November 2004 Archives
Cancer patient in search of a donor
C.C. Jeffreys-Howell, who was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma five years ago, is waiting to find out whether her sister is a donor match. Jeffreys-Howell have a stem cell transplant in February, if her sister is a match.......
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Posted on November 30, 2004 12:08 PM
Embryonic stem cell funding battle brewing in Wisconsin
Wisconsin is the site of the original efforts to harvest embryonic stem cells for medical research.
Now pro-life activists are battling the state's Democratic governor, Jim Doyle, over his plan to spend $375 million to advance the controversial scientific technique......
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Posted on November 30, 2004 11:49 AM
More Evidence that Leukemia Treatments With Stem Cell Transplants Have Higher Survival
Another study published in the New England Journal of Medicine again confirms that stem cells derived from the umbilical cords of newborn babies are a viable and highly effective stem cell source for thousands of leukemia patients who have limited treatment options.....
...Posted on November 30, 2004 10:35 AM
Good News! That Fat may help your Heart!
More news on the front of stem cells being derived from the fatty tissue in ones own body, may actually be used in heart treatment.
Indiana University School of Medicine researcher Dr. Keith March has hopes that this is one area in which science will turn out to be stranger than fiction..... read on
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Posted on November 30, 2004 10:15 AM
Stem Cells' Actual Links to Cancer
According to Johns Hopkins researchers, there is growing evidence that stem cells gone awry in their efforts to repair tissue damage could help explain why long-term irritation, like that from from alcohol or heartburn, can be a participating factor in the developments of certain types of cancers... read on
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Posted on November 30, 2004 10:10 AM
Stem Cell Treatment for Follicular Lymphoma
Yet more hope for some types of cancer given to us from stem cell research. According to a report in the November 1st issue of Blood, Follicular Lymphoma treated with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) and interferon treatments had better results from the stem cell treatment
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Posted on November 30, 2004 12:00 AM
New Research Could Improve Safety of Stem Cell Transplants
Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia and University of Georgia have found that a lipid, ceramide, helps eliminate cells that could later form tumors called teratomas, researchers say in the Nov. 22 issue of The Journal of Cell Biology....
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Posted on November 29, 2004 11:52 PM
Stem Cells Offer Hope for Urinary Incontinence
A new study by Ferdinand Frauscher and colleagues at University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria, found that using a patient’s own stem cells to rebuild feeble bladder-control muscles may provide lasting relief from the embarrassing and inconvenient symptoms of urinary incontinence....
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Posted on November 29, 2004 12:42 PM
Stem cells from a new baby could save its brother's life
Julie Fletcher, a mother who was given permission to have embryo screening treatment in a bid to save her son is carrying the UK's first "designer baby"....
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Posted on November 29, 2004 10:39 AM
Latest Stem Cell Advances
Dr. Anne Marie van Hengel, an obstetrician-gynecologist who practices in Portland, makes statements at Press Herald, from Maine about how controversy obscures stem cell options.
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Posted on November 29, 2004 07:53 AM
Swiss approve stem cell research law
Swiss voters approved measures to allow scientists to take stem cells from unwanted embryos to be used for research into diseases. The referendum puts Switzerland in line with most European countries.
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Posted on November 29, 2004 02:47 AM
Scientists say body fat could supply stem cells
"Pine Barren is a sow from a strain of pigs that adapted to their habitat by packing on fat when food was plentiful. Now they are ideal for research involving adult stem cells derived from fat."
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Posted on November 29, 2004 02:35 AM
Stem Cell Basics
For more information about stem cells, not opinions, DR. Van Stitt JR. is attempting to take this difficult subject and educate his readers about it ...
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Posted on November 28, 2004 05:15 AM
The Act of Harnessing Stem Cells
The ever controversial topic of the moment, MSNBC looks into the current research practices and methods of stem cell research. Additionally explains why researchers are so keen on the potential of stem cells....
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Posted on November 28, 2004 05:07 AM
The use of stem cells from cord blood
A South Korean woman who was said to be paralysed for 20 years is walking again after scientists report that they repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.
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Posted on November 28, 2004 05:02 AM
Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Stem Cells Given Intravenously Reduce Stroke Damage
Stem cells from umbilical cord blood, then given intravenously combined with a drug designed to temporarily breach the brain's blood barrier, has been shown to dramatically reduce a stroke's size and damage, Medical College of Georgia and University of South Florida researchers have found ....
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Posted on November 27, 2004 09:07 AM
200,000 Chinese ready to save desperate patients
Around 200,000 Chinese are ready to give a bit of themselves literally by donating their stem cells to save desperate patients suffering from leukemia....
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Posted on November 27, 2004 04:17 AM
Stem Cell Leukemia Treatment
Thousands of adults with leukemia who can't find bone marrow donors could benefit from transplants of stem cells from umbilical cord blood. More and more research keeps looking deeper into medical solutions for cord blood stem cells......
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Posted on November 27, 2004 04:09 AM
Cord blood treatment gains clout
William Dotson, a 20-year-old Uniontown resident decided that no amount of worrying would change things. He also decided that he would do whatever he could to fight off leukemia again.
He chose the to look into the some of the research regarding cord-blood stem cells....
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Posted on November 25, 2004 08:52 AM
Stem Cells may actually fuel brain cancer
A study by both Canadian and American researchers suggest that long living normal stem cells within the brain may mutate to cancer inducing cells.
The study seems to lead researchers to the premise that if isolation of these mutated cells is possible, additional therapies for specific types of brain cancer may be developed. Stem cells have already been ...
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Posted on November 24, 2004 04:42 PM
Harvard Research finds Stem Cells fight Eye Problems
A Harvard based research team just released a study demonstrating that transplanted stem cells may help in fighting eye-related problems, which include macular degeneration and other retinal diseases.
Schepens Eye Research Institute researchers (an affiliate of Harvard Medical School) found that transplanted stem cells into the eyes of mice that suffered visual imparement preserved and even improved their vision.
Link up:
The Harvard Crimson Online - Stem Cells May Solve Eye Problems
Tulsa World - Stem cells can preserve vision
...Posted on November 24, 2004 09:45 AM
Embryonic Stem Cells targetting Spinal Cord Repair
UC Irvine Reeve-Irvine researchers have used human embryonic stem cells to grow cells called oligodendrocytes, the building blocks of the myelin tissue that wraps around and insulates nerve fibers.
Researchers developed a technique of forcing cells to develop into early-stage oligodendrocyte cells. After transplantatthese cells into mice, the cells formed into full-grown oligodendrocyte cells and migrated to appropriate neuronal sites within the mouse's spinal cord.
Link Up:
Medical News Today - Human embryonic stem cells used to aid spinal cord repair
...Posted on November 24, 2004 09:31 AM
Stem Cell Research focusing on Deafness
It appears that Dr Marcelo Rivolta from Sheffield University's Molecular Physiology are working with embryonic stem cells to grow new sensory cells within in the inner ear which may lead to cures to certain forms of deafness.
All research thusfar has been limited to in-vitro within the labs. The start of animal testing should be within the next 2 years.
Linkup:
Scotsman - Stem Cell Research 'May Bring Deafness Cure'
BBC News - Stem cells could improve hearing
...Posted on November 24, 2004 09:15 AM
Switzerland further evaluates Stem Cell Research
Switzerland, after having passed a law last year regarding fertilised eggs left over from artificial insemination to be used for research purposes under a series of conditions is back a looking at new laws again.
However, there seem to be quite a few rules, as there are throughout the EU and the rest of Europe.
Switzerland seems to be caught up in the same ethical dilema's that plague the US regarding unlimited research. So essentially in Switzerland the debate rages on with only a slight majority of Swiss voters supporting the research (based on poll data).
Lets Link up:
Swissinfo - Vote on stem-cell research creates confusion
Swissinfo - Stem-cell vote hangs in the balance
...Posted on November 24, 2004 09:04 AM
Wisconsin gets in on the Stem Cell Funding trend
Wisconsin Govenor Jim Doyle also announced last week a plan to look at spending approximately $750 million on biotechnology and stem cell research over the next few years that would support the research institute on the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
However, many of the sources note, that any research specifically on embryonic stem cell research may prevent approval.
Lets get the links up:
Milwalkee Journal Sentinel - Stem-cell proposal makes some bristle
Minnesota Daily - Wis. stem cell plan might not be a threat to U
...Posted on November 24, 2004 08:46 AM
Tax Revenues from Cosmetic Surgery for Stem Cell Research
Taking the lead somewhat from California, Illinois is evaluating setting aside tax revenue for Stem Cell Research. This tax revenue would be derived from state taxes on that is currently levied on face-lifts, Botox fun, and ever the favortie liposuction as well as other procedures.
The overall benefit, if it passes a vote, would mean an additional $15 Million in grants for Illinois universities and medical researchers focusing on Stem Cell Research.
Read on over at the Chicago Sun Times for the full breakdown Chicago Sun Times - Tax could fund stem-cell research and at KWQC TV in Chicago
...Posted on November 20, 2004 03:16 PM
PharmaFrontiers Completes Acquisition of Multiple Sclerosis Cell Therapy Developer Opexa Pharmaceuticals, inc.
Cell therapy developer PharmaFrontiers Corporation (OTCBB:PFTR.OB) has closed its previously announced acquisition of Opexa Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Houston-based developer of cell-based therapeutics for autoimmune diseases, initially targeting multiple sclerosis (MS).
In the all-stock transaction, Opexa shareholders received 2.5 million shares, or approximately 25 percent of PharmaFrontiers' 9,866,838 outstanding shares. PharmaFrontiers was advised in the transaction by Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc.
Opexa's Tovaxin T-cell therapy is in FDA Phase I/II human dose ranging clinical trials to evaluate its safety and effectiveness in treating MS. Its novel approach to MS therapy is expected to receive "fast track" status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ...
...Posted on November 8, 2004 02:39 PM | Comments (0)