MS mice walk after stem cell treatmentIrish ExaminerTreatment with human stem cells has allowed mice crippled by a version of multiple sclerosis to walk again after less than two weeks. Scientists admit to being astonished by the result and believe it opens up a new avenue of research in the quest for … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Mice with MS-like Condition Walk Again After Human Stem Cell TreatmentHealthlineFunded by the National MS Society, the study’s results, published online today in the journal Stem Cell Reports, surprised researchers who expected the stem cells to be rejected. Instead, the mice completely regained motor function, and six months … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Discover Magazine (blog)Mice have been poked, prodded, injected and dissected in the name of science. But there are limits to what mice can teach us – especially when it comes to stem cell therapies. For the first time, researchers have turned skin cells into bone in a … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cells Reverse MS-Like Illness in MicePhilly.comTHURSDAY, May 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Mice disabled by a multiple sclerosis-like condition were able to walk again a few weeks after receiving human neural stem cell transplants, a new study shows. While research in mice often fails to pan out in … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Scientists Get Closer to the Stem Cells That May Drive CancersPhilly.comTHURSDAY, May 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Although the very concept of cancer stem cells has been controversial, new research provides proof that these distinct types of cells exist in humans. Using genetic tracking, researchers found that a gene … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cells Made From Skin Safely Grow New Bone in Monkeys for the First TimeHealthlineWhile this is not the first successful stem cell therapy tested on animals closely related to humans, it offers another potential source of stem cells for transplantation—the individual’s own adult cells. In the new study, published online today in … …read … Continue reading
The IndependentScientists have found the first “conclusive evidence” of the existence of cancer stem cells in humans, in a discovery which could put an end to years of scientific controversy and pave the way for more effective cancer treatments which could attack the … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Medical DailyStem cells have once again shown how truly fascinating they really are. In a recent study published in Stem Cell Reports, researchers took a group of mice crippled by an autoimmune disease similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) and injected human stem … …read more &nbs… Continue reading