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Mice made from induced stem cells
sea-maid submitted, created time 7 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)
Technical feat shows that the different route to stem cells can indeed make a full mammal body. 
New Source For Harvesting Stem Cells
sea-maid submitted, created time 8 months 3 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
A groundbreaking study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new avenue for harvesting stem cells from a woman's placenta, or more specifically the discarded placentas of healthy newborns. The study also finds there are far more stem cells in placentas than in umbilical cord blood, and they can be safely extracted for transplantation.
Gene Therapy Could Expand Stem Cells' Promise
piggy submitted, created time 9 months 3 weeks (news.med.cornell.edu)
Once placed into a patient's body, stem cells intended to treat or cure a disease could end up wreaking havoc simply because they are no longer under the control of the clinician.
But gene therapy has the potential to solve this problem, according to a perspective article from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center published in a recent issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell. The paper details strategies for genetically modifying stem cells prior to transplantation in order to ensure their safety.
Stem cells 'able to reverse symptoms of multiple sclerosis'
sea-maid submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (www.zeenews.com)
In what is being seen as a major scientific breakthrough, scientists have reversed the symptoms of multiple sclerosis in three patients, using stem cells from their own body fat.
New stem cell method requires a little soak
sea-maid submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
Researchers have developed a new way to make embryonic-like stem cells by soaking them in genetically engineered proteins, a new step toward using ordinary cells to treat disease.
sea-maid submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Working with cell cultures and live mice, scientists have devised what may be a safer recipe for transforming skin or other body cells into embryoniclike stem cells--so-called induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The method eliminates a step used in earlier attempts to derive iPS cells that scientists fear might cause cancer-inducing mutations.
Stem cell scientists targeted in Facebook fraud
Darkfrog submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)
Last fall, Washington Post reporter Rick Weiss was the victim of identity theft. The culprits, still uncaught, weren't after his credit history, however. And Mr. Weiss wasn't alone.
The identities of more than one hundred journalists, scientists and politicians were appropriated for a huge Facebook scam, in which the unidentified perpetrators created fake profiles and then sent Facebook friend invitations to scientists. Most of the invitees were or are engaged in stem cell research
Stem cell research: Obama administration changes some Bush-era restrictions, leaves others in place
Darkfrog submitted, created time 11 months 43 minutes (www.nature.com)
(Yes, I appreciate the irony of using a British journal as a source for U.S. news.)
The National Institutes of Health have spelled out the new state of embryonic stem cell research: Cell lines developed from leftover fertility clinic embryos will be eligible for Federal funding, but the donors (the fertility patients) must provide informed consent with no inducements.
Federal funding is not extended to embryos created specifically for research, including embryos made from donated sperm and ova
FANTOM studies networks in cells
sea-maid submitted, created time 11 months 8 hours (www.nature.com)
An international consortium has released an analysis of unprecedented detail showing the genes and proteins that guide an immature cell to its final identity. The compendium of data could boost efforts to model the molecular networks that determine cell type — a long-standing goal in systems biology, and possibly a crucial step to creating stem-cell therapies.
Stem Cells Jump Start Bone's Healing Process
sea-maid submitted, created time 11 months 5 days (www.sciencedaily.com)
Rarely will physicians use the word "miraculous" when discussing patient recoveries. But that's the very phrase orthopedic physicians and scientists are using in upstate New York to describe their emerging stem cell research that could have a profound impact on the treatment of bone injuries. Results from preliminary work show patients confined to wheelchairs were able to walk or live independently again because their broken bones finally healed.
Creating Ideal Neural Cells for Clinical Use
piggy submitted, created time 11 months 6 days (www.burnham.org)
Investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have developed a protocol to rapidly differentiate human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into neural progenitor cells that may be ideal for transplantation. The research, conducted by Alexei Terskikh, Ph.D., and colleagues, outlines a method for creating these committed neural precursor cells (C-NPCs). This method is replicable, does not produce mutations in the cells and could be useful in clinical applications. The research was published on March 13 in the journal Cell Death and Differentiation.
Stem Cell Breakthrough May Lead to MS Treatments
sea-maid submitted, created time 11 months 1 week (news.yahoo.com)
U.S. scientists say they've coaxed human embryonic stem cells into generating cells that might someday be used to repair nerves damaged by multiple sclerosis.
Stem cell therapy makes cloudy corneas clear
piggy submitted, created time 11 months 1 week (www.eurekalert.org)
Experiments conducted in mice by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine show that not only do stem cells collected from human corneas restore transparency when injected into patient's eyes, but they also fail to trigger a rejection response. The study will be published in the journal Stem Cells and appears online today.
The findings suggest that cell-based therapies might be an effective way to treat human corneal blindness and vision impairment due to the scarring that occurs after infection, trauma and other common eye problems, said senior investigator James L
sea-maid submitted, created time 11 months 2 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
DaVinci Biosciences, in collaboration with Luis Vernaza Hospital in Ecuador, have announced the publication of study results demonstrating the safety and feasibility of its acute and chronic spinal cord injury treatment platform in Cell Transplantation, a peer-reviewed journal focused on regenerative medicine. The study demonstrates that administering adult autologous bone-marrow-derived stem cells via multiple routes is feasible and safe and, most importantly, improves the quality of life for both acute and chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.
USC researchers uncover mechanism that regulates movement of blood-forming stem cells in the body
piggy submitted, created time 11 months 3 weeks (www.eurekalert.org)
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a signaling pathway that helps regulate the movement of blood-forming stem cells in the body—a finding that provides important new insight into how stem cells move around the body and which may lead to improvements in the efficiency of bone marrow transplants.
The study will appear in the journal Nature, and is available online March 25th
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