Headlines & Global NewsScientists have taken chimpanzee and bonobo skin cells and turned them into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a shape-shifting type of cell that can turn into any type of cell tissue found in the body, to find out what distinguishes humans from apes …Phenomena:National Geographic all 5 news articles …read more &nbs… Continue reading
The Pera-Chen Method: Urinary Incontinence, and How Stem Cell Therapy May …Huffington PostStem cell researcher Renee Reijo-Pera and uro-gynecologist Bertha Chen are working together on a research grant from the California stem cell program. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) sprang from the citizen’s initiative … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
New technological approach may help improve stem cell-based …News-Medical.netAn international research group has successfully tested the use of a new type of porous material for the efficient delivery of key molecules to transplanted cells derived from stem cells. These results can lead to improvements in the way stem cell … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Science Daily (press release)Oct. 23, 2013 — Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have, for the first time, taken chimpanzee and bonobo skin cells and turned them into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a type of cell that has the ability to form any …Genomic parasite activity revealed by stem cellsU-T San Diego … Continue reading
Phys.OrgThis microscope image shows induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) from our closest living relatives. Skin cells from bonobos (pigmy chimps) were reprogrammed to pluripotent stem cells, an advance that allows scientists to study the differences between …Genomic parasite activity revealed by stem cellsU-T San Diego all 3 news articles …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Tailored Doses of Cytostatic Improve Survival Rate After Stem Cell TransplantationScience Daily (press release)Stem cell transplantation is the only treatment method available today for CGD, and is usually preceded by a course of cytostatic drugs to help the body accept the transplantation. However, one problem is that excessive doses of cytostatics can harm … and … Continue reading
Medical XpressThe stem cell field is at a critical point, with the potential for a major impact on clinical medicine if stem cell-based therapies can overcome serious and immediate challenges. These challenges and key action items to overcome them are described in …New Screening Method for Stem Cell Differentiation DevelopedDrug Discovery & DevelopmentPackaging stem cells … Continue reading
Genomic parasite activity revealed by stem cellsU-T San DiegoInduced pluripotent stem cells from bonobos. Skin cells from bonobos, or pygmy chimps, were reprogrammed to IPS cells, an advance that allows scientists to study the differences between their and human neurons. The colors show different aspects of the … …read more &nbs… Continue reading