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Cell reprogramming: much promise, many hurdles

Research in reprogrammed cells, which on Monday earned the 2012 Nobel Prize, has been hailed as a new dawn for regenerative medicine but remains troubled by several clouds. ...

Medical research created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers find multiple similarities between cancer cells and induced pluripotent stem cells

(Medical Xpress)—UC Davis investigators have found new evidence that a promising type of stem cell now being considered for a variety of disease therapies is very similar to the type of cells that give ...

Medical research created Sep 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New way to weed out problem stem cells, making therapy safer

Mayo Clinic researchers have found a way to detect and eliminate potentially troublemaking stem cells to make stem cell therapy safer. Induced Pluripotent Stem cells, also known as iPS cells, are bioengineered from adult ...

Medical research created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Making it easier to make stem cells

The process researchers use to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)—a special type of stem cell that can be made in the lab from any type of adult cell—is time consuming and inefficient. To ...

Medical research created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Binding sites for LIN28 protein found in thousands of human genes

A study led by researchers at the UC San Diego Stem Cell Research program and funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) looks at an important RNA binding protein called LIN28, which ...

Genetics created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

U of T and SickKids first to grow lung cells using stem cell technology

Researchers at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are paving the way towards individualized medicine for patients with cystic fibrosis. 

Medical research created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sperm precursor cells made in the lab could one day restore male fertility

(Medical Xpress)—Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can be coaxed into becoming precursor sperm cells, suggesting that it might be possible one day to restore fertility ...

Medical research created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers return blood cells to stem cell state

Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a reliable method to turn the clock back on blood cells, restoring them to a primitive stem cell state from which they can then develop into any other type of cell in the body.

Medical research created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Aurka-to-p53 signaling: A link between stem cell regulation and cancer

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the University of Manchester, and the MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a new role for an oncogenic signaling pathway in embryonic stem cell (ESC) self-renewal and in reprogramming ...

Medical research created Aug 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A drug-screening platform for ALS

A research group at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Japan's Kyoto University has successfully recapitulated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-associated abnormalities in motor ...

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

Step closer to understanding childhood degenerative brain disease

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) are a step closer to understanding and combating the degenerative brain disease ataxia-telangiectasia.

Medical research created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers, with stem cells, advance understanding of spinal muscular atrophy

Cedars-Sinai's Regenerative Medicine Institute has pioneered research on how motor-neuron cell-death occurs in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, offering an important clue in identifying potential medicines to treat ...

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

Researchers restore neuron function to brains damaged by Huntington's disease

Researchers from South Korea, Sweden, and the United States have collaborated on a project to restore neuron function to parts of the brain damaged by Huntington's disease (HD) by successfully transplanting HD-induced pluripotent ...

Neuroscience created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New stem cell technique promises abundance of key heart cells cardiomyocytes

Cardiomyocytes, the workhorse cells that make up the beating heart, can now be made cheaply and abundantly in the laboratory.

Medical research created May 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cell research paves way for progress on dealing with Fragile X retardation

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have achieved, for the first time, the generation of neuronal cells from stem cells of Fragile X patients. The discovery paves the way for research that will examine restoration ...

Medical research created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0