Stem cell shortcut points S.F. scientists to potential therapy for diabetes – San Francisco Business Times (blog)
San Francisco Business Times (blog) |
Stem cell shortcut points S.F. scientists to potential therapy for diabetes
San Francisco Business Times (blog) Scientists have reprogrammed human skin cells into insulin-producing cells that may offer a new strategy for attacking Type 1 diabetes. The process could take years even to make its way into human clinical trials — let alone a regulator-approved … Insulin-producing pancreatic cells created from human skin cellsEurekAlert (press release) |
Medical Xpress |
Researchers coax human stem cells to form complex tissues
Medical Xpress This image demonstrates tissue patterns that emerge from genetically programmed human pluripotent stem cells, and was taken on day nine of the MIT study. It shows immunostainings of cell nuclei for CEBPA (red, endodermal marker), SOX10 …more. |
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A protein biomarker confirms the presence of stem cells that maintain ovaries
Phys.Org “This will give scientists the ability to decipher the biology of these stem cells in normal healthy tissue,” comments Barker. He explains that mutations in stem cells are likely to be a major cause of cancers of the ovarian epithelium. This is highly … |
Royal Gazette |
New lease of life after stem cell therapy
Royal Gazette Barbara Darrell thought her life was at an end a few years ago. Doctors had diagnosed stage four COPD. The former smoker’s lungs were so bad she spent her days in bed, hooked up to an oxygen machine, unable to work or care for herself. Then she … |
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Young men needed to donate stem cells for North Vancouver volunteer
North Shore News Canadian Blood Services and the North Vancouver RCMP are hosting a stem cell drive at the 14th Street detachment Thursday in hopes of finding a match for Taylor – and to beef up stem cell registry. “I ended up just going to the hospital on Nov. 15 … |