News tagged with fetal cells

Stem cell research: From molecular physiology to therapeutic applications

Stem cell research promises remedies to many devastating diseases that are currently incurable, ranging from diabetes and Parkinson's disease to paralysis. Totipotent embryonic stem cells have great potential for generating ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tiny levels of carbon monoxide damage fetal brain

A UCLA study has discovered that chronic exposure during pregnancy to miniscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain, resulting in permanent impairment. The journal BMC (BioMed Central) Neuroscience publis ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

New insight into primate eye evolution

Researchers comparing the fetal development of the eye of the owl monkey with that of the capuchin monkey have found that only a minor difference in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the multiple anatomical differences ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers report of a brain and spinal tumor following human fetal stem cell therapy

A case report published in this week's issue of the open-access general medical journal, PLoS Medicine, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy. Ninette Amariglio and Gideon Rechavi from the Sheba Medica ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0