Proper stem cell function requires hydrogen sulfideR & D MagazineStem cells in bone marrow need to produce hydrogen sulfide in order to properly multiply and form bone tissue, according to a new study from the Univ. of Southern California’s Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology at the Ostrow School of Dentistry. and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
New York Daily NewsScientists have moved a step closer to the goal of creating stem cells perfectly matched to a patient’s DNA in order to treat diseases, they announced on Thursday, creating patient-specific cell lines out of the skin cells of two adult men. The advance … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Scientists Clone Stem Cells From Two Adult Men In Major BreakthroughHuffington PostNEW YORK (Reuters) – Scientists have moved a step closer to the goal of creating stem cells perfectly matched to a patient’s DNA in order to treat diseases, they announced on Thursday, creating patient-specific cell lines out of the skin cells of two … … Continue reading
Fox NewsThe advance, described online in the journal Cell Stem Cell, is the first time researchers have achieved “therapeutic cloning” of adults. Technically called somatic-cell nuclear transfer, therapeutic cloning means producing embryonic cells genetically …Embryonic-Stem–Cell Therapy for Vision LossMIT Technology ReviewIn a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adultsReutersFirst Embryonic Stem Cells Cloned From … Continue reading
Surprise: Lost stem cells naturally replaced by non-stem cells, fly research …Phys.OrgJohns Hopkins researchers have discovered an unexpected phenomenon in the organs that produce sperm in fruit flies: When a certain kind of stem cell is killed off experimentally, another group of non-stem cells can come out of retirement to replace them. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Scientists clone human embryonic stem cells from adultsFinancial TimesThe work, by researchers from CHA University in Seoul and Los Angeles, working with Advanced Cell Technology, a US biotechnology company, and reported in the journal Cell Stem Cell, is only the second successful experiment with therapeutic cloning. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adultsChicago Tribune (blog)NEW YORK (Reuters) – Scientists have moved a step closer to the goal of creating stem cells perfectly matched to a patient’s DNA in order to treat diseases, they announced on Thursday, creating patient-specific cell lines out of the skin cells of two … … Continue reading
Group Makes Stem Cells Using Clone TechniqueNBCNews.comResearchers say they have made powerful stem cells from both young and old adults using cloning techniques, and also found clues about why it is so difficult to do this with human beings. The team, at Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology and … …read more &nbs… Continue reading