Tumor-Targeting T Cells EngineeredScientist (blog)Blood cells from a patient suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukemiaFLICKR, ED UTHMANScientists have combined the ability to reprogram stem cells into T cells with a recently developed strategy for genetically modifying patients' own T cells to seek … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Looking for a cure with stem cellsThe HinduMedical science has progressed by leaps and bounds with the advent of stem cell therapy. Stem cell is a generic cell that has the potential to become many types of specialised cells for the treatment of a wide range of diseases. In stem cell treatment …Stem cells: what … Continue reading
Stem–cell treatment not a cure-all, charging patients for clinical study …InterAksyonThe groups have called on the Department of Health and the Food and Drug Administration to “issue clearer regulations for stem cell therapy for practicing clinicians to safeguard the health of Filipinos.” “Stem cell therapy for unproven indications is … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem cells: what happened to the radical breakthroughs?The GuardianStem cells were a little-known area of research then, but one gathering pace. Here was a blank-template cell with the potential, given the know-how, to become any other type of cell in the body. The year before, in 1997, the first regenerative cell … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
ANN ARBOR: UM start-up OncoMed raises $82 million in initial public offeringHeritage NewspapersThe company stemmed from research in 2003 that identified cancer stem cells in breast cancer, the first time that these cells had been found in a solid tumor. Cancer stem cells represent about 1 percent to 5 percent of all the cells in … Continue reading
Dipnarine Maharaj Reveals Shocking Effect of Leukemia on Stem CellsHealthcare Global (press release)As reported by Science Daily, a study conducted at Queen Mary, University of London and the Cancer Research UK's London Research Institute has revealed the surprising role that stem cells play when Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or AML, sets in. The article … …read … Continue reading
Special type of stem cells could help heal heartsABC30.comNow, a new approach can help patients like Ron. First, doctors extract bone marrow stem cells from the patient. Then, they grow the cells to enhance their healing ability. Those cells are then injected directly into the patient's heart. “Our hopes are … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cell Therapeutics Acquires an Exclusive Option to License Prostate …MarketWatch“This agreement provides Stem Cell Therapeutics with an opportunity to evaluate several highly promising therapeutic targets, all of which are expressed on prostate cancer stem cells, as well as on other types of cancers,” added Dr. Bob Uger, SCT's … …read more &nbs… Continue reading