Stem Cells
Stem cell treatment regrows Georgia man’s foot
By the time Dr. Spencer Misner had carved away the dead and diseased flesh from Bobby Rice’s right foot last ...
The mysterious embryonic stem cell
Stem cells are mysterious. They are cells that make or replenish other cells. For example, when you donate blood, your ...
Philippines to be headquarters of stem cell therapy and research hub of Asia
The much-anticipated opening of the Asian Regenerative Center for Cellular Therapies (ARCCT) will soon be taking stem cell therapy treatment ...
Personhood vs. stem cell research
Recently, it was announced that Republican voters will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot question in the July ...
Breakthrough in stem cell technology a first in Africa
A team of researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the first in Africa to establish ...
Stem cell procedure treats bone disease
Doctors at Southampton General Hospital are extracting stem cells from the bone marrow of patients in need of hip repair ...
Stem cell therapy helps paralysed man walk
For nearly three years, Sundar (26) was waiting to be told that he could to regain control of his bladder ...
Old drug could have new use as cancer stem cell killer
An old drug once routinely used as a treatment for schizophrenia appears to have a hidden talent, Canadian researchers have ...
Stem cells take root in drug development
Stem cells have assumed near-mythical status in the popular imagination as a possible cure for every disease under the sun ...
Two patients get eye stem cells transplanted to restore sight
Two people have had stem cells transplanted into their eyes as part of a clinical trial to restore their sight ...
Researchers find a way to delay aging of stem cells
Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered a series of biological events that implicate the stem ...
From stem cell to brain cell: New technique mimics the brain
A new technique that converts stem cells into brain cells has been developed by researchers at Lund University. The method ...
Stem cells curb chronic pain in mice, will it work for humans?
Replacing dead or dysfunctional nerve cells with new, healthy ones derived from stem cells eases chronic pain in mice, a ...
Stem cell function loss can be delayed by finding their niche
Stem cells often lose their effectiveness when removed from their normal microenvironment in the body -- the "niche", as it's ...
Size and stickiness predict stem cell future
The size and consistency of fat-derived stem cells can predict what type of cell they will become—findings that could lead ...
Stem cells to optimize match between patient and medication
One of the biggest barriers to the development of new medical therapies is the cost of taking a new drug ...
Mechanical properties of stem cells can foretell what they will become
To become better healers, tissue engineering need a timely and reliable way to obtain enough raw materials: cells that either ...
Could stem cells cure MS?
Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) have become a popular potential therapy for numerous autoimmune and neurological disorders. But while these ...
Stem cells to optimize match between patient and medication
One of the biggest barriers to the development of new medical therapies is the cost of taking a new drug ...
Central nervous system stem cells shed light on mechanism that controls cell division
Animals consist of many distinct cell types, all of which originate during development from a single cell: the fertilized egg ...
Placental stem cells with key therapeutic properties can be harvested
Scientists at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) led by Vladimir Serikov, MD, PhD, and Frans Kuypers, PhD, report in ...
Scientists discover marker to identify, attack breast cancer stem cells
Breast cancer stem cells wear a cell surface protein that is part nametag and part bull's eye, identifying them as ...
New drug shows we must overcome taboos about stem-cell research
I'll be the first to admit that stem-cell research, as we typically view it, troubles me in many ways. The ...
Clues to restore human fingers and toes via animal hair, feathers
In their review, researchers have shed light on possible routes that unlock cellular regeneration in general, and the principles by ...
Big brained mice created in lab, could provide insight into how the human brain works and develops
Mice with a single missing gene have brains that are 35 percent larger than normal, a new study found. Though ...
Stem cells boost brain tumor treatments for some patients, study finds
Patients with brain cancer may face devastating side effects from chemotherapy, but a new study offers a possible solution: stem ...
Study identifies how skeletal muscle stem cells respond to muscle injury
A study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland scientists identifies how skeletal muscle stem cells respond to muscle ...