News tagged with stem cell therapy
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Study reveals insights that could aid in therapeutic use of mesenchymal stem cells
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), are a newly emerging cellular therapy being tested in approximately 250 clinical trials worldwide to help repair damaged tissues, such as injured heart muscle following a heart attack. The problem ...
Medical research
Nov 15, 2012 |
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2 years out, patients receiving stem cell therapy show sustained heart function improvement
Marked sustained improvement in all patients with zero adverse effects. For a phase I clinical trial, these results are the Holy Grail. Yet researchers from the University of Louisville and Brigham and Women's Hospital today ...
Cardiology
Nov 06, 2012 |
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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
Nov 05, 2012 |
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New anti-tumor cell therapy strategies are more effective
Targeted T-cells can seek out and destroy tumor cells that carry specific antigen markers. Two novel anti-tumor therapies that take advantage of this T-cell response are described in articles published in Human Gene Therapy, a peer ...
Cancer
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Envisioning novel approaches for eye disease: 'The new medicine' at UC Santa Barbara
By growing new retinal cells to replace those that have malfunctioned, scientists hope to one day create and fuse entire layers of fresh cells –– a synthetic patch akin to a contact lens –– as a treatment ...
Medical research
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Could stem cells treat autism? Newly approved study may tell
(HealthDay)—Autism researchers have been given the go-ahead by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to launch a small study in children with autism that evaluates whether a child's own umbilical cord blood ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Oct 12, 2012 |
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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
Oct 02, 2012 |
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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
Oct 01, 2012 |
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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
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Research suggests promise of cell therapy for bowel disease
New research shows that a special population of stem cells found in cord blood has the innate ability to migrate to the intestine and contribute to the cell population there, suggesting the cells' potential to treat inflammatory ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 19, 2012 |
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'Berlin Man,' doctor convinced HIV cure is real
(AP)—More than five years after a radical treatment, a San Francisco man and his German doctor are convinced that he remains the first person cured of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
HIV & AIDS
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Neonatal heart stem cells may help mend kids' broken hearts
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who are exploring novel ways to treat serious heart problems in children, have conducted the first direct comparison of the regenerative abilities of neonatal ...
Cardiology
Sep 10, 2012 |
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Stem-cell-protecting drug could prevent the harmful side effects of radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is one of the most widely used cancer treatments, but it often damages normal tissue and can lead to debilitating conditions. A class of drugs known as mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors can ...
Cancer
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Can gene therapy cure fatal diseases in children?
In order for the body to function, a balance is necessary between the cells that build up the bones in our skeletons and the cells that break them down. In the disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis, MIOP, the cells that ...
Genetics
Sep 05, 2012 |
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Potential drug for treating deadly brain cancer
(Medical Xpress)—A*STAR scientists have identified a biomarker of the most lethal form of brain tumours in adults − glioblastoma multiforme. The scientists found that by targeting this biomarker and depleting ...
Cancer
Sep 04, 2012 |
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