As you start to learn about stem cells, one of the most common questions to have is, “What types of stem cells exist?” Currently, there is not an agreed upon the number of stem cell types, because one can classify stem cells either by differentiation potential (what they can turn into) or by origin (from where they are sourced). While classifying stem cells by...
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Stem Cell Treatment For Knees
Stem cell treatment for knees can be very effective. The process uses your own stem cells to heal your body. This innovative treatment option offers various benefits. It is safe and highly effective without risk of side effects or rejection. It is important to know what to expect. For those who are considering it, doctors will provide key...
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Definitive Guide to Perinatal Stem Cells
There are many types of perinatal stem cells, including those derived from the umbilical cord blood and tissue, placental blood and tissue, and the amnion and amniotic fluid. However, when stem cells were first identified, only two types of stem cells were described, adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. The reason a diverse range of...
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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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Application of human induced pluripotent stem cells in precision medicine for hereditary diseases
Researchers at Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have successfully demonstrated the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) from patients’ skin cells for therapeutic drug testing. The success of the research implies that scientists are one step closer to applying stem cells in precision medicine in treating patients suffering...
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Experimental arthritis drug prevents stem cell transplant complication
Drug fights graft-versus-host-disease in mice An investigational drug in clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis prevents a common, life-threatening side effect of stem cell transplants, new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows. Studying mice, the researchers found the drug prevented what’s known as graft-versus-host disease, a debilitating, sometimes lethal condition that develops when transplanted...
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Researchers succeed in cultivating cartilage from Stem cells
Development of cartilage tissue from mesenchymal stem/stromal cells after eight weeks in vivo: Inhibition of the signaling pathway of the protein BMP leads to the maintenance of stable cartilage tissue, indicated by red staining (left) Researchers have produced stable joint cartilage from adult stem cells originating from bone marrow. This was made possible by inducing...
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Mechanism vital to keeping blood stem cells functional uncovered
Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function — and defective regulation of protein production is common in certain types of aggressive human blood cancers. Now, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has uncovered a completely new mechanism that controls how proteins are produced...
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It’s all about the (stem cell) neighborhood
Stem cells have the ability to develop or differentiate, into the many different cell types in the body. They also serve as a repair system to replace aged or damaged cells. With their regenerative abilities, stem cells offer enormous potential in treating many diseases. Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have now identified how the stem...
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An index measures similarity between cancer cells and pluripotent stem cells
The new methodology measures tumor aggressiveness and the risk of relapse, helping doctors plan treatment, according to Brazilian scientists authors of a paper published in a special issue of the journal Cell The theory that cancer progression involves the acquisition by tumor cells of features similar to those of stem cells has gained strength in...