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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Stem cells offer hope of Alzheimer's cure Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
Brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and strokes could be treated by stem-cell therapy, a study suggests.
Scientists have used the technique to repair the damaged memory of mice - and believe it could work in humans.
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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 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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Cloning without stem cells works Posted: 3 years ago by hypnotode
US scientists say stem cells are not necessary for cloning and other cells may even be better candidates for curing diseases.
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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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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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Scientists grow new prostate glands in mice Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
Using stem cells, scientists were able to grow completely new prostate glands in mice. The prostate is a gland that aids in creating and expelling semen, and is often the cause of cancer in older men. But now that researchers can grow prostates in mice, will doctors be regrowing human prostates any time soon?
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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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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 blood vessels grown in mice Posted: 1 year ago by deEPCHIll
Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports.
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Menstrual Blood to Help Develop Stem Cells Posted: 2 years ago by maxriter
The blood that is shed during menstruation by women can become a good source of stem cells that can be used to create numerous types of human cells. Scientists managed to grow nine different types of cells, including heart, liver and lung cells.
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Heartbeat key for blood growth in embryos Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
For blood cells to grow in an embryo, they need the pressure of a beating heart, say US researchers.
The finding explains why an embryo's heart starts beating just weeks after conception, and it points the way to new stem cell-based treatments for a host of blood disorders such as leukaemia.
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Harvesting stem cells just a tampon away Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
C’elle as the service is called, costs $500 and allows you to collect and FedEx your menstrual stem cells for preservation.
The FedEx guy must love those deliveries.
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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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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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Bone-repairing stem cell jab hope Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
Doctors may soon be able to patch up damaged bones and joints anywhere in the body with a simple shot in the arm.
A team at Keele University is testing injectible stem cells that they say they can control with a magnet.
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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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Australian scientists help fat mice lose weight Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
By blocking the action of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in mice, Australian researchers have influenced the behaviour of fat cells, causing the rodents to lose weight while simultaneously reducing blood pressure and reducing the risk of diabetes.
Cake loving mice everywhere are rejoicing.
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Two-year-old girl can see for the first time following stem cell treatment Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Two-year-old British girl Dakota Clarke can see for the first time after undergoing pioneering stem cell treatment in China.
Dakota, who was born blind, is the first British patient to undergo the new type of therapy.
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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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