Source: Guardian Unlimited - UK
Date: November 30, 2005
Summary:
Surgeons will attempt early next year to mend the severed nerves of young people who have suffered motorbike accidents in the first trial of a simple but potentially revolutionary technology that could one day allow the paralysed to walk again.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
New Cell Transplantation Technique Restores Insulin Production in Diabetics
Source: Radiological Society of North America
Date: November 29, 2005
Summary:
Researchers are using a new cell transplantation technique to restore the cells that produce insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes. The method involves injecting donor islet cells into diabetic patients so that the new, healthy islet cells can restore
insulin production, essentially stopping the progression of the disease. It is minimally invasive, with few complications.
Date: November 29, 2005
Summary:
Researchers are using a new cell transplantation technique to restore the cells that produce insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes. The method involves injecting donor islet cells into diabetic patients so that the new, healthy islet cells can restore
insulin production, essentially stopping the progression of the disease. It is minimally invasive, with few complications.
Islet Cell Advances May Fight Diabetes: New Technique in Islet Cell Transplantation Uses Ultrasound Technology
Source: WebMD Medical News
Posted: November 29, 2005
Summary:
Researchers have developed a method of transplanting insulin-producing cells, called beta cells, using ultrasound technology. Although still experimental, islet-cell transplantation offers the promise of helping large numbers of people with type 1 diabetes lead more normal lives.
Posted: November 29, 2005
Summary:
Researchers have developed a method of transplanting insulin-producing cells, called beta cells, using ultrasound technology. Although still experimental, islet-cell transplantation offers the promise of helping large numbers of people with type 1 diabetes lead more normal lives.
Future Medical Technologies May Identify the Early Onset of Alzheimer's and Enable Stem Cell Therapy
Source: Siemens
Date: November 29, 2005
Summary:
Siemens announced a new strategy to treat diseases by tracking cellular events that could impact the effectiveness of stem cell treatments:
"Siemens Medical Solutions today revealed its vision for a new world of medicine where doctors can predict and prevent disease before symptoms appear. By identifying and tracking disease-related events in the body’s cells, Siemens envisions that, among other applications, molecular medicine will have a tremendous impact on the detection of Alzheimer’s disease, and the effectiveness of stem cell therapy."
Date: November 29, 2005
Summary:
Siemens announced a new strategy to treat diseases by tracking cellular events that could impact the effectiveness of stem cell treatments:
"Siemens Medical Solutions today revealed its vision for a new world of medicine where doctors can predict and prevent disease before symptoms appear. By identifying and tracking disease-related events in the body’s cells, Siemens envisions that, among other applications, molecular medicine will have a tremendous impact on the detection of Alzheimer’s disease, and the effectiveness of stem cell therapy."
Friday, November 25, 2005
Regenerating worms help elucidate stem cell biology
Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Date: November 25, 2005
Summary:
Using a tiny flatworm best known for its extraordinary ability to regenerate lost tissue, researchers have identified a gene that controls the ability of stem cells to differentiate into specialized cells. The gene encodes a protein that is most similar to the protein PIWI, an important regulator of stem cells in organisms ranging from plants to humans.
Date: November 25, 2005
Summary:
Using a tiny flatworm best known for its extraordinary ability to regenerate lost tissue, researchers have identified a gene that controls the ability of stem cells to differentiate into specialized cells. The gene encodes a protein that is most similar to the protein PIWI, an important regulator of stem cells in organisms ranging from plants to humans.
Scientists identify gene that regulates stem cell differentiation
Source: Pharmaceutical Business Review
Date: 25th November 2005
Summary:
In a breakthrough that may inform future human stem cell research, scientists have identified a gene in freshwater flatworms that controls the ability of stem cells to differentiate into specialized cells.
Date: 25th November 2005
Summary:
In a breakthrough that may inform future human stem cell research, scientists have identified a gene in freshwater flatworms that controls the ability of stem cells to differentiate into specialized cells.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Stem Cell Microenvironment Reverses Malignant Melanoma
Source: Northwestern University
Date: November 17, 2005
Summary:
Northwestern University researchers have demonstrated how the microenvironments of two human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines (federally approved) induced metastatic melanoma cells to revert to a normal, skin cell-like type with the ability to form colonies similar to hESCs. The researchers also showed that these melanoma cells were less invasive following culture on the microenvironments of hESCs.
Date: November 17, 2005
Summary:
Northwestern University researchers have demonstrated how the microenvironments of two human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines (federally approved) induced metastatic melanoma cells to revert to a normal, skin cell-like type with the ability to form colonies similar to hESCs. The researchers also showed that these melanoma cells were less invasive following culture on the microenvironments of hESCs.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Scientists Use Stem Cells To Grow Cartilage
Source: Imperial College London
Posted: November 16, 2005
Summary:
Scientists from Imperial College London have successfully converted human embryonic stem cells into cartilage cells, offering encouragement that replacement cartilage could one day be grown for transplantation.
Posted: November 16, 2005
Summary:
Scientists from Imperial College London have successfully converted human embryonic stem cells into cartilage cells, offering encouragement that replacement cartilage could one day be grown for transplantation.
Stem cell therapy helps MS woman
Source: BBC NEWS
Published: 2005/11/16 15:34:48 GMT
Summary:
A young Inverness woman with multiple sclerosis has said she is able to walk for the first time in years only days after revolutionary stem cell therapy using newborn babies' umbilical cords.
Published: 2005/11/16 15:34:48 GMT
Summary:
A young Inverness woman with multiple sclerosis has said she is able to walk for the first time in years only days after revolutionary stem cell therapy using newborn babies' umbilical cords.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Flatworms Demonstrate How Cells Communicate And Grow New Tissues
Source: Forsyth Institute
Posted: November 15, 2005
Summary:
Forsyth Institute research with the flatworm, planaria, offers new clues for understanding restoration of body structures. Researchers at The Forsyth Institute have discovered how the worm's cells communicate to correctly repair and regenerate tissue.
Posted: November 15, 2005
Summary:
Forsyth Institute research with the flatworm, planaria, offers new clues for understanding restoration of body structures. Researchers at The Forsyth Institute have discovered how the worm's cells communicate to correctly repair and regenerate tissue.
Cord Blood Cells May Widen Treatment Window For Stroke
Source: University of South Florida Health
Date: November 15, 2005
Summary:
An experimental treatment that spares disability from acute stroke may be delivered much later than the current three-hour treatment standard -- a potential advance needed to benefit more stroke victims. Researchers at the University of South Florida found that human umbilical cord blood cells administered to rats two days following a stroke greatly curbed the brain's inflammatory response, reducing the size of the stroke and resulting in greatly improved recovery.
Date: November 15, 2005
Summary:
An experimental treatment that spares disability from acute stroke may be delivered much later than the current three-hour treatment standard -- a potential advance needed to benefit more stroke victims. Researchers at the University of South Florida found that human umbilical cord blood cells administered to rats two days following a stroke greatly curbed the brain's inflammatory response, reducing the size of the stroke and resulting in greatly improved recovery.
Friday, November 11, 2005
From One Cell, Many Possible Cures: Device Provides A Major Boost To Adult Stem Cell Research
Source: Florida State University
Posted: November 11, 2005
Summary:
A single cell with the potential to repair damaged heart muscle tissue . . . regenerate injured bone . . . create new cartilage or skin . . . even reverse nerve damage. A Florida State University research team in Tallahassee, Fla. has designed a biomedical device that will allow stem cells derived from adult bone marrow to be grown in sufficient quantities to permit far more research -- and allow faster growth of tissues that can be transplanted into patients.
Posted: November 11, 2005
Summary:
A single cell with the potential to repair damaged heart muscle tissue . . . regenerate injured bone . . . create new cartilage or skin . . . even reverse nerve damage. A Florida State University research team in Tallahassee, Fla. has designed a biomedical device that will allow stem cells derived from adult bone marrow to be grown in sufficient quantities to permit far more research -- and allow faster growth of tissues that can be transplanted into patients.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Repairing spinal cord injuries: Geron wants to test stem-cell injections
Source: Knight Ridder Newspapers
Posted: November 7, 2005
Summary:
Knight Ridder Newspaper reports on plans by Geron Corporation to begin a human trial of a stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury:
"Scientists have made stunning progress helping paralyzed rats and mice walk again by injecting them with stem cells. Now researchers at Geron of Menlo Park, Calif., want to take the next step - in people. The procedure - which Geron intends to do next year - would be the first human tests of a treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells, the highly versatile body cells that can be coaxed into becoming almost any tissue in the body."
Posted: November 7, 2005
Summary:
Knight Ridder Newspaper reports on plans by Geron Corporation to begin a human trial of a stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury:
"Scientists have made stunning progress helping paralyzed rats and mice walk again by injecting them with stem cells. Now researchers at Geron of Menlo Park, Calif., want to take the next step - in people. The procedure - which Geron intends to do next year - would be the first human tests of a treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells, the highly versatile body cells that can be coaxed into becoming almost any tissue in the body."
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Scientists tout stem cells' use to battle HIV
Source: Contra Costa Times
Posted: November 3, 2005
Summary:
The Contra Costa Times reports on new research into stem cells' potential to treat HIV and AIDS:
"Nearly 10 years after the development of anti-viral drugs to treat HIV and AIDS, scientists are poised to attack the deadly virus with a new weapon: stem cells. Researchers at UCLA are working on ways to arm blood stem cells in the bone marrow against HIV. Although the strategy does not amount to a cure, it may be more effective than current anti-viral treatments and some day might have the potential to immunize people against the virus."
Posted: November 3, 2005
Summary:
The Contra Costa Times reports on new research into stem cells' potential to treat HIV and AIDS:
"Nearly 10 years after the development of anti-viral drugs to treat HIV and AIDS, scientists are poised to attack the deadly virus with a new weapon: stem cells. Researchers at UCLA are working on ways to arm blood stem cells in the bone marrow against HIV. Although the strategy does not amount to a cure, it may be more effective than current anti-viral treatments and some day might have the potential to immunize people against the virus."
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