News tagged with adult stem cells

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Research supports promise of cell therapy for bowel disease

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues have identified a special population of adult stem cells in bone marrow that have the natural ability to migrate to the intestine and produce intestinal cells, ...

Medical research created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study aims to use stem cells to help save sight of diabetes sufferers

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast are hoping to develop a novel approach that could save the sight of millions of diabetes sufferers using adult stem cells.

Medical research created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Northwestern Medicine researchers investigate stem cell therapy for stroke

Each year, nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke which can result in permanent brain damage, long term disability or death. As a leading cause of adult disability, stroke has an annual burden of more than $62 billion on ...

Medical research created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study uncovers key to antidepressant response

Through a series of investigations in mice and humans, Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a protein that appears to be the target of both antidepressant drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. Results ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fighting fat with fat: Stem cell discovery identifies potential obesity treatment

Ottawa scientists have discovered a trigger that turns muscle stem cells into brown fat, a form of good fat that could play a critical role in the fight against obesity. The findings from Dr. Michael Rudnicki's ...

Medical research created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists find first human iPSC from patients with maturity onset diabetes of the young

Joslin scientists report the first generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with an uncommon form of diabetes, maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY). These cells offer a powerful resource for ...

Medical research created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers use iPSCs to define optimal treatment for managing life-threatening arrhythmias

Researchers used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from a young patient with Long QT syndrome (LQTS), a congenital heart disorder, to determine a course of treatment that helped manage the patient's ...

Cardiology created Jan 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem cells may hold promise for Lou Gehrig's disease

Apparent stem cell transplant success in mice may hold promise for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. The results of the study were released today and will be presented at the American ...

Neuroscience created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers uncover novel role of BRCA1 in regulating the survival of skin stem cells

Our DNA, which stores our genetic information, is constantly exposed to damage. If not properly repaired, DNA damage can lead to cell death. This, in turn, can lead to tissue exhaustion and ageing, or induce mutations resulting ...

Cancer created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Steering stem cells to become two different building blocks for new blood vessels

(Medical Xpress)—Growing new blood vessels in the lab is a tough challenge, but a Johns Hopkins engineering team has solved a major stumbling block: how to prod stem cells to become two different types ...

Cardiology created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lipid metabolism regulates the activity of adult neural stem cells

(Medical Xpress)—Neural stem cells in the adult brain boost their levels of lipid metabolism to grow and generate new neurons. This new finding may open novel therapeutic avenues to treat age- or disease-associated ...

Medical research created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New biomaterials promote neuroregeneration after a brain injury

Professor Jose Miguel Soria, a member of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, has co-directed with Professor Manuel Monleón of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia a study on the compatibility ...

Neuroscience created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sweat glands play major role in healing human wounds, research shows

Turns out the same glands that make you sweat are responsible for another job vital to your health: they help heal wounds.

Medical research created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study gives insight into subtle genomic differences among our own cells

Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have demonstrated, in a study conducted jointly with researchers at Yale University, that induced-pluripotent stem cells—the embryonic-stem-cell lookalikes whose discovery ...

Medical research created Nov 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fat-derived stem cells hold potential for regenerative medicine

(Medical Xpress)—As researchers work on reconfiguring cells to take on new regenerative properties, a new review from Penn Medicine plastic surgeons sheds additional light on the potential power of adipose-derived stem ...

Surgery created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast