Japan team discovers new technique to make stem cellsFinancial TimesResearchers in Japan have discovered a remarkably simple new way to make embryo-like stem cells: by exposing blood cells briefly to dilute acid. The technique has been demonstrated so far only in mice but scientists say that if it works with human … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
New stem cell technique may aid medical treatmentsThe StateNEW YORK — A simple lab treatment can turn ordinary cells from mice into stem cells, according to a surprising study that hints at a possible new way to grow tissue for treating illnesses like diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers in Boston … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
New stem cell technique may aid medical treatmentsAnchorage Daily NewsNEW YORK — A simple lab treatment can turn ordinary cells from mice into stem cells, according to a surprising study that hints at a possible new way to grow tissue for treating illnesses like diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers in Boston … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Researchers turn adult cells back into stem cellsUSA TODAYIn a step that has implications for stem cell research, human biology and the treatment of disease, researchers in Japan and at Harvard University have managed to turn adult cells back into flexible stem cells without changing their DNA. The … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Transplant tissue: Stem cells in ‘revolutionary’ boostGlobalPostThe research, reported in the journal Nature, could be the third great advance in stem cells — a futuristic field that aims to reverse Alzheimer’s, cancer and other crippling or lethal diseases. The latest breakthrough comes from Japan, as did its … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
NBCNews.comScientists have made a whole new type of stem cell using little more than a little acid, and they say it may represent a way to skip all the complex and controversial steps that it now takes to make cells to regenerate tissues and organs. The team in …Researchers create embryonic stem cells without embryoPhys.OrgAcid … Continue reading
Life or death: Local girl in need of a stem cell matchMississauga22 at the Cambridge Sports Park at 1001 Franklin Blvd., from 1 to 5 p.m. The stem cell donor drive requires a mere swab of the cheek to become registered with the One Match Stem Cell and Marrow Network. Although everyone is encouraged to … Continue reading
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) – In experiments that could open a new era in stem cell biology, scientists have found a cheap and easy way to reprogramme mature cells from mice back into an embryonic-like state that allowed them to generate many types of tissue.Scientists make pure precursor liver and pancreas cells from stem cellsMedical News TodayStem … Continue reading