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Breakthrough reveals blood vessel cells are key to growing unlimited amounts of adult stem cells

In a leap toward making stem cell therapy widely available, researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that endothelial cells, the most basic building blocks of the vascular ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers engineer adult stem cells that do not age

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers at the University at Buffalo have engineered adult stem cells that scientists can grow continuously in culture, a discovery that could speed development of cost-effective treatments ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientists program blood stem cells to become vision cells

University of Florida researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice, suggesting a potential treatment for one of the most common causes of vision loss in older people.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 7

Scientists unveil new method to create bioartificial organs

Spanish scientists on Tuesday presented a new technique to create bioartifical organs for transplant using stem cells which they said will vastly reduce the risk of rejection of the donated organ.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 3

A major breakthrough in generating safer, therapeutic stem cells from adult cells

The new technique solves one of the most challenging safety hurdles associated with personalized stem cell-based medicine because for the first time it enables scientists to make stem cells in the laboratory from adult cells ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Nanoparticles plus adult stem cells demolish plaque

A technique that combines nanotechnology with adult stem cells appears to destroy atherosclerotic plaque and rejuvenate the arteries, according to a study reported at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic

(AP) -- A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn't heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man's own body.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 7

Single factor converts adult stem cells into embryonic-like stem cells

The simple recipe scientists earlier discovered for making adult stem cells behave like embryonic-like stem cells just got even simpler. A new report in the February 6th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, ...

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created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A new approach to medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Connecticut researchers are exploring how to take a patient's own cells, re-engineer them, and replace them in the body.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 24, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Human embryonic stem cells and reprogrammed cells virtually identical

Human embryonic stem (ES) cells and adult cells reprogrammed to an embryonic stem cell-like state—so-called induced pluripotent stem or iPS cells—exhibit very few differences in their gene expression signatures and are nearly ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Scientists discover source of cancer stem cells' resistance to radiation

Much to the dismay of patients and physicians, cancer stem cells — tiny powerhouses that generate and maintain tumor growth in many types of cancers — are relatively resistant to the ionizing radiation often used as therapy ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Scientists develop new way to grow adult stem cells in culture

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a technique they believe will help scientists overcome a major hurdle to the use of adult stem cells for treating muscular dystrophy and other muscle-wasting ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Some mice stem cells divide in unexpected ways

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new genetic tools, Cornell researchers have found that some stem cells in mice behave dramatically different than in fruit flies, where most of the pioneering stem cell work has been ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

How Useful Are Adult Stem Cells, Really?

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the debate (especially in the U.S.) raging over ethics of using embryonic stem cells in research to cure diseases like ALS, Parkinsons, Type 1 diabetes and even spinal cord injuries, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Cell microenvironments hold key to future stem cell therapies

Adult stem cells and their more committed kin, progenitor cells, are prized by medical researchers for their ability to produce different types of specialized cells. The potential of using these cells to repair ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0