Categoría: Stem Cells
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Doctors in India Use Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
With newer, improved techniques for the administration of adult stem cells, an already viable therapy is made even more effective in the treatment of devastating spinal cord injuries.
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Adult Stem Cells Identified in Bladder
Scientists at UC-Davis Children’s Hospital are the first to identify stem cells in the adult human bladder.
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FDA Postpones First U.S. Clinical Trial of Embryonic Stem Cells
Plans for the first clinical trial in the U.S. ever to be conducted with embryonic stem cells have now been postponed by the FDA.
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Researchers Report First Successful Creation of Heart Tissue From Adult Heart Stem Cells
Scientists in the Netherlands are the first to isolate stem cells from the adult human heart, from which they were then able to grow new heart tissue.
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Stem Cells From Menstrual Blood Offer New Hope in Organ Transplantation and in the Treatment of Numerous Diseases
Stromal cells found in menstrual blood offer a highly preferable alternative therapy to a number of diseases including those requiring organ transplantation.
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Adult Stem Cell Company Selected for Prestigious Conference in Israel
The biotech company Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., specializing in adult stem cells, has been chosen to present at the First Annual Israeli Presidential Conference.
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Neural Stem Cells Discovered in Adult Human Spinal Cord
An intercultural consortium of researchers from across the European Union issues the first report identifying neural stem cells in the adult human spinal cord.
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President Bush Addresses National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks on abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and other topics at the 5th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast held in Washington, D.C. this morning.
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Stem Cells from Menstrual Blood Differentiate into Cells Resembling Cardiac Precursor Cells
A team of researchers in Japan has succeeded in differentiating cardiac precursor-like cells from mesenchymal stem cells that were derived from human menstrual blood.
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Phase III Clinical Trials Begin With Cord Blood Stem Cells in the Treatment of Metabolic Disorders in Pediatric Patients
Aldagen Inc. has announced the beginning of Phase III clinical trials in which the first pediatric patient has been treated with a proprietary adult stem cell product specifically developed as a therapeutic modality for inherited metabolic diseases.