Tengion, a company out of East Norriton, PA, has successfully grown full size replacement bladders in large mammal models, helping pave the way for the company to receive FDA clearance to initiate clinical trials on humans in 2009. The company says that the results from a preclinical trial show that its product, known as Tengion Neo-Bladder Replacement™, … Continue reading
Adult stem cells are not pampered pushovers. O’Reilly et al. report that certain stem cells take charge of their surroundings, molding their environment to control their division and differentiation. Some stem cells are cosseted like newborns. Neighboring cells cradle them in a structure called the niche. The niche not only nurtures its charges, it also … Continue reading
Stem Cell Implantation in Small Animal Therapeutics Regenerative Medicine is a broad definition for innovative medical therapies that enable the body to repair, replace, restore, and regenerate damaged or diseased tissues. Vet-Stem Regenerative Medicine uses adult stem cells derived from the animal’s own fat tissue to treat traumatic injuries and degenerative diseases such as ligament … Continue reading
An HIV-infected patient may have been cured of the infection 3.5 years after receiving stem cell transplantation, according to researchers from Charité -University Medicine in Berlin. The researchers previously reported the likelihood of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with CCR5D32/D32 donor cells in the HIV-infected patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) — missing viremia were documented within … Continue reading
A treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells improves mobility in rats with spinal cord injuries, providing the first physical evidence that the therapeutic use of these cells can help restore motor skills lost from acute spinal cord tissue damage. Hans Keirstead and his colleagues in the Reeve-Irvine Research Center at UC Irvine have found that a … Continue reading
There’s been lots of confusion and some mischaracterizations about when the first embryonic stem cell clinical trial might take place and what it might treat. Spinal cord injury has been a leading candidate. Hans Keirstead, a scientist at the University of California at Irvine has been at the center of the discussions. His work, which has helped rats with severed … Continue reading
A new study by UC Davis researchers provides evidence that methods using human bone marrow-derived stem cells to deliver gene therapy to cure diseases of the blood, bone marrow and certain types of cancer do not cause the development of tumors or leukemia. “The results of our decade-long study of adult human stem cell transplantation … Continue reading
Interesting fact: the below was published on the website thinkchristian.net While the President and U.S. Congress argue over the use of embryonic stem cells, there are plenty of stem cells that can be harvested without destroying potential human life. Children’s Hospital Boston: New site for embryonic blood development, the placenta Harvard Medical School: Stem call … Continue reading