News tagged with donor cells

Report: Transplant may have cured man of AIDS

A very unusual blood transplant appears to have cured an American man living in Berlin of infection with the AIDS virus, but doctors say the approach is not practical for wide use. The man, who is in his 40s, had a blood ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 16

Researchers inject nanofiber spheres carrying cells into wounds to grow tissue

For the first time, scientists have made star-shaped, biodegradable polymers that can self-assemble into hollow, nanofiber spheres, and when the spheres are injected with cells into wounds, these spheres biodegrade, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Ink-jet printers inspire scientists to make skin

Ink-jet printing technology has inspired scientists to look for ways to build sheets of skin that could one day be used for grafts in burn victims, experts said Sunday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 20, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Personalised stem cells back in the spotlight

Scientists on Wednesday said they had made strides in lab research in personalised stem cells, reviving interest in a goal clouded by fraud and ethical storms.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Adult bone marrow stem cells injected into skeletal muscle can repair heart tissue

University at Buffalo researchers have demonstrated for the first time that injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle can repair cardiac tissue, reversing heart failure.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers improve zebrafish cloning methods

A team of Michigan State University researchers has developed a new, more efficient way of cloning zebra fish, a breakthrough that could have implications for human health research.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, study

The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa."

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NRL scientists unravel complex quantum dot-dopamine interactions

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in conjunction with the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Ca., recently reported a detailed study of the interactions of water soluble semi-conductor ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's first handmade cloned transgenic sheep born in China

Chinese scientists from BGI together with the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Shihezi University, Xinjiang province, made a significant breakthrough in animal cloning. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Folic acid -- mandatory fortification may be unnecessary

Persistently present levels of unmetabolized folic acid found in the population indicate that introducing mandatory food fortification may result in an 'overdosing' effect. A study of blood donors, new mothers and babies, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1