Can Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce Tolerance to Cotransplanted Human Embryonic Stem Cells?

jerry submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are reported to be immune privileged. We assessed whether their transplantation (Tx) could create a suppressive microenvironment mitigating rejection of coinjected human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)...

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Does stem cells can repair torn tendons or ligaments?

saury submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (health.allrefer.com)

Until the present time, therapeutic options used to repair torn ligaments and tendons have consisted of tissue grafting and synthetic prostheses, but as yet, none of these alternatives has provided a successful long-term solution. The resent study shows that adult stem cells can be used to make new tendon or ligament tissue. the researchers implanted these cells into torn Achilles tendons of rats they found that the cells not only survived the implantation process, but also were recruited to the site of the injury and were able to repair the tendon

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