Stem Cells
Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease research makes advances with stem cells
Two groups of Parkinson's and Huntington's researchers working in 13 labs nationwide have used advanced stem-cell technology to make human ...
Stem cells show promise as heart failure treatment
Scientists who used modified stem cells to rejuvenate damaged and aged heart cells from elderly heart failure patients say their ...
Want to fight wrinkles? Some south Floridians are trying the “stem cell makeover”
It’s fairly widely known that stem cells can mean life-saving treatments for deadly diseases. Now, they are being used in ...
Can apple stem cells give women straight hair?
Apple stem cells from a rare Swiss apple, called the Uttwiler Spätlauber, are rich in hydrogen, phytonutrients, antioxidants, proteins and ...
The healing power of stem cells: Clinic treats ailments with patient’s own stem cells
What if the body could heal itself? Physicians at Rejuv Medical in Sartell are using the patient’s own stem cells ...
Stem cells ‘boost kidney transplants’: Promising implications for the future of organ transplants
“Stem cells beat kidney rejection,” says BBC News. The broadcaster says that an injection of stem cells given alongside a ...
Nanoscale scaffolds and stem cells show future promise for cartilage repair and joint pain
Johns Hopkins tissue engineers have used tiny, artificial fiber scaffolds thousands of times smaller than a human hair to help ...
World renowned in vitro fertilization pioneer says stem cell acceptance is on the rise in the US
Public acceptance of stem cell therapies has increased in recent years, with a renowned global expert believing Australians could be ...
Cells get a makeover, cancer follows: A path to new therapies or warning to stem cell alchemists?
Scientists keep finding new ways to play with cells and make them alter their behavior, even their identity ...
Researchers identify mechanisms that allow embryonic stem cells to become any cell in the body
New research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on pluripotency—the ability of embryonic stem cells to renew themselves ...
Researchers turn skin cells into brain cells, a promising path to better Parkinson’s treatment
Using adult stem cells, Johns Hopkins researchers and a consortium of colleagues nationwide say they have generated the type of ...
Magnetic tracer safe for stem cell therapies
Cardiac stem cells and other cell-based therapies can be tracked to their destination by adding tiny magnetic particles visible on ...
First stem-cell fraud case enters courts
Stem cell tourism may be on its last legs. Six Los Angeles residents are suing South Korean company RNL Bio ...
New stem cell controversy: Possibility of stem cells in ovarian eggs could revolutionize in vitro
Are women born with all the eggs they will ever have, or do they possess the ability to make more? ...
Stem cells restore toddler’s hearing
Madeleine Connor, 2, underwent an experimental procedure using her own cord blood stem cells to repair damaged tissue in her ...
Pediatric tumors traced to stem cells in developing brain
Stem cells that come from a specific part of the developing brain help fuel the growth of brain tumors caused ...
North Texas man among first to try stem cells for heart failure
Rayes suffers from congestive heart failure, a condition caused by a heart so weak it can't effectively pump blood through ...
Sweat glands grown from newly identified stem cells
To date, few fundamentals have been known about the most common gland in the body, the sweat glands that are ...
Common diabetes drug promotes development of brain stem cells
Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have found that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat Type II ...
Organ printing from stem cells
Tissue engineering is bringing together advances from stem cell biology, microfluidics, robotics, and 3-D cell culture to develop novel products ...
Stem cells may cure liver failure
A way to revive failed livers through stem cells could be available within the next few years as clinical tests ...
Regulation of telomerase in stem cells and cancer cells
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have gained important insights for stem cell research ...
Amniotic fluid yields alternatives to embryonic stem cells
Stem cells found in amniotic fluid can be transformed into a more versatile state similar to embryonic stem cells, according ...
Stem cells can beat back diabetes
University of British Columbia scientists, in collaboration with an industry partner, have successfully reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells, ...
FDA critical of stem-cell firm
The Sugar Land company involved in Gov. Rick Perry's unlicensed adult stem-cell procedure is rife with basic manufacturing problems, according ...
Researcher hunts for sickle cell anemia cure with gene targeting, stem cells
Halfway around the world in India, Sivaprakash Ramalingam had heard of Johns Hopkins researchers using a promising new technique for ...
New cancer stem cell mechanism identified
Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have uncovered a link between two genes which shows how stem cells could ...
