Researchers claim breakthrough in stem cellsTribune-ReviewLONDON — Scientists have succeeded in generating new stem cells in living mice and say their success opens up possibilities for the regeneration of damaged tissue in people with conditions ranging from heart failure to spinal cord injury. The … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Scientists Force Mature Cells to Revert to Stem CellsBloombergScientists have turned back the hands of time in cells within a living creature. Researchers in Spain used a technique created seven years ago to force mature cells in mice to revert to an original form of stem cell with the potential to change into … …read … Continue reading
Surviving MesotheliomaMassachusetts-based Verastem, Inc. focuses on drugs that fight cancer by attacking the stem cells that give rise to them. Earlier this summer, the FDA granted orphan drug status to their stem cell inhibitor, defactinib, for the treatment of mesothelioma. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
CADUCEUS: Autologous Stem Cells Safely Reverse Some MI DamageTCTMDIn patients with a recent myocardial infarction, infusion of their own cardiac progenitor cells safely reduces scar tissue while increasing viable myocardium over 1 year, according to a first-in-man study published online September 11, 2013, ahead of … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Study Results from Goethe-University in the Area of Stem Cells ReportedHispanicBusiness.comBy a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week — Current study results on Stem Cell Research have been published. According to news reporting out of Frankfurt, Germany , by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
A CNIO team is the first to produce embryonic stem cells in living adult organismsEureka! Science NewsA team from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has become the first to make adult cells from a living organism and show characteristics of embryonic stem cells. Researchers have also discovered that these embryonic stem cells, obtained … Continue reading
In odd-looking mutant, clues about how maize plants control stem cell numberScience Daily (press release)Sep. 11, 2013 — In plants, the growth of organs such as roots, leaves and flowers depends upon the activity of meristems. These reservoir-like compartments hold stem cells, which have the ability to develop into various different cell types. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
The IndependentUntil now stem cells created by a new genetic engineering technique have only been created in vitro in the laboratory, but the researchers were able to perform gene therapy on living mice to generate the stem cells in vivo. If the work can be … …read more &nbs… Continue reading