IN BRIEF Four percent of all men over the age of fifty, and sixteen percent of women of the same age, suffer from osteoporosis in the United States. Researchers from University College London have discovered that stem cells found in human amniotic fluid could be used in a treatment to strengthen brittle bones. ASTRONAUT BONES...
Category: <span>Stem Cell Therapy</span>
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Scientists use stem cells to restore testosterone
Male hypogonadism is a condition affecting almost a third of the elderly male population. The most common treatment option is testosterone replacement therapy, but the practice can have significant side effects. A new development in stem cell research suggests an alternative treatment for hypogonadism may soon become available. Stem cell research may provide an alternative...
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Stem cell ‘mini-brain’ very similar to real brain, study finds
Building a realistic model of the human brain is a crucial part of understanding brain development, as well as neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Using human stem cells, researchers have created a 3-D model of the human brain – and new research investigates how similar it is to a real brain. A...
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Stem Cell Therapy Might Improve Brain Function of Traumatic Brains Injury Patients
Accidents happen and sometimes really bad accidents happen; especially if they injure your head. Traumatic brain injuries or TBIs can result from automobile accidents, explosions or other events that result from severe blows to the head. TBIs an adversely affect a patient and his/her family for long periods of time. TBI patients can experience cognitive...
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Hitting Acute Myeloid Leukemia Where It Hurts
Research teams from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have teamed up to devise a new strategy for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This new strategy is an outgrowth of new findings by these research groups that have identified an enzyme that plays a central role in the onset of AML. During...
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Living Bandage: Researchers Trial New Stem Cell Therapy For Knee Injuries On Humans
A new treatment for meniscal tears based on stem cells has just been used for the first time on human subjects, with very encouraging results. The new method may help hundreds of thousands of sportsmen each year, easing their recovery and reducing the risk of developing other afflictions. A Widespread Problem Meniscal tears are some of the...
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ME & MY OPERATION: The pioneering stem cell procedure that can restore movement after a stroke
Tens of thousands of people each year are left paralysed to some degree by a stroke. Billy Elder, 63, from Renfrew, Glasgow, is one of the first people to receive a new stem cell treatment to restore movement, as he tells OONA MASHTA . . THE PATIENT One day in August last year I was...
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Study investigates how to turn stem cells into motor neurons
Stem cells can develop into many different types of cells, such as muscle cells, red blood cells, or neurons. Given their special regenerative ability, stem cells can be used to treat a wide range of diseases. A team of researchers uncovers new details involved in the process of turning stem cells into motor neurons. ...
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Study investigates how to turn stem cells into motor neurons
Stem cells can develop into many different types of cells, such as muscle cells, red blood cells, or neurons. Given their special regenerative ability, stem cells can be used to treat a wide range of diseases. A team of researchers uncovers new details involved in the process of turning stem cells into motor neurons....
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Inhibiting the SUMO Pathway Represses the Cancer Stem Cell Population in Breast and Colorectal Carcinomas
Highlights Sumoylation regulates CD44 and MMP14 expression in basal breast and colon cancer SUMO inhibition clears cancer stem cells, repressing invasiveness and tumor growth Anacardic acid functions as a SUMO inhibitor to repress cancer stem cells TFAP2A mediates anti-tumor effects of SUMO inhibition in breast and colon cancers Summary Many solid cancers have an expanded...