Protein that protects nucleus also regulates stem cell differentiationMedical XpressCells grown on a soft matrix have a wrinkled nuclear lamina (green) — but on stiff matrix, it is smoothed by high stress and stabilized, regulating gene expression. Credit: Irena Ivanovska, University of Pennsylvania. The human body has hundreds of … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Researchers Grow Small Human Brains from Stem CellsDailyTechResearchers from the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Vienna, Austria — led by Juergen Knoblich and Madeline Lancaster — have used stem cells to create small human brain models. These models can never be conscious, and they lack some aspects … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Girl, 10, shows no sign of sickle cell after stem cell transplant in St. LouisSTLtoday.comAfter spending three months undergoing and recovering from a risky stem cell transplant, 10-year-old Caitlyn Hill left St. Louis Children’s Hospital last week without any signs of her sickle cell disease. Caitlyn is only the third person to receive a … … Continue reading
National PostMiniature brains have been created in test tubes by stem cell scientists who claim they could help combat inherited neurological disorders. Several of the tiny hollow structures, which measure three to four millimetres across, were created as a model … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Clinical trial to evaluate whether using stem cell therapy can provide relief …WWSB ABC 7The typical patient with peripheral arterial disease is a man in his 60s; he’s a smoker who has high blood pressure and possibly even diabetes. Because of a blockage in a major blood vessel in his leg, it’s painful when he … Continue reading
Ethical Stem Cells Create Human “Mini-Brains”National Review Online (blog)The induced pluripotent stem cell breakthrough continues to be useful in the very ways that “the scientists” once said only human cloning could provide. Now, in what appears to be a very notable breakthrough, they have been used to make patient … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
UPDATE 1-Scientists grow “mini human brains” from stem cellsReutersResearchers based in Austria started with human stem cells and created a culture in the lab that allowed them to grow into so-called “cerebral organoids” – or mini brains – that consisted of several distinct brain regions. It is the first time that … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
New York Daily NewsScientists said Wednesday they had used stem cells to grow primitive human brain tissue for use in studying disorders and early development of this most complex of organs. They used the cells to grow what they dubbed “cerebral organoids” — pea-sized …Human brain tissue grown from stem cellsSydney Morning HeraldScientists grow mini … Continue reading