New way to repair nerves: Using exosomes to hijack cell-to-cell communication
September 15, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
Regenerative medicine using stem cells is an increasingly promising approach to treat many types of injury. Transplanted stem cells can differentiate into just about any other kind of cell, including neurons to potentially reconnect a severed spinal cord and repair paralysis.
Programming adult stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and more by mimicking nature
July 22, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
Stem cells hold great potential for addressing a variety of conditions from spinal cord injuries to cancer, but they can be difficult to control. Scientists are now reporting in the journal ACS Nano a new way to mimic the body’s natural approach to programming these cells. Using this method, they successfully directed adult stem cells to turn specifically into muscle, which could potentially help treat patients with muscular dystrophy.
Stem cells provide lasting pain relief in mice
July 14, 2015 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Chronic pain caused by the nerve damage of type 2 diabetes, surgical amputation, chemotherapy and other conditions is especially intractable because it resists painkilling medications.
Supercharging stem cells to create new therapies
July 6, 2015 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered a new method for culturing stem cells which sees the highly therapeutic cells grow faster and stronger.
US clinics avoiding government oversight of ‘stem cell’ treatments
May 3, 2015 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Clinics across the United States are advertising stem cell treatments that attempt to take advantage of what they perceive as exceptions in FDA regulations, according to bioethicist Leigh G. Turner, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics and School of Public Health.
Prenatal stem cell treatment improves mobility issues caused by spina bifida
April 30, 2015 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
The lower-limb paralysis associated with spina bifida may be effectively treated before birth by combining a unique stem cell therapy with surgery, new research from UC Davis Health System has found.
Drugs stimulate body’s own stem cells to replace brain cells lost in multiple sclerosis
April 21, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
A pair of topical medicines already alleviating skin conditions each may prove to have another, even more compelling use: instructing stem cells in the brain to reverse damage caused by multiple sclerosis.
New advancements in 3-D designs for neural tissue engineering
April 6, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
It is well known that neurological diseases and injuries pose some of the greatest challenges in modern medicine, with few if any options for effectively treating such diagnoses, but recent work suggests a unique approach for reconstructing damaged neural tissue. In an article published in the journal Neural Regeneration Research, several new designs for 3D tissue constructs are described for using stem cells grown on nanofiber scaffolding within a supportive hydrogel.
Scientists grow ‘mini-lungs’ to aid the study of cystic fibrosis
March 19, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have successfully created ‘mini-lungs’ using stem cells derived from skin cells of patients with cystic fibrosis, and have shown that these can be used to test potential new drugs for this debilitating lung disease.
Stem cells help researchers peg rabies resistance
March 19, 2015 by admin · Leave a Comment
Researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research have developed a new technology to determine sensitivity or resistance to rabies virus.
