Using your own stem cells to help your body heal osteoarthritis – Emory News Center
Emory News Center |
Using your own stem cells to help your body heal osteoarthritis
Emory News Center About five years ago, physicians at Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center were among the area’s first health care providers to begin offering regenerative stem cell therapy, a treatment for osteoarthritis and related joint issues that harnesses the … |
The Spokesman-Review |
Maryland scientists research gene linked to depression
The Spokesman-Review Lobo’s team was able to use gene therapy, a form of therapy in the early stages of being studied in humans, in the mice to boost the gene’s activity. The mice were exposed to larger, more aggressive mice, which usually causes depressive symptoms. But … |
The Conversation AU |
Cancer immunotherapy drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo hold hope for some, but there’s still a way to go
The Conversation AU Nivolumab and pembrolizumab are checkpoint immunotherapy antibodies. They work by blocking barriers (or “checkpoints”) created by cancer cells to protect against attack from the immune system. Remove the barrier and the immune system can destroy the … Government announces ‘revolutionary’ new cancer drugStarts at 60 Ground breaking win for cancer patientsFinfeed Opdivo: What Australians need to know about this ‘miracle’ drugInternational Business Times AU |
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Verdezyne Groundbreaking Ceremony in Malaysia Commemorates Initiation Of The World’s First Biobased DDDA Plant
PR Newswire (press release) CARLSBAD, Calif. and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Verdezyne Inc., a synthetic biology company producing biobased chemicals, announced today that a groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 30th for its VerdePalm plant, … |
Cosmos |
Editing human embryos with CRISPR is moving ahead – now’s the …
Cosmos Reports of successful genetic modification of human embryos raise questions about how we should react. Scientists Erase Heart Disease Defect in Human EmbryosLive Science Yes, US Scientists Edited an Embryo’s Genes, but Super-Babies Are a Ways AwaySlate Magazine (blog) CRISPR‘d human embryos doesn’t mean designer babies are around the cornerTechCrunch CNN –Seeker –MIT Technology Review all 82 news articles » |
Futurism |
Hypothalamic Stem Cells Could Provide New Insights Into Aging
Futurism The hypothalamus is the region of the brain that helps to regulate internal conditions like body temperature and blood concentration, but new research shows that it may fail us as we age. The research indicates that as the hypothalamus’s stem cells die … |
Wall Street Pit |
New Stem Cell Breakthrough Could Decrease Aging and Prolong Lifespan
Wall Street Pit First, they observed that the mice’s stem cells in the hypothalamus create new neurons during early life, but start losing them when they’re 10 to 11 months old, considered as middle-aged for the animals. Fast forward to them being two years old … |