Penn State’s Glen dishes out life-saving assistNHL.comAfter being identified as a match by a national marrow donation program, Glen underwent a peripheral blood stem cell procedure to help a woman battling cancer. Other than the woman’s age, Glen didn’t know the identity of the patient needing the transplant. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
New theory for how stem cells decide whether to become liver or pancreatic cellsNews-Medical.netHarvard stem cell scientists have a new theory for how stem cells decide whether to become liver or pancreatic cells during development. A cell’s fate, the researchers found, is determined by the nearby presence of prostaglandin E2, a messenger … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Chef Kerry Simon undergoes stem–cell transplants at Mayo Clinic in MinnesotaLas Vegas SunBefore he returns to Rochester in early March for more intensive sessions of stem–cell transplants, he will preside over his Feb. 27 celebrity chef and rocker showcase at the Keep Memory Alive event center in the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for …Kerry … Continue reading
Carbon Nanotube Scaffolds Provide Bed for Stem Cell GrowthMedgadget.comstem cell growth Carbon Nanotube Scaffolds Provide Bed for Stem Cell Growth The process of creating a hospitable environment for growing stem cells in a lab currently involves introducing animal protein to the cellular colonies, but this technique is … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem cell clinic for 4 year oldCambridge TimesCAMBRIDGE – The courageous fight of four-year-old Katie Herron is continuing at Toronto’s SickKids where she continues to undergo chemotherapy in hopes that a stem cell match can be found for a life-saving transplant. Here in Cambridge, friends and … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Home News CPHS students get swabbed for stem cell, bone…www.insideottawavalley.com/Inspired by the story of Kingston’s Mackenzie Curran, Carleton Place High School (CPHS) Grade 11 students Keisha and Teagan Simpson organized a bone marrow drive at the school on Tuesday morning with Canadian Blood Services’ (CBS) OneMatch … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Protein Switch Dictates Cellular Fate: Stem Cell or NeuronUCSD Medical CenterResearchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that a well-known protein has a new function: It acts in a biological circuit to determine whether an immature neural cell remains in a stem-like state or … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Patient-Specific Stem Cells Recapitulate Age-Related Macular DegenerationPLoS Blogs (blog)Stem cell debate and hype continue, with each advance distancing the field from embryos while promising replacement parts as stem cells “turn into” everything from hearts to gizzards. Meanwhile, many researchers have been quietly pursuing the immediate … …read more &nbs… Continue reading