Human embryonic stem cell-derived RPE cell transplantation yields no …HealioMIAMI — A study under way to evaluate safety and tolerability of subretinal transplantation of human embryonic stem cells in patients with dry age-related macular degeneration so far has yielded no “untoward pathologic reactions,” a speaker said here. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Vision Systems DesignUnder certain conditions, stem cells can be induced to become other types of cell such as blood or muscle cells though a process known as differentiation. Because of this, scientists and researchers can use them to regenerate diseased or damaged tissue. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Science Codex(TORONTO, Canada – Feb. 12, 2014) – Cancer researchers led by stem cell scientist Dr. John Dick have discovered a pre-leukemic stem cell that may be the first step in initiating disease and also the culprit that evades therapy and triggers relapse in … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
ForbesMaria C.N. Marchetto, Iñigo Narvaiza and their team, working with Fred H. Gage’s Lab at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA, generated lines of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from humans, from chimpanzees and from bonobos. …read more &nbs… Continue reading
EurekAlert (press release)(TORONTO, Canada – Feb. 12, 2014) – Cancer researchers led by stem cell scientist Dr. John Dick have discovered a pre-leukemic stem cell that may be the first step in initiating disease and also the culprit that evades therapy and triggers relapse in …AML Treatment In The Works? Rare Form Of Leukemia Found … Continue reading
Cancer researchers discover pre-leukemic stem cell at root of AML, relapseMedical Xpress“Our discovery lays the groundwork to detect and target the pre-leukemic stem cell and thereby potentially stop the disease at a very early stage when it may be more amenable to treatment,” says Dr. Dick, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell … Continue reading
Mirror.co.ukA grandad given just months to live has beaten leukaemia – after getting stem cells from two babies’ umbilical cords. The move was the “only option” to save David Pyne, 60, after all other treatments failed. He was one of the first to have the …Umbilical cord stem cell donation ‘saves’ leukaemia manBBC NewsStem cell … Continue reading
Cytori Therapeutics Inc. (USA) (CYTX) news: Cytori Therapeutics: Global …Seeking AlphaThis is not your typical Seeking Alpha article. Although focused on a particular company like most other articles, it will take a look at the bigger picture with regard to patient access to their own stem cells, and try to explain a set of perverse … Continue reading