Stem cell therapy for strokes to see 1st trials
Sunday, Mar 10 2013
The Sapporo Medical University is beginning their trials for stem cells and their effect on cerebral infraction. The University is hopeful in creating a therapy within three years, as a similar trial conducted before this one has also had benevolent results. This will be done through mass cultivation of, “stem cells harvested from patients' own bone marrow fluid and administer them intravenously for nerve regeneration,” (Daily Yomiuri).
2012 Stem Cell Standouts And The Outlook For 2013
Thursday, Feb 28 2013
2013 looks like a breakthrough year for stem cell research. New press releases, data, and approvals for marketing back this statement. One particular company is NeoStem, which has issued a patent titled “Compositions and methods of Vascular Injury Repair.” Read more by clicking the button below.
Human kidney cells created from stem cells
Monday, Mar 4 2013
Researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology were able to differentiate embryonic stem cells into human kidney cells. Tim Sandle states, “The research outcome means that renal cells have been created for the first time without using animals or organs. The new method of creating the cells, as the research brief outlines, is a method which enables human embryonic stem cells to differentiate into renal proximal tubular-like cells in a laboratory culture,” (Sandle).
Current Events
‘Bioteeth’ grown from gum stem cells
Tuesday, March 12 2013
Scientists from King's College London have merged human gum tissue with epithelial cells from mice, and then prompted the cells to differentiate into a tooth. Once the merged cells were inserted into the mice, the mice were reported to have grown a hybrid tooth.
In the future this method could be applied to human teeth, potentially ending the need for dentures alll together.
Stem cells aboard SpaceX will seed mice back on Earth
Thursday, Feb 28 2013
Stem cells are going to outer space! The capsule SpaceX Dragon is taking embryonic mouse stem cells through space, to study the effects of long term exposure to space on cells. Astronauts who have been through space have come back, reporting damage to antibodies, fertility and blood cells. Once the stem cells are taken back to labs in Hawthorne California, they will be used to produce new mice, which will be studied. This signals new pathways for both space biology and stem cells. Read more by clicking the button below!
Bill Proposes Adult Stem Cell Research At University Medical Center
Wednesday, March 6 2013
The Senate Bill 199 was passed, allowing for the establishment of the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center. This center will focus primarily on adult stem cells, and would not even touch embryonic stem cells, for the sake of peer-reviews and the public.
Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells Repair Gut Damage
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Med Cell Europe and PlacidWay Join to Promote Stem Cell Technologies
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Research institute gets millions for stem cell work
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Combination of stem cell therapy and physical therapy can reverse effects of spinal cord injury
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