Scientists coax brain to regenerate cells lost in Huntington’s disease
June 7, 2013 by admin · Leave a Comment
Researchers have been able to mobilize the brain’s native stem cells to replenish a type of neuron lost in Huntington’s disease. In the study, which appears today in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the scientists were able to both trigger the production of new neurons in mice with the disease and show that the new cells successfully integrated into the brain’s existing neural networks, dramatically extending the survival of the treated mice.
UCLA scientists isolate new population of pluripotent stem cells in fat removed during liposuction
June 6, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Researchers from the UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have isolated a new population of primitive, stress-resistant human pluripotent stem cells easily derived from fat tissue that are able to differentiate into virtually every cell type in the human body without genetic modification.
Test to improve stem cell safety
June 4, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
CSIRO scientists have developed a test to identify unsafe stem cells. It is the first safety test specifically for human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) – as published today in the international journal Stem Cells.
Stem cell study could aid quest to combat range of diseases
June 3, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Scientists have taken a vital step forward in understanding how cells from skin tissue can be reprogrammed to become stem cells.
Researchers identify novel approach to create red blood cells, platelets in vitro
May 30, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
A study led by Boston University School of Medicine has identified a novel approach to create an unlimited number of human red blood cells and platelets in vitro. In collaboration with Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Boston Medical Center (BMC), the researchers differentiated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into these cell types, which are typically obtained through blood donations. This finding could potentially reduce the need for blood donations to treat patients requiring blood transfusions and could help researchers examine novel therapeutic targets to treat a variety of diseases, including sickle cell disease.
Engineered stem cell advance gives hope for clinical trials for ALS
May 28, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Transplantation of human stem cells in an experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison improved survival and muscle function in rats used to model ALS, a nerve disease that destroys nerve control of muscles, causing death by respiratory failure.
Down syndrome neurons grown from stem cells show signature problems
May 27, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Down syndrome, the most common genetic form of intellectual disability, results from an extra copy of one chromosome. Although people with Down syndrome experience intellectual difficulties and other problems, scientists have had trouble identifying why that extra chromosome causes such widespread effects.
Researchers at Salk chart epigenomics of stem cells that mimic early human development
May 10, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Scientists have long known that control mechanisms known collectively as “epigenetics” play a critical role in human development, but they did not know precisely how alterations in this extra layer of biochemical instructions in DNA contribute to development.
NYSCF scientists create personalized bone substitutes from skin cells
May 7, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
A team of New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute scientists report today the generation of patient-specific bone substitutes from skin cells for repair of large bone defects. The study, led by Darja Marolt, PhD, a NYSCF-Helmsley Investigator and Giuseppe Maria de Peppo, PhD, a NYSCF Research Fellow, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, represents a major advance in personalized reconstructive treatments for patients with bone defects resulting from disease or trauma.
Identification of stem cells raises possibility of new therapies
April 30, 2013 by admin2 · Leave a Comment
Many diseases – obesity, Type 2 diabetes, muscular dystrophy – are associated with fat accumulation in muscle. In essence, fat replacement causes the muscles to weaken and degenerate.
