Categoría: Stem Cells
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Adult Stem Cells Treat Alzheimer’s in Animals
Scientists at the University of Central Florida announce significant improvement in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease following treatment with adult stem cells.
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Enrollment Begins in Adult Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Ischemic Stroke
The biotech company Stem Cell Therapeutics begins enrollment in a Phase IIb clinical trial for acute ischemic stroke.
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Adult Stem Cells Restore Memory in Mice
Researchers at the University of California at Irvine report that adult stem cells help "rescue" declining memory in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Heart Damage in Mice Repaired With iPS Cells
Induced pluripotent stem cells have been used in a mouse model to repair damaged heart tissue.
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Engineering Students Demonstrate Sutures Embedded With Adult Stem Cells
Undergraduate biomedical engineering students at Johns Hopkins University demonstrate a novel type of suture embedded with adult stem cells for use in orthopedic, cardiac, obstetric, and other types of surgery.
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Cord Blood America Highlights 2009 Stem Cell Progress
One of the nation’s leading providers of umbilical cord blood stem cell banking offers an encouraging analysis of the industry by reviewing their own major milestones that have been achieved just within the first half of 2009.
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Adult Stem Cells Treat Scleroderma
A man suffering from advanced scleroderma shows dramatic improvement after being treated with autologous adult stem cell therapy.
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Canadian University Announces Major Adult Stem Cell Research Award on Horses
Representatives at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada announced over $1 million in funding for a major international research project on the development of adult stem cell therapies for the treatment of cartilage injuries in horses.
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Stem Cells: A New Fad for Cosmetics
Although the cosmetics industry has jumped on the stem cell bandwagon with a new line of "stem cell" products, not everything is what it appears to be.
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Arizona Man Travels to Central America for Adult Stem Cell Therapy
A man who was rendered paraplegic in a car accident 6 years ago travels from his home in Arizona to Central America for adult stem cell treatment.