Stem cells created in living miceNature.comThe finding has the potential to accelerate efforts to develop regenerative therapies by avoiding the need to grow cells outside the body and then grafting them back in place, says George Daley, a stem–cell researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital in … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Medical DailyScientists in Spain have discovered how to reprogram tissue in organs directly into embryonic stem cells. The findings, reported today in the Nature, could lead to regenerative medicine therapies that bypass the need for removing cells from the body … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Telegraph.co.ukUntil now these stem cells, known as induced pluripotent stem cells, have only ever been created in Petri dishes in the laboratory after being removed from the animal. However, researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre in Madrid, Spain …Scammers offering phoney stem cell therapies to ‘treat’ incurable diseasesFox NewsScientists create stem cells within … Continue reading
Scientists create stem cells within body of laboratory mice for first timeThe IndependentUntil now stem cells created by a new genetic engineering technique have only been created in vitro in the laboratory, but the researchers were able to perform gene therapy on living mice to generate the stem cells in vivo. If the work can … Continue reading
Scammers offering phoney stem cell therapies to ‘treat’ incurable diseasesFox NewsStem cell therapies have proven to be extremely valuable options for medical treatment, with the potential to treat everything from cancer and diabetes to Parkinson’s disease and cardiac illness. But now, scammers are capitalizing on these scientific … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
UK Stem Cell Biobank LaunchedGenetic Engineering NewsCell Therapy Catapult and Roslin Cells are partnering to establish a source of clinical-grade induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) banked according to GMP standards in the U.K. The iPS bank is being established with an initial £2million (approximately … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Pluristem shares gain on stem cell therapy patentBusinessweekNEW YORK (AP) — Pluristem Therapeutics shares gained Wednesday after the Israeli company said it received an important U.S. patent that covers a stem cell therapy as a treatment for arterial disease. Pluristem said the patent covers methods for … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem cell transplant might cure schizophreniaInside Costa RicaStem cell transplant might cure schizophrenia. Experimental work on rats suggests transplanting stem cells could be a permanent cure for schizophrenia, University of Texas researchers say. costa rica news. ATTENTION: If you are seeing this message, …Could stem cell transplant ‘fix’ schizophrenia?UPI.comCell transplants may help treat schizophreniaBusiness Standard … Continue reading