Stem Cells and MiraclesThe AgeWhen three-year-old daughter Dakota Clarke was born with septo-optic dysplasia and left almost blind, her family launched a search for a cure. After reading on the web about stem cell treatment at the Beike clinic in Qingdao, China, the Clarkes spent … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem cell tech may hold hope for type I diabeticsThe New Indian ExpressDr Ramesh Bhonde, professor and dean of the Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine in Yelahanka, where the research is on, said stem cell technology can be used to create replacements for damaged Islets of Langerhans, which cause Type I diabetes. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
4-traders (press release)NEW YORK, N.Y., Oct. 28, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — On September 24, 2013 Blue Horizon Stem Cells (BHSC) treated their first celebrity patient, Janice Dickinson, the company announced today. Treated in the BHSC Wuhan, China facility, …Why do plants live longer than animals?DigitalJournal.com all 2 news articles …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Statin May Cut GVHD in Stem–Cell RecipientsMedPage TodayStem–cell transplant recipients had low rates of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) with a conditioning regimen that included the lipid-lowering agent atorvastatin (Lipitor), a small, preliminary study showed. Grade 2-4 GVHD occurred in 3.3% of … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Toronto NewsFIXThe research team has recognized the endogenous cardiac stem cells. This will help to repair and further regenerate the damaged heart tissue that is a result of myocardial damage. This damage in muscle tissues is infiltrated with the help of immune … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Zebrafish Useful Tool in Prostate Cancer Stem Cell StudyNewswise (press release)Newswise — New Brunswick, N.J., October 28, 2013 – Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey demonstrates that using zebrafish to identify self-renewing tumor stem cells in prostate cancers may be more beneficial than using traditional … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
‘Sex drive slows’ after stem cell transplantationMedical News TodayResearchers from the City of Hope Cancer Research Hospital in Duarte, California, say that graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) – a complication that can arise after stem cell transplantation (SCT) when donor cells attack recipient cells – could be a cause … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
New experiments targeting Parkinson’sBoston GlobeA team of scientists at the Cambridge-based Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have identified a compound that can reverse some of the toxicity that occurs in brain cells created from Parkinson’s disease patients’ stem cells. The work … …read more &nbs… Continue reading