Severe inflammation caused by a patient’s immune system can be deadly, but stem cells found in human fat could provide new ways to protect against this toxic reaction. Fat has a higher ratio of stem cells than other tissues such as bone marrow. Credit: Robert M. Hunt, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (image was cropped,...
Category: <span>Stem Cell Therapy</span>
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Nano Scale Matrix Promotes Neural Stem Cell Growth Without Risk of Cancer
Growing neural stem cells is a complicated process that has the potential to result in the unintended production of cancer cells. In large part this is due to the addition of growth factors to the culture mix, which can result in indiscriminate cellular multiplication. Now researchers from the Hong Kong Baptist University have developed a way of...
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Some blood stem cells are better than others
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – HEALTH SCIENCES In your body, blood stem cells produce approximately 10 billion new white blood cells, which are also known as immune cells, each and every day. Even more remarkably, if some of these blood stem cells fail to do their part, then other blood stem cells pick up their...
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Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster And Better Than People
Automated robots now have the tools to grow imitation, simplified human organs out of stem cells. Thankfully, we weren’t transported to a sci-fi dystopia where the machines have risen up and started to farm humans, but rather a world where pharmaceutical and other biomedical researchjust became much easier and faster. Give these robots some pluripotent stem...
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The accidental discovery of stem cells
Till knows of what he speaks; it was almost 60 years ago that the renowned University of Saskatchewan graduate, along with a colleague, found something unexpected in research results that simply could not be ignored. Although they did not know it at the time, the two scientists were on the path to discovering stem cells and the great potential...
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New stem-cell jab that could cure men of erectile dysfunction
The end of Viagra? New stem-cell jab that could cure men of erectile dysfunction is developed by scientists Injecting 20m stem cells into the base of the penis could reinvigorate the nerves New stem-cell ‘Viagra’ sex treatment could even make penis bigger Research been aimed at men who have had their prostate glands removed Scientists believe...
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Stem cells show long-term success in treating severe peripheral arterial disease
Durham, NC – A long-term study of patients who received stem cells to treat angiitis-induced critical limb ischemia (AICLI) shows the cells to be both safe and effective. The study, published in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM), could lead to an option for those who suffer from this serious form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). AICLI...
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‘Incompatible’ donor stem cells cure adult sickle cell patients
Doctors at the University of Illinois Hospital have cured seven adult patients of sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder primarily affecting the black community, using stem cells from donors previously thought to be incompatible, thanks to a new transplant treatment protocol. The doctors report on the new technique in the journal Biology of Blood and...
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How bone marrow niches keep stem cells thriving
CAR cells are specialized mesenchymal stem cells, which express the specific transcription factors, Ebf1/3, inhibiting osteoblast differentiation to remain undifferentiated, maintain marrow cavities, enhance CXCL12 and SCF expression, and create HSC niches. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are a class of stem cells located in bone marrow. HSCs give rise to every type of blood cell—from...
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Application of stem cells in tissue engineering for defense medicine
Abstract The dynamic nature of modern warfare, including threats and injuries faced by soldiers, necessitates the development of countermeasures that address a wide variety of injuries. Tissue engineering has emerged as a field with the potential to provide contemporary solutions. In this review, discussions focus on the applications of stem cells in tissue engineering to...