The IndependentScientists have found the first “conclusive evidence” of the existence of cancer stem cells in humans, in a discovery which could put an end to years of scientific controversy and pave the way for more effective cancer treatments which could attack the … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Medical DailyStem cells have once again shown how truly fascinating they really are. In a recent study published in Stem Cell Reports, researchers took a group of mice crippled by an autoimmune disease similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) and injected human stem … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise for MS in Mouse ModelNewswise (press release)Remarkably, the mice recovered even after their bodies rejected the human stem cells. “When we implanted the human cells into mice that were paralyzed, they got up and started walking a couple of weeks later, and they completely recovered over the next … …read … Continue reading
First test of pluripotent stem cell therapy in monkeys is a successPhys.OrgResearchers have shown for the first time in an animal that is more closely related to humans that it is possible to make new bone from stem–cell-like induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) made from an individual animal’s own skin cells. The study in … … Continue reading
Fox NewsIn this image, the top row shows the stem cells transplanted into the mouse spinal cord. The lower row shows a close-up of the stem cells (brown). By day 7 post-transplant, the stem cells are no longer detectable. Within this short period of time, the …Surprise: Stem cells help mice with multiple sclerosis to … Continue reading
Mice With MS-Like Condition Walk Again After Human Stem Cell TreatmentNewswise (press release)Newswise — (SALT LAKE CITY) – Mice severely disabled by a multiple sclerosis (MS) – like condition could walk less than two weeks following treatment with human stem cells. The finding, which uncovers new avenues for treating MS, will be published … …read … Continue reading
Salt Lake TribuneIn the fall of 2010 a team of scientists in California injected human stem cells into the spinal cords of mice with a condition similar to multiple sclerosis, expecting the mice to reject the cells like they might an organ transplant. That was the …Stem cell therapy shows promise for multiple sclerosis in … Continue reading
Salt Lake TribuneIn the fall of 2010 a team of scientists in California injected human stem cells into the spinal cords of mice with a condition similar to multiple sclerosis, expecting the mice to reject the cells like they might an organ transplant. That was the …Stem cell therapy shows promise for multiple sclerosis in … Continue reading