Regenerative drug summons stem cells for inflammation-free healing
Neural stem cells maturing into brain cells in miceSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute https://newatlas.com/medical/regenerative-drug-stem-cells-without-inflammation/
Canadian Blood Services: Only half of donors follow through with stem cell transplants
A bag of blood is shown at a clinic in Montreal on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (Ryan Remiorz / THE CANADIAN PRESS) https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-blood-services-only-half-of-donors-follow-through-with-stem-cell-transplants-1.5203297
Exposure to Outer Space May Accelerate Aging, New Evidence Suggests
NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren struggling to contain fruit that arrived on the ISS on August 25, 2015. Lindgren was one of 10 astronauts included in a new study looking into […]
In a First, Scientists Say They’ve Partially Reversed a Cellular Aging Process in Humans
(SCIEPRO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Image Plus) https://www.sciencealert.com/oxygen-therapy-found-to-turn-back-the-sands-of-time-on-our-body-s-aging-cells
Leveraging the lung’s biogenesis to repair the heart
Image credit: Jesse Orrico on Unsplash https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/leveraging-the-lungs-biogenesis-to-repair-the-heart/
Revolutionary CRISPR-based genome editing system treatment destroys cancer cells
Cancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of Health https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-revolutionary-crispr-based-genome-treatment-cancer.amp
Fresno bishop tells Catholics not to get COVID-19 vaccine, citing use of stem cells in its development
Then auxiliary Bishop Joseph Brennan during ordination Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles in 2015.(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/fresno-bishop-tells-catholics-not-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-citing-use-of-stem-cells-in-its-development/
Ouroboros Steak Is Made From Human Cells. Is It Ethical To Eat? Experts Says Yes
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 20: ‘Ouroboros Steak by Andrew Pelling, Orkan Talhan and Grace Knight on display during the “Beazley Designs Of The Year 2020” photocall at Design Museum on […]
Scientists Biologically Reverse Human Aging For The First Time
Chromosomes by ustas7777777. Shutterstock https://dailycaller.com/2020/11/19/scientists-biologically-reverse-human-ageing-first-time/
Is Injecting the Bone in Knee Arthritis the New Standard?
New research underscores the link between multiple sclerosis and the gut microbiome
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a B cell from a human donor. NIAID/NIH https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/20/multiple-sclerosis-gut-microbiome-link/
Scientists successfully reverse human aging process in breakthrough study
Shutterstock https://nypost.com/2020/11/20/scientists-reverse-human-aging-process-in-breakthrough-study/
Researchers generate a brain cell type crucial to support neural activity
Researchers of the Department of Cellular Biology, Genetics and Physiology of the University of Malaga have succeeded in generating human OLs from pluripotent…more Credit: University of Malaga https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-brain-cell-crucial-neural.html
Stem Cell Transplant More Effective Than Lemtrada in Treating RRMS, Study Suggests
Fetal Tissue Studies See Promise of Biden Lifting Trump Era Ban
A researcher works with stem cells at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease in San Francisco, Calif., on Sept. 15, 2010. Photographer: Noah Berger/Bloomberg https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/fetal-tissue-studies-see-promise-of-biden-lifting-trump-era-ban
Athersys: Stem Cell Opportunity For Risk Tolerant Investors
New method reveals where DNA is at risk in the cell
Credit: CC0 Public Domain https://phys.org/news/2020-05-method-reveals-dna-cell.html
Hacking Humans: How Neuralink May Give AI The Keys To Our Brains
Diet-Induced Hepatocyte Regeneration Enhances CRISPR-Mediated Gene Repair
FDA grants a Breakthrough Device Designation for Spiderwort Spinal Cord Technology
CelluBridge designated Breakthrough Device by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/11/12/2125460/0/en/FDA-grants-a-Breakthrough-Device-Designation-for-Spiderwort-Spinal-Cord-Technology.html
Protein quality control of cell stemness
Uh-Oh, Scientists Used Human Genes to Make Monkey Brains Bigger
Chromosomes look different than you think
This multicoloured image of chromatin was created using multiplexed fluorescence in situ hybridization and super-resolution microscopy. Credit: Xiaowei Zhuang lab https://phys.org/news/2020-11-chromosomes.html
MIT Bionic ‘Heart’ Made of Heart Tissue and a Robotic Pumping System Beats Like the Real Thing
A close-up of a synthetic matrix of soft robotic actuators that can be wrapped around a heart ventricle and inflated to squeeze and twist the heart in the same way […]
HKBU scholars invent medical device for safe growth of neural stem cells
(Left) A diagram showing neural stem cell differentiation: the neural stem cell placed on the nano-matrix becomes a functional cell; and (right) it shows the structure of the lightning type […]
Stem cells in spine, orthopedics: 6 notes for surgeons
Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways
Microscopic images of human stem cell–derived airway tissue models with cell nuclei (blue) and SARS-CoV-2–infected cells (green); tissue exposed to cigarette smoke (right) had 2 to 3 times more infected […]
A New Cell Map of the Human Heart
In these beating human heart cells, scientists have highlighted a protein important in muscle contraction (green). A new cell atlas reveals this protein and others in different heart cells’ locations. […]
Researchers develop new method to print tiny, functional organs
Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-method-tiny-functional.html
The MSC: Regeneration Orchestrator
Colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a human mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) https://www.the-scientist.com/the-marketplace/the-msc-regeneration-orchestrator-68145
Your own stem cells can grow missing bones
IMAGE: A NEW, GROUNDBREAKING STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN (UIB) SHOWS THAT A PATIENTS’ OWN STEM CELLS CAN BE USED TO GROW NEW BONE. THIS CAN POTENTIALLY HELP MILLIONS […]
A nanostructure that stimulates growth of stem cells for Parkinson’s disease treatment
The “physical massage” induces the neural stem cell to differentiate rapidly into the desired neuron. (photograph magnification: 10,000 times). Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University https://phys.org/news/2020-05-nanostructure-growth-stem-cells-parkinson.html
California’s vote to revive controversial stem-cell institute sparks debate
Voters in the Golden State passed Proposition 14, which will fund stem cell research over 30 years.Credit: Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/Getty https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03147-x
Groundbreaking stem cell research could restore sight to people with macular diseases
Professor Rachael Pearson in the lab. Credit: Fight for Sight https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-groundbreaking-stem-cell-sight-people.html
Scientists create hybrid tissue construct for cartilage regeneration
Inexpensive ‘wonderpill’ significantly cuts risk of heart attack, stroke
(© natali_mis – stock.adobe.com) https://www.studyfinds.org/wonderpill-polypill-cuts-heart-attack-stroke-risk/
UCSD Researchers Use Adenosine to Command Stem Cells to Build New Bone
Stained image of stem-cell-derived osteoblasts. https://scitechdaily.com/ucsd-researchers-use-adenosine-to-command-stem-cells-to-build-new-bone/
Why Does Stress Turn Hair Gray? Nerve Study Provides the Answer
Elaborate sympathetic innervation (magenta) around melanocyte stem cells (yellow). Acute stress induces hyperactivation of the sympathetic nervous system to release large amount of the neurotransmitter…more Credit: Hsu Laboratory, Harvard University […]
Mysterious ‘gene within a gene’ found in the coronavirus
© Provided by Live Science Risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/mysterious-gene-within-a-gene-found-in-the-coronavirus/ar-BB1aUIbU?fbclid=IwAR2OMPEMnMTCESsz_IZJRWj_GdLNrxoo1fypgvkyujmfMoyms8SsAvITDTc
Saving lives with gene replacement therapy
© Provided by Flint-Saginaw-Bay City WJRT Saving lives with gene replacement therapy https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/saving-lives-with-gene-replacement-therapy/ar-BB1aWIbM
