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Umbilical cord cells outperform bone marrow cells in repairing damaged hearts

A study published this month by researchers at the University of Toronto and Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital has shown that cells derived from the umbilical cord, "Human Umbilical Cord PeriVascular Cells" (HUCPVCs), ...

Medical research created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Stem cells from strangers can repair hearts

Researchers are reporting a key advance in using stem cells to repair hearts damaged by heart attacks. In a study, stem cells donated by strangers proved as safe and effective as patients' own cells for helping ...

Cardiology created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Therapy with bone marrow-derived stem cells does not improve short-term recovery after heart attack

Administering to patients stem cells derived from their own bone marrow either three or seven days after a heart attack is safe but does not improve heart function six months later, according to a clinical trial supported ...

Cardiology created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Synribo approved to treat rare leukemia

(HealthDay)—Synribo (omacetaxine mepesuccinate) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat a rare blood and bone marrow disease called chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).

Cancer created Oct 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Duke research team identifies a potent growth factor for blood stem cells

Duke Medicine researchers studying the interaction of blood stem cells and the niche where they reside have identified a protein that may be a long-sought growth factor for blood stem cells.

Medical research created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Insights into rare immune cells that keep blood stem cells in a youthful state may lead to better treatments

Hiding deep inside the bone marrow are special cells. They wait patiently for the hour of need, at which point these blood forming stem cells can proliferate and differentiate into billions of mature blood ...

Immunology created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Father of bone marrow transplant is dead at 92

E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered bone marrow transplants and later won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, has died in Seattle at age 92.

Other created Oct 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No survival advantage with peripheral blood stem cells versus bone marrow

(Medical Xpress)—Claudio Anasetti, M.D., chair of the Department of Blood & Marrow Transplant at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues from 47 research sites in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network conducted ...

Medical research created Oct 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leading bone marrow transplant expert recommends significant change to current practice

One of the world's leading bone marrow transplant experts is recommending a significant change to current transplant practice for patients who need marrow or adult stem cells from an unrelated donor to treat hematologic malignancies. ...

Other created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher pieces together AML prognosis puzzle

When patients suffering from Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) express high levels of the gene, MN1, an already aggressive leukemia is accelerated and shortens survival time. While that's a known fact, the mechanisms involved ...

Cancer created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA method can provide more effective treatment of childhood cancer

After leukaemia and brain tumours, neuroblastoma is the most common form of cancer to affect children. A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has studied a DNA method which is now used for ...

Cancer created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New tool determines leukemia cells' 'readiness to die,' may guide clinical care

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a novel method for determining how ready acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells are to die, a discovery that may help cancer specialists to choose treatments option more ...

Cancer created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Women respond better to the treatment of lymph gland cancer with antibodies than men

(Medical Xpress)—Women respond much better than men to the treatment of chronic follicular lymphoma with a monoclonal antibody that targets CD20 (rituximab). These are the findings of a multi-centre, Austria-wide ...

Cancer created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study sheds light on bone marrow stem cell therapy for pancreatic recovery

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have found that a blood vessel-building gene boosts the ability of human bone marrow stem cells to sustain pancreatic recovery in a laboratory mouse model ...

Medical research created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers harness the immune system to improve stem cell transplant outcomes

A novel therapy in the early stages of development at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center shows promise in providing lasting protection against the progression of multiple myeloma following a stem cell transplant ...

Immunology created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast