Stockton lacrosse player’s best match stem–cell donationPress of Atlantic CityIn 2010, Lower Cape May Regional High School and Villanova University graduate Matt Szczur donated stem cells to a 19-month-old leukemia patient as part of the Andy Talley Bone Marrow Foundation. Talley is Villanova’s head football coach. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cell Researchers Just Figured Out How To Create New EmbryosGizmodo AustraliaA team of researchers from the University of Virginia just made scientific history: They figured out how to turn stem cells into full blown fish embryos. In other words, scientists can now control embryonic development, a key to being able to grow … …read … Continue reading
Radio Personality: ‘Remarkable Response’ to Stem Cell Treatmentfox8.comThe outpatient procedure was performed at the Ohio Stem Cell Treatment Center in Beachwood by a team of surgeons including the center’s founders Dr. Mark Foglietti and Dr. Michael Kellis. Kym still comes to tears thinking about it. The procedure isn’t … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Rare stem cells could repair complex tissuesFirstpostNew York, April 2 (IANS) Repairing complex tissues damaged by disease or trauma could become a lot easier as scientists have now discovered the potential of rare very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs). VSELs isolated from human adult tissues … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem cell debacle déjà vuBioEdgeOnce again, a major advance in stem cell science has been tainted by allegations of fraud. A leading research centre in Japan, the RIKEN Institute, has apologised for “research misconduct” by a young scientist who published a paper in Nature in January … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem–cell row ‘a blow for science’The Japan TimesThe finding that a lead researcher falsified data in a widely heralded stem–cell research paper is a setback for Japan’s efforts to promote its advanced research, but also a symptom of the pressure for breakthroughs in the field, experts say.Investigation into STAP cell papers ‘inadequate’: ObokataMainichi Daily News … Continue reading
Stem Cell Study Overcomes Major Hurdle in Organ RegenerationNature World NewsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine researchers reported that they turned embryonic stem cells into a fish embryo by manipulating certain biological signals. The study could advance organ re-generation using stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cell Research for MS Kick-Started by CrowdfundingHealthlineThe money will support their stem cell study involving 20 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Indiegogo acts as a crowdfunding conduit between great ideas and people who want to fund them—something the team at Tisch MSRCNY is banking on. …read more &nbs… Continue reading