Etiqueta: stem cell research
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New Cell That Keeps Stem Cells in the Bone Marrow
Chow et al. J Exp Med. When a bone marrow transplant is performed, the bone marrow cells of the donor are injected intravenously into the recipient and somehow find their way back into the bone marrow of the recipient. The mechanism known to be responsible for this has always been cited as being SDF-1 (also…
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Stem Cells Might Reverse Heart Damage From Chemo
The rats that received the cardiac specific stem cells had both preservation of cardiac function, and also regeneration of the damaged heart tissue.
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Stem Cell as Anti-Aging «Medicine»
In addition to the possible use of Stem-Kine for restoration/maintenance of circulating endothelial progenitor cells, the publication discusses the possibility of using such cells from sources outside of the body, for example cord blood.
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Adenosine inhibits chemotaxis and induces hepatocyte-specific genes in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
One of the major questions with adult stem cell therapy is how do the stem cells go to where they are needed?
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Effort to Regenerate Injured Spinal Cords Turns to a New Model
University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute received a $2.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to study regenerative process of the Mexican axolotl salamander with the aim of applying biological lessons learned to spinal cord injury.
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Stem Cell Therapy Aids the Return of Lava Man
After 17 months Lava Man is scheduled to make a come-back this Saturday at Hollywood Park in the Native Diver Handicap. The horse was treated with his own fat derived stem cells by Dr. Doug Herthel.
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TaiGen Biotechnology Reports Phase I and Preclinical Data for TG-0054 at the 2009 American Society of Hematology Meeting
The ability of TG-0054 to cause mobilization of EPC may support its use in other areas besides hematology. For instance the body may be able to grow new blood vessels around the areas of ischemia.
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Stem cells may hold the key to the fight against HIV
From the medical journal PloS ONE, scientists from the University of California Los Angeles reported that human blood cells derived from adult stem cells can be engineered into cells that can target and kill HIV-infected cells.
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Stem Cell Derived Neurons for Research Relevant to Alzheimer’s and Niemann-Pick Type C Diseases
Stem cells were created from the skin of patients with these diseases and then the stem cells were made into disease-specific neurons by treatment with growth factors.