Patient stem cells used to make ‘heart disease-on-a-chip’EurekAlert (press release)Cambridge, MA—Harvard scientists have merged stem cell and ‘organ-on-a-chip’ technologies to grow, for the first time, functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease. The research appears to be a big step forward for … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Michigan Political Points: Same-sex benefit, stem cell research provisions …MLive.comSOCIAL DISTORTION: Michigan’s Republican-led Senate, for the third year in a row, approved a higher education budget that discourages universities from conducting embryonic stem cell research or offering domestic partnership benefits to same-sex … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Wife, mother fundraises for mesenchymal stem cell procedureSun NewsBut an even better solution could be what’s located right here in Northeast Ohio. It’s called the Ohio Stem Cell Treatment Center. McCreath-Akbar hopes to partake in an experimental treatment there that just might restore the abilities she lost 24 … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Daughter donates corneal stem cells to give mom better visionChicago Sun-TimesDebra Astrug had trouble seeing and feared going blind one day, but now she sees much better after daughter, Jessica Astrug, donated stem cells from her eye, so doctors at Loyola University Health System could do a stem cell transplant and save Debra’s … …read … Continue reading
USC NewsThe technique involves reprogramming patients’ stem cells into their disease-affected cell types. This allows scientists to populate petri dishes with neural cells from patients with neurodegenerative diseases, inner ear cells from patients with … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Medical XpressResearchers at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center have published results from a study in Cell Reports that discovers a new mechanism that distinguishes normal blood stem cells from blood cancers. “These findings constitute a significant advance … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Scientists decode epigenetic mechanisms distinguishing stem cell function and …Science CodexResearchers at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center have published results from a study in Cell Reports that discovers a new mechanism that distinguishes normal blood stem cells from blood cancers. “These findings constitute a significant advance …Scientists Decode Epigenetic Mechanisms Distinguishing Stem Cell Function …Newswise … Continue reading
First stem cell trial for stroke shows lasting benefitsNew ScientistSome can move limbs and manage everyday tasks that were impossible before they received an injection of neural progenitor stem cells, which were clones of cells originally taken from the cortex of a donated fetus. Apart from physical rehabilitation … …read more &nbs… Continue reading