Scientists Identify New Stem Cells with Therapeutic Potential
A team of scientists at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has discovered stem cells that play a decisive role in new blood vessel growth. The discovery, published in the journal PLOS Biology, offers...
View ArticleStudy: Leprosy Bacteria Turn Nerve System Cells into Stem Cells
A team of British researchers has discovered that some bacteria are able to change the make-up of supporting cells within the nerve system, called Schwann cells, so that these cells take on the...
View ArticleScientists: Zebrafish Holds Answer to Restoring Vision in Humans
A team of biologists at University of Alberta, Canada, has discovered that zebrafish’s stem cells can selectively regenerate damaged photoreceptor cells. “For some time geneticists have known that...
View ArticleResearchers Identify Taste Stem Cells
Neurobiologists from the United States and Japan have identified the location and genetic characteristics of taste stem cells on the tongue. Taste cells are located in clusters called taste buds, which...
View ArticleAlligator Stem Cells Offer Hope for Tooth Regeneration in Humans
An international team of scientists led by Prof Cheng-Ming Chuong from the University of Southern California has discovered unique cellular and molecular mechanisms behind tooth renewal in American...
View ArticleResearchers Identify Proteins Key in Stem Cell Production
A multinational team of scientists led by Prof Benjamin Blencowe from the University of Toronto has identified proteins that play a key role in controlling pluripotency, which may mean a potential...
View ArticleScientists Create Inner Ear from Mouse Stem Cells
A team of researchers at Indiana University, using a three-dimensional cell culture method, has successfully transformed mouse embryonic stem cells into key structures of the inner ear. In the study,...
View ArticleUrine-Derived Stem Cells Raise Possibility of New Therapies
Scientists from the United States and China have identified stem cells in urine that can be directed to become multiple cell types. “These cells can be obtained through a simple, non-invasive low-cost...
View ArticleNew Link Found between Stem Cells, Cancer Development
Dr Yang Wang and colleagues from Vanderbilt University have shown a novel mechanism of cancer development through EGFR negative regulator, LRIG1. Stem cells are responsible for tissue proliferation and...
View ArticleStem Cells from Corneal Limbus Offer Hope for Effective Treatment of...
The Corneal limbus – a region on the front surface of the eye – harbors special stem cells that could treat a range of conditions including age related macular degeneration, the leading cause of...
View ArticleScientists Discover New Kind of Stem Cell: iXEN
A team of researchers led by Michigan State University biochemist and molecular biologist Amy Ralston has discovered a new kind of stem cell — induced extraembryonic endoderm stem (iXEN) cells. “Other...
View ArticleScientists Create Insulin-Producing Beta Cells in a Dish
Generating functional pancreatic β (beta) cells in the lab has been a challenge for diabetes researchers. When human stem cells develop into beta cells in a dish, they only reach a precursor stage,...
View ArticleStem Cell Therapy Reduced Angina Frequency for ‘No-Option’ Patients
A two-year clinical study with over 160 patients with refractory angina (chronic symptomatic coronary artery disease) randomized to low and high dose CD34+ cells or placebo has revealed that patients...
View ArticleStem Cell Transplants Promote Recovery in Non-Human Primate Model of...
A team of scientists has found that grafting human parthenogenetic stem cell-derived neural stem cells (hpNSCs) into non-human primates modeled with Parkinson’s disease promoted behavioral recovery,...
View ArticleResearchers Find 320 Million-Year-Old Plant Root Stem Cells
A team of paleontologists led by Oxford University researcher Prof. Liam Dolan has discovered the oldest known population of plant root stem cells in a fossil 320 million years old (Carboniferous...
View ArticleStudy to Use Cardiosphere-Derived Cells to Restore Heart Tissue, Function
A Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute-led research team is planning a clinical trial using cardiosphere-derived cells to regenerate the tissue and improve function of the heart in patients who have suffered...
View ArticleRT-IMRI: Improving Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
In a study using RT-IMRI (real-time intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging) to guide the transplantation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons into the brains of non-human primates...
View ArticleResearchers Develop Novel Method to Repair Teeth using Alzheimer’s Drug...
A novel method of stimulating the renewal of living stem cells in tooth pulp using an Alzheimer’s drug called Tideglusib has been discovered by scientists at King’s College London, UK. Following trauma...
View ArticleStem Cell-Based Transplantation Approach Improves Vision in End-Stage...
In the Jan. 10 issue of the journal Stem Cell Reports, Dr. Michiko Mandai and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Japan report that transplantation of induced pluripotent stem...
View ArticleScientists Use Human Pluripotent Stem Cells to Regenerate Epicardium
A process using human stem cells can generate heart cells belonging to the external layer, the epicardium, according to an international team of scientists from the Pennsylvania State University, the...
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