News tagged with immature cells

Predicting the fate of personalized cells next step toward new therapies

Discovering the step-by-step details of the path embryonic cells take to develop into their final tissue type is the clinical goal of many stem cell biologists. To that end, Kenneth S. Zaret, PhD, professor ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mysterious cells may play role in ALS

(PhysOrg.com) -- By tracking the fate of a group of immature cells that persist in the adult brain and spinal cord, Johns Hopkins researchers discovered in mice that these cells undergo dramatic changes in ALS, also known ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Replacing faulty neurons

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, have shown that neurons called Purkinje cells can not only be generated from embryonic stem (ES) cells, but can also become fully integrated ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 05, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Damaged spinal cord tissue repaired by stem cells

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown how stem cells, together with other cells, repair damaged tissue in the mouse spinal cord. The results are of potential significance to the development of therapies for spinal ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Discovery suggests possible treatment strategy for aggressive leukemias

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified a mechanism that could explain how patients move into the worst phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Reproductive researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have succeeded in isolating and transplanting pure populations of the immature cells that enable male ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

For young boys with cancer, testicular tissue banking may be option to preserve fertility

For parents of children with cancer, the hopeful news is that pediatric survival rates have steadily improved for decades. Among the bad news—treatments that enable survival often cause infertility.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find ways to encourage spinal cord regeneration after injury

Animal research is suggesting new ways to aid recovery after spinal cord injury. New studies demonstrate that diet affects recovery rate and show how to make stem cell therapies safer for spinal injury patients. The findings ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study explains some mysteries of neonatal seizures

A study led by MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) investigators is providing new insight into the mechanism of neonatal seizures, which have features very different from seizures in older children and adults. In their ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists discover key factor in controlling the breakdown of bone

A new study demonstrates that a chemical mediator in the blood that influences immune cell migration also plays a key role in maintaining the balance between the build-up and breakdown of bones in the body. This mediator, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0