Stem Cells Being Used To Treat Knee, Joint PainCBS LocalIt’s then sent to a lab, where it is spun down to get at the layer of stem cells — cells that have the potential to become any type of cell. The stem cells are then combined with the patient’s platelets, a type of blood cell … Continue reading
Stress-Induced Stem Cell Method QuestionedScientistHARUKO OBOKATAWhen a team led by investigators at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, reported a new method to reprogram stem cells using an external stressor, such as an acid bath or a mechanical squeeze, several … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
The HinduAfter Hwang Woo Suk of Seoul National University plunged into ignominy for duplicating images and for other unethical practices in the June 2005 paper on stem cell study in the Science journal, image duplication has been quite regularly spotted in many … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Questions arise about stem cell breakthroughArs TechnicaAt the end of January, scientists announced a stunning finding: they’d developed a seemingly simple technique that could convert just about any cell to a stem cell using a brief time in acidic conditions. Now, Nature News is reporting that one of the … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
CardioCell begins 2 heart stem cell trialsU-T San DiegoCardioCell has begun two new clinical trials of its stem cell treatment for recent heart attack patients, the San Diego company said Wednesday. A Phase 3 trial has started in Kazakhstan and a Phase 2a trial in the United States, said privately held …New San Diego Biotech … Continue reading
Simple New Way Of Creating Stem Cells Undergoes InvestigationPopular ScienceAs we reported, just a few weeks ago, a team of Japanese and U.S. scientists announced they found a new, simple way to transform adult cells into powerful stem cells similar to those that appear in embryos. They published their findings in two papers … …read … Continue reading
New San Diego Biotech Charts Stem–Cell Therapies for Heart DiseaseXconomyCardioCell, a new San Diego biotech spun out of privately held Stemedica Cell Technologies, stepped into the light today, saying it is beginning a mid-stage clinical study in the United States to evaluate the use its proprietary stem cells to treat …CardioCell Launches AMI Therapy Trials … Continue reading
Stem–Cell Research Under ScrutinyWall Street JournalThe study was carried out by a team led by Haruko Obokata of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology that found that mouse stem cells could be created by putting blood cells in a mild acid solution. If confirmed and extended to human cells, the … …read more &nbs… Continue reading