Etiqueta: stem cells
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Resveratrol Suppresses Cancer Stem Cells
Pandey et al. Breast Cancer Res Treat. Resveratrol is a compound found in grapes, red wine, purple grape juice, peanuts, and berries that has been associated with many health benefits, particularly reduction in heart disease. Some studies have demonstrated that resveratrol increases life span when administered at high concentrations. One area of controversy has been…
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Increasing Efficacy of Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
Jin et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). Clinical trials of stem cells for treatment of spinal cord injury are currently being conducted in the United States and abroad. For example, the Covington Louisiana company TCA Cellular Therapy LLC is recruiting 10 patients with spinal cord injury to receive intrathecal infusion (lumbar puncture) of autologous, ex…
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International Stem Cell Corporation Expands Sales of Skin Care Product
North County Times – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX The Oceanside California company International Stem Cell Corporation, (ISCO.OB) announced increased sales of its skin care product, the Lifetime Skin Care Line, which was associated with a 19% rise in stock price. In a press release, International Stem Cell Corporation stated “products are now being sold…
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How Inflammation Suppresses Stem Cell Function
Wang et al. PLoS One;5(12):e14206. Low grade inflammation is well known to correlate with development of numerous disease conditions such as heart failure, kidney failure, and diabetes. It is generally accepted that oxidative stress caused by inflammation is one of the means by which disease evolution occurs. Inflammatory conditions usually generate oxygen free radicals that…
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Membrane Voltage Changes Control Timing of Stem Cell Differentiation
Researchers at Tufts University have discovered that changes in voltage which naturally occur across adult human stem cell membranes act as a powerful control mechanism which determines the timing of stem cell differentiation. Led by Dr. Michael Levin, the scientists have shed new light on the role that electrophysiology plays in the differentiation and proliferation…
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Why should mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) cure autoimmune diseases?
Uccelli A, Prockop DJ. Curr Opin Immunol. 2010 Dec;22(6):768-74. Epub As many readers of Cellmedicine News most likely realize, the concept of stem cell therapy is still relatively controversial. Despite the fact that clinical trials have demonstrated therapeutic signals that various stem cells are useful in treatment of diseases ranging from multiple sclerosis, to type…
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What Works Better: Stem Cell Mobilization or Stem Cell Administration for Brain Injury
Bakhtiary et al. Iran Biomed J. 2010 Oct;14(4):142-9. Bone marrow mobilization is used as part of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in order to collect donor bone marrow stem cells without having to puncture the bone. The process of mobilization is induced by administration of the drug G-CSF, which is approved by the FDA. One interesting…
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Scientists identify and isolate adult mammary stem cells in mice
(Times of India) It is well-known that stem cells exist in adult tissues. The most commonly known stem cell, the bone marrow stem cell, plays the physiological role of generating billions of blood cells per hour while being capable of making copies of itself. Subsequent to the discovery of the bone marrow stem cell in…
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Stem cell therapy benefits patients with chronic heart failure—study
(Neharika Sabharwal) After a heart attack the myocardium (heart muscle) undergoes a period of damage during which cells of the body attempt to heal the injured tissue. This occurs through stem cells found in the heart itself, called cardiac specific stem cells (CSC) as well as bone marrow stem cells which seem to exit the…
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Pluristem to take part in EU stem cell study
(Shiri Habib-Valdhorn, Globes [online], Israel business news) Broadly speaking there are two types of adult stem cell therapies: Those that involve the use of the patient’s own stem cells, called autologous, and those that involve use of another patient’s cells, called allogeneic. There are pros and cons to both approaches. In the autologous approach the…