Source: Indiana University School Of Medicine
Posted: March 28, 2005
Summary:
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are several steps closer to the day when a profoundly deaf patient's own bone marrow cells could be used to let him or her hear the world. They were able able to transform, in the laboratory, stem cells taken from adult bone marrow into cells with many of the characteristics of sensory nerve cells -- neurons -- found in the ear. The results suggest that these adult stem cells could be used to treat deaf patients in the future.
Monday, March 28, 2005
Friday, March 25, 2005
Placenta Is A Rich Source Of Blood Stem Cells
Source: Children's Hospital Boston
Date: March 25, 2005
Summary:
Meticulous experiments in mice revealed that the placenta harbors a large supply of hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells. These cells, which appear very early in development, are able to generate more blood stem cells and can give rise to a complete blood system when transplanted into an adult. Unlike other sites where blood stem cells are found during embryonic development, such as the liver, the stem cells in the placenta can increase in number without giving rise to mature, specialized cells.
Date: March 25, 2005
Summary:
Meticulous experiments in mice revealed that the placenta harbors a large supply of hematopoietic (blood-forming) stem cells. These cells, which appear very early in development, are able to generate more blood stem cells and can give rise to a complete blood system when transplanted into an adult. Unlike other sites where blood stem cells are found during embryonic development, such as the liver, the stem cells in the placenta can increase in number without giving rise to mature, specialized cells.
Monday, March 21, 2005
Adult Stem Cells Can Produce Brain Cells: In chick embryos, specific chemical environment brings results
Source: HealthDay News
Date: March 21, 2005
Summary:
Experiments involving chicken eggs may have hatched a major advance in stem cell research, as investigators watched adult human stem cells develop into functioning brain cells. Experts hope that, someday, adult stem cells from a patient's own bone marrow might be used to regrow and replace brain or spinal cord cells lost to injury or disease.
Date: March 21, 2005
Summary:
Experiments involving chicken eggs may have hatched a major advance in stem cell research, as investigators watched adult human stem cells develop into functioning brain cells. Experts hope that, someday, adult stem cells from a patient's own bone marrow might be used to regrow and replace brain or spinal cord cells lost to injury or disease.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Researchers Devise Way To Mass-produce Embryonic Stem Cells
Source: Ohio State University
Date: March 15, 2005
Summary:
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a method for mass-producing embryonic stem cells. That's important because traditional laboratory methods used to grow these cells are costly and don't produce cells fast enough to respond to increasing demands for human embryonic stem cells. Mass-producing cells like this could reduce stem cell production costs by at least 80 percent, as it requires less equipment and monitoring.
Date: March 15, 2005
Summary:
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a method for mass-producing embryonic stem cells. That's important because traditional laboratory methods used to grow these cells are costly and don't produce cells fast enough to respond to increasing demands for human embryonic stem cells. Mass-producing cells like this could reduce stem cell production costs by at least 80 percent, as it requires less equipment and monitoring.
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