Stem Cells Help Repair Traumatic Brain Injury by Building ‘Biobridge’Science Daily (press release)Oct. 3, 2013 — University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following trauma. In a series of preclinical experiments, they report that transplanted cells appear to build a “biobridge … …read … Continue reading
Eureka! Science NewsA group of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers, and collaborators at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have found a way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles. The researchers inserted modified strands of …Stem Cells And Blogging: Interview With Paul Knoepfler, Part 2ForbesStem Cells Promise Noah’s Ark … Continue reading
ScienceBlog.com (blog)A group of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers, and collaborators at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have found a way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles. The researchers inserted modified strands of …Striking a Nerve: MS Stem Cell Therapies, the Real Deal?MedPage TodayAdvancement in stem cell therapies … Continue reading
Phase II of ALS Stem Cell Trial Underway at Emory and University of MichiganHispanicBusiness.comResearchers at Emory University and University of Michigan have begun the Phase II trial of a landmark study to treat patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) using human neural stem cells. The Phase II dose escalation … …read … Continue reading
Mutated stem cells trigger pituitary tumours in childrendomain-BA type of pituitary tumour known as craniopharyngioma appears to form via a different mechanism to that thought to occur in more common tumours, according to a paper in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The novel findings, generated by a team led by the UCL … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Researchers discover way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehiclesNews-Medical.netA group of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers and collaborators at MIT and MGH have found a way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles. The researchers inserted modified strands of messenger RNA into … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
PlacidWay Joins Integra Medical Center to Provide Successful Integrated …SBWire (press release)Denver, CO — (SBWIRE) — 10/04/2013 — Specializing in human term placental and umbilical cord matrix stem cell therapies (hTPUCSc) and procedures, the facility, under the direction of Dr. Omar González, treats a number of conditions including … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Striking a Nerve: MS Stem Cell Therapies, the Real Deal?MedPage TodayA review/opinion paper published this week in The Lancet waxes enthusiastic (for the most part) about intravenously delivered mesenchymal stem cell therapies as a means to restore nerve function in multiple sclerosis patients. The timing is ironic …Advancement in stem cell therapies show potential for … Continue reading