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Regenerative Medicine highlights the immunological challenges that lie ahead for RegenMed
The journal Regenerative Medicine has published a special focus issue on methods to avoid immune rejection in regenerative medicine.
May 8, 2015
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Immune Rejection
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmologists uncover autoimmune process that causes rejection of secondary corneal transplants
April 16, 2015 - UT Southwestern Medical Center ophthalmologists have identified an important cause of why secondary corneal transplants are rejected at triple the rate of first-time corneal transplants.
Apr 16, 2015
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Medical research
3-D printed, mechanically robust carrier used to deliver immunosuppressive drug, and cells
After using a 3-D printer to create a micro but mechanically robust drug and cell carrier for local and sustained delivery of the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine A (CsA), researchers in Korea have shown in tests with ...
Feb 23, 2015
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Medical research
Biologists discover solution to problem limiting development of human stem cell therapies
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered an effective strategy that could prevent the human immune system from rejecting the grafts derived from human embryonic stem cells, a major problem now limiting the development of ...
Jan 2, 2014
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Ophthalmology
Pilot clinical study into iPS cell therapy for eye disease starts in Japan
RIKEN is pleased to announce the launch of a pilot study to assess the safety and feasibility of the transplantation of autologous induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell sheets ...
Jul 30, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Protein complex linked to cancer growth may also help fight tumors, researchers say
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital in China have discovered a gene expression signature that may lead to new immune therapies for lung cancer patients. They found ...
Jul 22, 2013
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Medical research
Scientists create personalized bone substitutes from skin cells
A team of New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute scientists report today the generation of patient-specific bone substitutes from skin cells for repair of large bone defects. The study, led by Darja Marolt, ...
May 6, 2013
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Medical research
Team finds antibody that transforms bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells
In a serendipitous discovery, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to turn bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells.
Apr 22, 2013
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Dopamine-producing neurons derived from bone marrow stem cells yield improvements in monkeys with Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the death of dopamine-producing neurons in the midbrain, resulting in motor symptoms such as tremors and stiffness. The cause of cell death remains unknown ...
Apr 22, 2013
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Medical research
Stem cell research could expand clinical use of regenerative human cells
Research led by a biology professor in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has uncovered a method to produce retinal cells from regenerative human stem cells without the use ...
Mar 19, 2013
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