater incidence of prostate cancer in tissue grown from human prostate stem cells, a new study finds. The results were presented Monday, June 17, at The Endocrine Society’s 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Researchers demonstrate use of stem cells to analyze causes, treatment of diabetes
A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY).
Mount Sinai researchers succeed in programming blood forming stem cells
By transferring four genes into mouse fibroblast cells, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have produced cells that resemble hematopoietic stem cells, which produce millions of new blood cells in the human body every day. These findings provide a platform for future development of patient-specific stem/progenitor cells, and more differentiated blood products, for cell-replacement therapy.
Truly Pluripotent Stem Cells – A Pending Breakthrough
Stem Cell Research may soon be coming into a new level of progress. A new discovery of what seems to be genuinely pluripotent stem cells coined as MUSE-AT (multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring cells, derived from adipose tissue is an imminent breakthrough in the ongoing multi-million and multi-national regenerative medicine research.
Stem cells reach standard for use in drug development
Drug development for a range of conditions could be improved with stem cell technology that helps doctors predict the safety and the effectiveness of potential treatments.
Cancer Treatment
Clarifying the effect of stem cell therapy on cancerInjection of human stem cells into mice with tumors slowed down tumor growth, finds research published in BioMed Central’s...
New method developed to expand blood stem cells for bone marrow transplantMore than 50,000 stem cell transplants are performed each year worldwide. A research team led by Weill Cornell Medical College investigators...
Protein central to cancer stem cell formation provides new potential targetResearchers have identified a pivotal protein in a cellular transformation that makes a cancer cell more resistant to treatment and...
Ovarian cancer stem cell study puts targeted therapies within reachResearchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a key link between stem cell factors that fuel ovarian cancer’s growth...
Organs & Bones
Rewinding development: A step forward for stem cell researchScientists at the Danish Stem Cell Center, DanStem, at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that they can make embryonic...
Stem-cell-based strategy boosts immune system in miceRaising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from...
New technique provides human embryonic stem cells for personalized medicineSomatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a technique in which the nucleus of a donor cell is transferred to an egg cell whose nucleus...
NYSCF scientists create personalized bone substitutes from skin cellsA team of New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute scientists report today the generation of patient-specific bone...
Transform & Regenerate
Truly Pluripotent Stem Cells – A Pending BreakthroughStem Cell Research may soon be coming into a new level of progress. A new discovery of what seems to be genuinely pluripotent stem...
Recipe for large numbers of stem cells requires only one ingredient, says NIH/Pitt teamStem cells and tissue-specific cells can be grown in abundance from mature mammalian cells simply by blocking a certain membrane...
IUPUI stem cell research could expand clinical use of regenerative human cellsResearch led by a biology professor in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has uncovered...
Key protein revealed as trigger for stem cell developmentA natural trigger that enables stem cells to become any cell-type in the body has been discovered by scientists. Read More →
Heart Disease
U of M researchers discover heart, blood, and skeletal muscle can be created from stem cells by turning on just a single geneNew research out of the Lillehei Heart Institute at the University of Minnesota shows that by turning on just a single gene, Mesp1,...
Mayo Clinic: Cardiopoietic ‘smart’ stem cells show promise in heart failure patientsTranslating a Mayo Clinic stem-cell discovery, an international team has demonstrated that therapy with cardiopoietic (cardiogenically-instructed)...
Stem cells enable personalised treatment for bleeding disorderScientists have shed light on a common bleeding disorder by growing and analysing stem cells from patients’ blood to discover...
Stem cells entering heart can be tracked with nano-’hitchhikers,’ Stanford scientists sayThe promise of repairing damaged hearts through regenerative medicine — infusing stem cells into the heart in the hope that...
