Categoría: Stem Cells
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Insulin, Aging and Lifespan
Harvard researchers discover a previously unknown role that insulin plays in health and longevity.
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Multiple Sclerosis Patient Improves With Autologous Adult Stem Cell Transplant
A 24-year-old Canadian with MS shows significant improvement after being rescued with her own adult stem cells following chemotherapy treatment.
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Members of Congress are Briefed on the Successes of Adult Stem Cell Therapy
In an unusually amiable mixture of politics and science, researchers who are working with adult stem cells, and patients who have been successfully treated with adult stem cell therapy, appeared before members of Congress.
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Adult Stem Cells Partially Reverse Parkinson’s Disease in Rats
Researchers in France have reported a partial yet significant recovery from Parkinson’s disease in rats that were treated with adult mesenchymal stem cells.
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Stem Cell Therapy Applied to Iraq War Injuries
Stem cell therapy is currently being developed for the regeneration of tissue and, perhaps someday, even of limbs, in the treatment of injuries in Iraq war veterans.
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Adult Dog Bone Formed From Puppy Teeth
Researchers in Japan have regenerated the jawbone of adult dogs using stem cells from the teeth of puppies.
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Blood Stem Cells Found to Originate in Placenta
Researchers at UCLA believe they have discovered a placental location for the origin of the stem cells that produce all the types of blood cells.
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Stem Cell Therapy Could Eliminate the Need for Surgical Joint Replacement
Orthopedic surgery may soon be a thing of the past, as biology is replacing metal as the preferred tool in the repair of diseased and injured joints.
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Toxins in Cigarette Smoke Inhibit Stem Cells
Smoking has been known to interfere with the healing of bone, and now new research sheds light on the chemical mechanisms underlying this phenomenon.
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells Applied to Wound Healing
In a novel type of therapy, mesenchymal stem cells are found to expedite wound healing.