Stem cells may do best with a little help from their friendsEurekAlert (press release)Like volunteers handing out cups of energy drinks to marathon runners, specially engineered “helper cells” transplanted along with stem cells can dole out growth factors to increase the stem cells‘ endurance, at least briefly, Johns Hopkins researchers … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
UCLA Stem Cell Researcher Wins Prestigious McCulloch and Till AwardNewswise (press release)Dr. Hanna Mikkola, member of the UCLA Eli & Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research and the Jonsson Comprehensive Center and an associate professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology in the life sciences has … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
CMAJIn a development that epitomizes the often roundabout path of progress in molecular biology, American researchers have employed a largely abandoned method — one that would be illegal in Canada — to turn human skin cells into embryonic stem cells.Annual Award Given to Outstanding Early Career Investigators from the Society …Newswise (press release) all 2 … Continue reading
Annual Award Given to Outstanding Early Career Investigators from the Society …Newswise (press release)Dr. Hanna Mikkola, member of the UCLA Eli & Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research and the Jonsson Comprehensive Center and an associate professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology in the life sciences has … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Blackburn resident’s search for stem cell match for sick childLancashire TelegraphMs Ashraf, who works an auditor at Thornton General and lives in Blackburn said: “Stem cell donation is very easy to do and it could save a life so it’s incredibly important that as many people come to the drive and sign up as possible.” … Continue reading
This is South WalesRoss Johns’ stem cells, which can grow into any other blood cells such as oxygen-carrying red ones and infection-fighting white ones, were flown to the States to help a sick 47-year-old. . lifesaver Ross John, from Swansea, who has donated stem cells … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Intracerebral injection of BSC may reduce post-stroke cognitive dysfunctionNews-Medical.netA new study in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that intracerebral injection of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BSCs) reduces cognitive deficits produced by temporary occlusion of cerebral blood vessels in a rat model of … and more …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Scientists Create Sperm and Eggs from Skin Cells, Regardless of Donor GenderHealthlineOver the past decade, Mitinori Saitou at Kyoto University in Japan has been teasing apart the genetic cascade that prompts a stem cell to turn into a primordial germ cell (PGC), the cells that generate thousands of eggs in a woman and millions of … Continue reading