Human cardiac master stem cells identified Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors - that give rise to a family of cells that form the essential portions of the human heart.
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Human embryonic stem cells developed from 4-cell embryo; world first may lessen ethical concerns Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
For the first time in the world scientists have succeeded in developing human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from a single cell, or blastomere, of a 4-cell stage embryo. This means it might be possible in the future to produce hESC lines at an earlier stage without destroying the embryo.
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Stem Cell Researchers Create Heart And Blood Cells From Reprogrammed Skin Cells Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells.
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FDA approves human embryonic stem cell study Posted: 10 months ago by Bornbad
Federal regulators have cleared the way for the first human trials of human embryonic stem-cell research, authorizing researchers to test whether the cells are safe to use in spinal injury patients.
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'Liposuction Leftovers' Easily Converted To Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
Globs of human fat removed during liposuction conceal versatile cells that are more quickly and easily coaxed to become induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, than are the skin cells most often used by researchers, according to a new study from Stanford's School of Medicine.
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Teams mimic stem cells with skin cells Posted: 2 years ago by kxmk
If the same could be done with human skin cells -- a big if -- the procedure could lead to breakthrough medical treatments...
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Man Receives His Own Stem Cells as a Treatment for Heart Failure Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
The first person to receive a new cardiac stem cell treatment in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration clinical trial is doing well, it was announced last week.
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Scientists program blood stem cells to become vision cells Posted: 4 months ago by kakana
The success in repairing a damaged layer of retinal cells in mice implies that blood stem cells taken from bone marrow can be programmed to restore a variety of cells and tissues, including ones involved in cardiovascular disorders such as atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease.
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Retina cells grown from skin-derived stem cells Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has successfully grown multiple types of retina cells from two types of stem cells — suggesting a future in which damaged retinas could be repaired by cells grown from the patient's own skin.
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Human stem cells help blinded rats Posted: 3 years ago by afeldman
Human embryonic stem cells can partly restore vision in blinded rats. What are we waiting for? Oh yah, our current government doesn't support stem cell research.
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Pigs offer new stem cell source Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
Chinese scientists have given cells from adult pigs the ability to turn into any tissue in the body, just like embryonic stem cells.
They hope the breakthrough could aid research into human disease, and the breeding of animals for organ transplants for humans.
It may also enable the development of pigs that are resistant to diseases such as swine flu.
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British scientists on course to become the first to produce synthetic human blood Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
British scientists are on course to become the first to create synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells, it emerged today.
The ground-breaking project could provide an unlimited supply of blood for emergency transfusions free of the risk of infection.
Because stem cells multiply indefinitely, it would be possible to make enormous quantities, researchers said.
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'Magnetic' stem cells for hearts Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Heart attacks and other vascular injuries could eventually be treated using regular injections of magnetised stem cells, experts say.
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Good News For Vampires Everywhere - Scientists Create Blood From Stem Cells Posted: 1 year ago by bernardblack
Scientists have used embryonic stem cells to generate blood -- a feat that could eventually lead to endless supplies of type O-negative blood, a rare blood type prized by doctors for its versatility
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Scientists use stem cells to grow fully functioning teeth in mice Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
Fully functioning teeth have been grown from stem cells planted in the mouths of mice, scientists said today.
The researchers in Japan hope the breakthrough could proved not only to be an important step towards being able to replace teeth in humans but eventually replacing organs, lost or damaged as a result of disease, injury or aging.
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Blood stem cell growth factor reverses memory decline in mice Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate in the bone marrow reverses memory impairment in mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer's disease.
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Hysterectomies a stem cell source Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Discarded fallopian tubes from hysterectomies could be a good source of donor stem cells, say researchers.
Work shows they are an abundant source of the immature cells that have the potential to become a variety of the body's tissues, like muscle and bone.
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Stem Cells From Testicles Looks Promising Posted: 1 year ago by BernardBlack
The search for a source of stem cells other than from embryos has found its latest source - testicles.
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Stem Cells May Offer Cure for Deafness Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
A team at the University of Sheffield said on Thursday they had discovered how to turn stem cells into ones that behave like sensory hair cells or auditory neurons, which could then be surgically inserted into the ear to restore lost hearing.
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Stem Cells From Teeth Posted: 1 year ago by acemak
National Geographic article about wisdom teeth stem cells
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Spray on Skin Gun Shoots Stem Cells To Heal Your Open Wounds Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Because of its use of stem cells, a skin regenerating gun would certainly cause a stir among conservative types—but if you were caught out on a battlefield with a gaping wound, you would be begging for technology like this.
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