Italian Researcher Wins American Stem Cell Award
Elena Cattaneo, Director of the Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Milan http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2013/10/30/italian-researcher-wins-american-stem-cell-award/
Category Archives: Personalized Therapies
FDA HELPING TO ADVANCE TREATMENTS TAILORED TO YOU
http://www.einnews.com/pr_news/174080876/fda-helping-to-advance-treatments-tailored-to-you Paving the Way for Personalized Medicine: FDA’s Role in a New Era of Medical Product Development (PDF 875 K). Related articles Pioneering Tampa surgeon uses stem cells to […]
Gene Testing May Boost Lung Cancer Survival: Study
Finding tumors’ genetic makeup allowed researchers to ‘personalize’ treatment http://consumer.healthday.com/cancer-information-5/lung-cancer-news-100/gene-testing-may-boost-lung-cancer-survival-study-681633.html Related articles Treating lung cancer with genetic code (wwlp.com) A Breath Test For Lung Cancer: Researchers Develop Biomarker For Pulmonary […]
Kidney disease: how could stem cells help?
Demand for kidney transplants is increasing. In the western world, high blood pressure and type II diabetes are on the rise and are contributing to higher rates of kidney […]
Fat chance: Cat Zingano stem cell procedure expedites rehab following ACL surgery
Fat Zingano? Find out how “Alpha” is using stem cells to get her knee back into working order. http://www.mmamania.com/2013/10/29/5041978/fat-cat-zingano-stem-cell-procedure-knee-surgery-acl-rehab-mma Related articles Stem Cells From Fat Might Improve Plastic Surgery (newsday.com) […]
FDA Report Outlines Approach to Personalized Medicine
Stem cells taken from fat grow less effective with age
Human mesenchymal stem cells being grown on a scaffold as a way of repairing bone.University of Cambridge on Flickr http://cirmresearch.blogspot.com/2013/10/stem-cells-taken-from-fat-grow-less.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews Related articles Childbirth injuries may be healed by mesenchymal […]
World-first Trial for Tendon Repair Using Tendon Stem Cells Published in the Prestigious American Journal of Sports Medicine
PERTH, Australia, Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — (Press Release) Regenerative medicine company, Orthocell Limited (Orthocell), today announced the results of its unprecedented and successful clinical trial for the treatment of tendon injuries […]
Taking Tissue Regeneration Beyond the State-of-the-art
The University of Nottingham has begun the search for a new class of injectable materials that will stimulate stem cells to regenerate damaged tissue in degenerative and age […]
Boston University Researchers Validate Important Roles of iPSCs in Regenerative Medicine
(Boston) – Researchers from Boston University’s Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) have demonstrated that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can differentiate into definitive endoderm cells, in vitro, with similar functional potential when compared to […]
Researchers discover technique for new genome, improving biotechnology field
http://dailyfreepress.com/2013/10/28/researchers-discover-technique-for-new-genome-improving-biotechnology-field/ Related articles New Advances in Engineering a ‘Wildly New Genome’: The Limits of Genetic Reprogramming (scienceworldreport.com)
‘Junk DNA’ and cell development
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/264380.php Related articles Junk DNA Not in Our Trunks but It Does Shape Our Faces (guardianlv.com) Not ‘Junk’ DNA (dailybrowse.wordpress.com)
Computer model allows highly variable jumping between very different cell types without taking a detour via stem cells
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/264249.php Related articles Progenitor Cell Transplant for MI and Cardiogenesis (pharmaceuticalintelligence.com)
Stem cells in the gingiva may have important medical applications in the future
Research leads to discoveries of faulty cells in normal breast tissue
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Research+leads+discoveries+faulty+cells+normal+breast+tissue/9090937/story.html Related articles Biological clock can help measure age of most human tissues (universityofcalifornia.edu) Why Breast Tissue Ages Faster Than Other Body Parts: Scientists Discover ‘Biological Clock’ May Control Aging […]
Stem Cell Therapies Make Steady Progress
Preclinical Development of ESC-, iPSC-, CSC-, and CLSC-Derived Products Moves Along Briskly http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/stem-cell-therapies-make-steady-progress/3449/ Related articles Our Bodies, Our Cells: FDA Regulation of Autologous Adult Stem Cell Therapies (transbiotex.wordpress.com) Plastic Surgeons […]
New Technological Advances in Stem Cell Research
http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/new-technological-advances-in-stem-cell-research/4686/ Related articles Predicting the fate of stem cells (biosingularity.com) Research Sheds Light on Predicting the Fate of Stem Cells (medindia.net)
The Human Roots of Stem Cells
http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/the-human-roots-of-stem-cells/4428/ Related articles Beverly Hills Stem Cell Clinic Now Offering the Option of Avoiding Surgery with Outpatient Stem Cell Injections (prweb.com)
ReGen Med: Straight Out of Mythology
http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/regen-med-straight-out-of-mythology/4914/ Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a simple way to turn bone marrow stem cells directly into brain precursor cells, such as those shown here. [Richard A. […]
A First: hESCs Generated from Somatic Cells
http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/a-first-hescs-generated-from-somatic-b-cells-b/81248365/?kwrd=Induced%20Pluripotent%20Stem%20Cells Related articles Understanding the Different Stages of Mitosis (biology.answers.com) USC researcher reveals how to better master stem cells’ fate (eurekalert.org) A Word of Caution Regarding Adult Stem Cells (wellspentjourney.wordpress.com) […]
Answering the Question: What Will Stem Cells Become?
http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/answering-the-question-what-will-stem-cells-become/81249012/?kwrd=Regenerative%20Medicine Related articles Yeast, Human Stem Cells Unveil Parkinson’s Discoveries, Study (biospace.com)
Regenerative Capacity of Old Muscle Stem Cells Declines without Significant Accumulation of DNA Damage
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0063528 Related articles Disease in a Dish Model Now Increasingly Used by Scientists (medindia.net) Muscular Contusions Now Being Treated at The Center for Regenerative… (prweb.com)
Stem Cell Recipe Proven Versatile
The picture shows newly reprogrammed cells expressing marks of pluripotency as identified by fluorescence (NANOG in green, TRA-1-81 in red http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/07/stem-cell-recipe-proven-versatile#.UmyYETK9KK0 Related articles A Novel Feeder-Free Culture System for […]
Blood Vessel Cells Key to Growing Unlimited Amounts of Adult Stem Cells
In a leap toward making stem cell therapy widely available, researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that endothelial cells, produce growth factors […]
In defense for storing a younger cell sample for regenerative medicine
Stem Cell Age May Explain Trial Failures Older stem cells may not work on multiple sclerosis (MS)—and possibly many other disorders—says new Tulane University research, supporting other recent studies. http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/articles/2013/10/stem-cell-age-may-explain-trial-failures#.Umx9yjK9KK0 […]
Technologies Evolving for Cellular Therapies
Scientists working in stem cell research and on cellular therapies are in real need of new biotools and reagents to more effectively move these fields forward. Fisher BioServices provides regulatory-compliant cold […]
Cell Therapy: Pushing Cells Around
Harnessing the power of cells as a therapy could transform medicine as we know it. By exposing the cells to conditions that cause them to respond in a certain way—for […]
Multipotent Stem Cell Proteins Support Rejuvenation While Inhibiting Skin Cancer
Lou Gehrig’s disease: From patient stem cells to potential treatment strategy in one study
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-lou-gehrig-disease-patient-stem.html#ajTabs Related articles Lou Gehrig’s disease: From patient stem cells to potential treatment strategy (sciencedaily.com) Stem cell-based therapy could be used to treat ALS, dementia (fiercebiotechresearch.com) Specific Gene Mutations Causing […]
Progress in stem cell research could advance Muscular Dystrophy treatment
A large scale scientific collaboration led by France’s Pierre and Marie Curie University and national institute of health and medical research has generated significant advances in treatment for muscular dystrophies […]
Important Step Towards Stem Cell-Based Treatment for Stroke
Brain infarction or stroke is caused by a blood clot blocking a blood vessel in the brain, which leads to interruption of blood flow and shortage of oxygen. Now a […]
Researcher Reveals How to Better Master Stem Cells’ Fate
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131024090243.htm Related articles USC researcher reveals how to better master stem cells’ fate (esciencenews.com) A faster, cheaper way to predict stem cells’ future (futurity.org) Rapid Screening of Stem Cells Helps […]
Stem cells treating Andover Animal Hospital patients
Draeco, a nine-year-old German Shepherd, became the first animal to receive a stem cell therapy treatment at the Andover Animal Hospital. Photo by Paul Biederman http://abcnewspapers.com/2013/10/25/stem-cells-treating-andover-animal-hospital-patients/ Related articles How […]
HEALING DAMAGED HEARTS WITH STEM CELL IMPLANTS GETS NEW TECHNIQUE
http://singularityhub.com/2013/10/25/healing-damaged-hearts-with-stem-cell-implants-gets-new-technique/ Related articles Packaging stem cells in capsules for heart therapy (sciencedaily.com) High-Frequency Ultrasound Confirms Stem Cells Grafted in Beating Mice Hearts Restores Abnormal Rhythms (hispanicbusiness.com) Building a better human […]
UC San Diego Researchers Develop Efficient Model for Generating Human iPSCs
Approach has potential to simplify generation of iPSCs for use in human stem cell therapies http://www.newswise.com/articles/uc-san-diego-researchers-develop-efficient-model-for-generating-human-ipscs Related articles A Novel Feeder-Free Culture System for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture and […]
New Company Applies Regenerative Medicine to Corneal Transplants
http://www.newswise.com/articles/new-company-applies-regenerative-medicine-to-corneal-transplants Related articles Stem cell technique has potential use in regenerative medicine and drug development (medicalnewstoday.com) New take on efficient delivery in regenerative medicine (sciencedaily.com)
Muscle Cells Generated from Patients’ Skin Cells
http://www.dddmag.com/news/2012/01/muscle-cells-generated-patients’-skin-cells Related articles Researchers discover, treat toxic effects of ALS mutation in neurons using patients’ skin cells (sciencedaily.com)
Stem cells help repair traumatic brain injury by building a ‘biobridge’
University of South Florida study offers a new view of stem-cell mediated brain repair http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/uosf-sch100313.php Related articles “Biobridge” constructed by stem cells, helps repair traumatic brain injury (medicalnewstoday.com) New Stem […]
National effort to aid wounded warriors-work being done in my own home town!
Institute for regenerative medicine to lead national effort to aid wounded warriors http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/wfbm-ifr092513.php Related articles Wake Forest leading new $75M military medicine effort (bizjournals.com) Regenerative Medicines: Bone and Joint Applications […]
Tailored Doses of Cytostatic Improve Survival Rate After Stem Cell Transplantation
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and colleagues at University Children’s Hospital Zürich in Switzerland have managed to improve cytostatic therapy for children with the chronic immune deficiency disorder granulomatous […]
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