California stem cell agency picks new leader for next phaseSFGate(04-30) 17:02 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine hired a new president on Wednesday to take on the challenge of finding new sources of financing for the state’s stem cell agency and convincing consumers that the …CIRM vets candidates to head stem … Continue reading
Stem cells from teeth can make brain-like cellsBiology News Net (press release)This is the distinct neuronal-like appearance of a mouse-derived dental pulp stem cell following the induction process. University of Adelaide researchers have discovered that stem cells taken from teeth can grow to resemble brain cells, suggesting … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
International Business Times AUThese stem cells, which used DNA from a 32-year-old woman who had gotten Type-1 diabetes at the age of ten, might herald the day, when researchers and scientists might replenish inoperative cells with healthy cells same from the patient but made in the …Stem cells could soon be used to create insulin … Continue reading
WTAJPITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh say they’ve been able to grow muscle for seriously injured patients using material from pigs. Nick Clark lost large volumes of muscle in his lower left leg, when he injured it in a …Researchers regrow lost muscle in injured patients with novel stem–cell techniquePrince George CitizenPig … Continue reading
Fluorescent Green Stem Cells Regenerate Heart Muscles After Heart AttacksForbesTwo weeks after having heart attacks, 3 macaque monkeys received injections of a billion heart cells, derived from human embryonic stem cells, to repair their damaged muscle. About 40 percent of the damaged tissue was regenerated n the macaque’s hearts … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
USA TODAYTwo new studies out today show both the incredible promise of stem cell research and its current limitations. In one, published in the journal Nature, researchers showed that they could repair damaged hearts by injecting these versatile stem cells into …Researchers regrow lost muscle in injured patients with novel stem–cell techniquePrince George CitizenPig Bladder … Continue reading
Stem cell revival: The 1990s are backNew ScientistIt has taken longer than expected. More than 17 years later, what worked in sheep finally appears to be working in humans (see “Insulin-making cells created by Dolly-cloning method”). This is a potentially major medical breakthrough, but no longer … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
‘Very big deal’: UW team uses stem cells to fix monkey heartsThe Seattle TimesUniversity of Washington researchers have successfully regenerated heart muscle in damaged monkey hearts, where grafts of programmed human stem cells assembled themselves into muscle fibers, found the beat, and were nurtured by the monkeys’ … …read more &nbs… Continue reading