The Times (subscription)A Scots couple will donate stem cells to their daughter next month in the first procedure of its kind carried out in Scotland. Mackenzie Furniss, 9, is suffering from an advanced form of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma and needs the experimental …Scots parents to make medical history when they donate stem cells to … Continue reading
Regenerative stem cells revert mice to youthful statekwwl.comScientists in Spain say they’ve made mature cells in living mice revert to their youthful state. The discovery was found at Spain’s National Cancer Research Center, and could be a major step in the ability to regenerate human tissue by stem cells … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Swiss Medica Treats Autism with Stem Cell TherapySBWire (press release)Autism is a disorder of childhood neural development, which affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells connect and organize. Autism damages the brain fields responsible for memory, concentration, attention, speech etc. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cells in Living AnimalsBBC NewsAdult cells, like those of the kidney, stomach, intestine and pancreas, all show signs of being reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells within living mice. It was unclear whether the environment within living organisms might be conducive to … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem cells are wired for cooperation, down to the DNAPhys.OrgWe often think of human cells as tiny computers that perform assigned tasks, where disease is a result of a malfunction. But in the current issue of Science, researchers at The Mount Sinai Medical Center offer a radical view of health—seeing it more … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
UNK linebacker balances football, stem cell donationKearney HubDrew Wagner of Madison, a linebacker for the University of Nebraska at Kearney, donates stem cells at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. His blood was removed through a catheter in his arm then cycled through a machine that separated … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Scots parents to make medical history when they donate stem cells to daugtherDeadline NewsSCOTS parents will make medical history next month when they donate stem cells to their cancer-stricken daughter. Mackenzie Furniss, nine, is suffering from an advanced form of childhood cancer and needs an experimental treatment to save her life. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Adult cells turned into stem cells in the bodyNHS ChoicesA “breakthrough” study in which stem cells were created from living adult tissue means that damaged and diseased organs could eventually be regenerated inside the bodies of living patients, The Daily Telegraph has reported. The Independent said the … …read more &nbs… Continue reading