March 2006 Archives
Using Stem Cells as Drug Delivery To Bypass Blood Brain Barrier
The blood brain barrier is a well known problem to neurologists trying to introduce certain compounds to the brains of patients suffering from things like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. However, a new method using stem cells may be a solution.
One stem cell researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is working on engineering and then implanting progenitor brain cells which have been derived from stem cells to deliver growth factors that show proven clinical benefits for Parkinson's disease.
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Posted on March 31, 2006 01:43 PM | Comments (0)
Egg Like Cells Produced From Pig Fetal Stem Cells
Canadian stem cell researchers at the University of Guelph are reporting that they have discoverd stem cells within the skins of pig fetuses are able to produce egg-like cells.
Embryologists have been investigating for years to determine where germ cells are formed. These stem cells show that within the early stage embryo, different cell lines are formed which include the germ cells.
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Posted on March 29, 2006 03:56 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Researchers Again Improving Spinal Cord Injured Rats
Stem cell researchers are once again looking into the brains of mice and how some stem cell therapies can help restore walking ability in laboratory rats with spinal-cord damage. Canadian stem cell researchers are now digging into spinal stem cell therapy for treating spinal damage.
This new study has stem cell researchers looking at neural precursor cells, where is a type of stem cell that has begun differentiating into a central nervous system cells. Specifically, these cells are derived from mouse brains.
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Posted on March 29, 2006 11:10 AM | Comments (0)
PharmaFrontiers Announces New Stem Cell Technologies For Diabetes and Multiple Scelorosis Therapies
PharmaFrontiers Corp. (OTCBB:PFTR), has announced they will present new information regarding their adult human T-cell vaccination and stem cell regenerative medicine technologies. The presentaitons will be held at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) in Berlin at the proArte Hotel on May 5, 2006.
One of the key presentations will focus on the latest data regarding Pharmafrontier's proprietary T-cell vaccination technology treating multiple sclerosis. The presentation will demonstrate the use of attenuated autologous autoreactive T-cells for vaccinations in T-cell mediated autoimmunity.
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Stem Cell Research Hits No Ethical Nerves When Treating Horses
A stem cell research firm in Singapore has been working on giving Asian racehorse owners a new way of treating tendon and ligament injuries. This news follows other news regarding stem cell research for horses that allows treatment and therapies to be developed without ethical concerns.
EZ Stemcell's therapy starts out with harvesting bone marrow from the horse's own sternum. EZ Stemcell then isolates multi-potential stem cells, which are then reinjected into the horse's injured tendon.
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Posted on March 28, 2006 05:36 PM | Comments (0)
Optimal Growth Media for Human Embryonic Stem Cells Found
Stem cell researchers at Yale determined the minimal nutritional requirements for growing and maintaining human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). The growth media is any form of clinical application and for developmental studies.
hESCs divide continuously through many generations and can differentiate into many different types of cell. In order to sustain the hESCs' growth, the mix of nutrients or media they are grown in must be sterile and clear of any toxins or materials that might cause an immune response.
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Posted on March 28, 2006 11:58 AM | Comments (0)
Bones See Positive Repairs From Somatic Stem Cell Therapies
The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, somatic adult stem cells were showing that they can fully repair recalcitrant tibial nonunion in 6 months or less in an ongoing phase 2 study.
Early results were presented of the "United States phase 2 fracture trial" by lead investigator Matthew L. Jimenez, MD, from the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute and Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Jimenez described robust repair of atrophic nonunions in all patients that participated in the study.
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Posted on March 27, 2006 02:11 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Diabetes Therapy Has Mixed Results
Researchers at the University of Chicago are working to confirm results of a previous study that has brought some hope to researchers and diabetic patients worldwide. However, in the case of the U. of Chicago tests, the results were seen as mixed.
The researchers were could in fact reverse type-1 diabetes in one-third of mice used in the study. However, they were unable to find insulin-producing beta cells derived from donated spleen cells.
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Posted on March 27, 2006 12:33 PM | Comments (0)
Should Be No Suprise .. Testicles As a Source of Stem Cells
I guess its not suprising news when one things about it really. German stem cell researchers are now reporting they have isolated a unique type of cell within adult mouse testicles. These new cells have many of the same properties of embryonic stem cells.
I just can't help myself .. but did I hear the sperm banks around the world start devising new marketing strategies focusing on stem cells?
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Posted on March 24, 2006 06:23 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cells Differentiation Process Involved with Leukemia
Researchers have recently discovered what manages the balance between blood stem cells and mature blood cells within the body. This bodily process is often what is seen in leukemia patients.
News coming from an article published in the journal Cancer Cell, will hopefully lead researchers to a better understanding of the behavior of leukemic cells. Additionally, this may provide applications for patients recovering from radiation therapy, bone marrow transplants, and chemotherapy.
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Posted on March 23, 2006 01:53 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Researchers Investigate Replacing Bone Graft Procedures
A lecture at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' (AAOS) Meeting, a panel of orthopaedic surgeons from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) discussed a new technique to replace bone grafts.
The hope is that adult stem cell therapy for broken bones can minimize the need for the traditional "autograft" procedures in the cases of severe bone injury where patients are not healing normally.
Many patients with these kinds of severe injuries usually undergo multiple reconstructive operations that often require a bone graft, or autograft. An effective stem cell therapy offers a significantly less painful solution to treat simple and complex fractures, particularly those that require additional time to fully heal.
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Posted on March 23, 2006 12:00 PM | Comments (0)
Aldagen Demonstrates Ability To Isolate Stem Cells from Cord Blood in Human Clinical Study
Aldagen, Inc. has announced that clinicians at Duke University Medical School have used its new product ALDESORT to isolate stem cells from cord blood and furthermore safely inject these adult stem cells into patients.
The study is led by Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, who is the director of the Duke Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program and the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke University Medical Center.
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Aastrom Biosciences Partners With Orthovita For Orthopedic Therapies
Some hope for my bad knee cartilage afterall ... Aastrom Biosciences, a fairly well known stem cell research company from Michigan is announcing a partnership in preparation to move their adult stem cell technologies onto the marketplace.
Aastrom has announced an agreement with Pennsylvania based Orthovita Inc., which is a biomaterials company with the goal to jointly develop orthopedics products.
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Posted on March 22, 2006 12:06 AM | Comments (0)
Samaritan Pharmaceuticals Announces Alzheimer Stem Cell Treatment
A new Alzheimer adult stem cell drug called SP-sc04 has being announced by stem cell research firm, Samaritan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (AMEX:LIV).
The goal of this new drug is to trigger normally dormant brain neuronal stem cells to differentiate into adult neuron cells.
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Posted on March 21, 2006 11:42 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Researcher Hwang Woo-suk Officially Dismissed From University
Likely, this comes as no shock ..stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk, Korea's regenerative studies guru that was felled over fraud charges, has been offically let go from Seoul National University. The university let him go for leading a research team that deliberately fabricated stem cell research project reports and in two papers.
The move to dismiss Hwang Woo-suk makes a clear message by the university since the stem cell scientist resigned in December.
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Posted on March 20, 2006 06:39 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Research Quickie - New Adult Stem Cell Found
A fast note, though not much depth...
Moraga Biotechnology Corporation, Los Angeles, California adult stem cell research company, has announced that they have discovered a primitive stem cell that is very similar to embryonic stem cells.
Researchers at Moraga have discovered that these adult stem cells can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue or organs. Notable in this is that these stem cells can actually differentiate into spermatogonia.
These stem cells are widespread throughout the body and appear to be retained in adult tissues as "Blastomere-Like Stem Cells (BLSCs)."
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Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells Investigated For Stroke Therapy
Stem cell researchers in Japan investigating bone marrow stromal cells may have discoverd how to restore lost neurologic function when transplanted into animals exhibiting central nervous system disorders.
"Our study showed that cell transplantation therapy may improve brain receptor function in patients who suffered from cerebral stroke, improving their neurological symptoms," said Satoshi Kuroda, M.D., Ph.D., who is with the department of neurosurgery at Hokkaido University School of Medicine in Sapporo, Japan. "How the transplanted bone marrow stromal cells restore the lost neurologic function is not clear," added the co-author of "Improved Expression of a-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor in Mice With Cerebral Infarct and Transplanted Bone Marrow Stromal Cells: An Autoradiographic and Histologic Analysis."
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Posted on March 17, 2006 01:28 PM | Comments (0)
Multiple Sclerosis Sufferer Sees Results From Stem Cell Therapy
A new stem cell procedure designed to treat Multiple Sclerosis has been tested in Canada with some significant results for at least one person so far.
Doctors harvested stem cells from Jennifer Molson of Ottawa. Following that, Molson was given high doses of chemotherapy was then used to to wipe out her immune system. After a period of recovery, the doctors then reinjected Molson's her own stem cells back into her.
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Posted on March 17, 2006 01:13 PM | Comments (0)
Stroke Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise
Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. (SSS.V) os reporting results from its Phase I pharmacokinetic clinical trial for therapeutic treatment targeting strokes. The drug regimen, NTx-265, consists of two drugs that trigger neural stem cell proliferation.
The study evaluated evidence that these two neural stem cell proliferation inducing drugs did in fact reach the cerebrospinal fluid when administered to human subjects with an intact blood-brain barrier.
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Posted on March 17, 2006 12:54 PM | Comments (0)
Regererative Medicine Gains Traction
As most of us that read here know, stem cell research is becoming directly involved in the field of regenerative medicine. Certainly we are looking to cure diseases in this field. However, there are many researchers out evaluating things like stem cell research that will improve our overall quality of living too.
Sure, stem cells are tied up in the courts, senates, state houses and capital buildings across the US and the world. However, those of you that are new to this field, you must also understand that some of the goals in this type of research include things like skin repair,cartilage replacement,hair growth and bone repair.
In many cases, these are not life threatening problems .. but does walking without pain benefit those suffering from cartilage damage? Certainly yes. Could we live longer and healthier lives if our hearts could be regenerated even marginally? Again, definitely.
Some experts have stated that we may easily be able to live regularly beyond the current upper limit of 120 years, this past Wednesday. However, this goes past the problem of living longer .. what does it means WHEN we live longer.
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Posted on March 16, 2006 04:44 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cells Found In The Lung
Researchers at MIT's Center for Cancer Research have discovered stem cells in the lung.
This is thusfar, the first time anyone has found stem cells in the lung that we know of. The MIT team claims that these cells could be the stem cells that cause lung cancer.
"We think those cells are the ones that first proliferate after a [cancer] gene gets activated," says Carla Bender Kim, a postdoctoral fellow at the center and lead author of the study, which was published in the journal Cell.
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Posted on March 14, 2006 03:27 PM | Comments (0)
ViaCell Reports Success With Heart Treatment Stem Cell Therapy
Well known stem cell research firm ViaCell is reporting that Unrestricted Somatic Stem Cells (USSCs), which are pluripotent stem cells and can be collected human cord blood, have been tested in a small animal model of myocardial infarction .. ie heart attack or cardiac arrest.
The study of USSCs resulted in functional recovery in an animal model of acute myocardial infarction four weeks following transplantation.
The research findings were presented by Dr. Hiroto Iwasaki of Kobe Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation/RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Isehara, Japan at the American College of Cardiology 55th Annual Scientific Session being held in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Posted on March 14, 2006 02:58 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cells from Menstral Blood? .. Yep ..
Stem cell researchers in Japan have found that stem cells can actually be harvested from human menstrual blood.
Sure enough, the stem cells are sound very much like hematopoietic stem cells in that they can differentiate into specialised heart cells. Naturally, the goal is to investigate if these cells may be able to be used to treat heart damage.
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Posted on March 14, 2006 02:47 PM | Comments (0)
Cord Blood Stem Cell Extraction and Isolation Video
Cryo-Cell International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CCEL), will be broadcasting online a video showing the collection of placental tissue for isolation of Plureon placental stem cells.
Plureon stem cells are a type of stem cell that are showing potential for regenerative medicine.
The collection procedure video will be shown in conjunction with a cesarean section delivery, and will be broadcast from Northwest Medical Center in Margate, Florida, on April 26, 2006 at 6 PM (EDT).
The collection of umbilical cord blood will also be demonstrated during the live Webcast.
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Posted on March 13, 2006 04:01 PM | Comments (0)
Clinical Stem Cell Trial in Oregon To Treat Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disorder
Another clinical trial is being held which further helps bring stem cell research out of the lab and to patients. This time the stem cell trial is in Oregon and will be investigating the safety of injecting human stem cells directly into patient's brains with the hope to treat pediatric neurodegenerative disorder.
Theis latest trial being held at Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health & Science University is to study HuCNS-SC.
HuCNS-SC is a new central nervous stem cell product developed by StemCells, Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif. The goal is to see if this new product can slow the progression of two forms of Batten disease.
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Posted on March 13, 2006 02:20 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Research Comes to Scripps Research Institute
Scripps Research Institute is to start a new study that focuses on embryonic stem cells as a participant in a consortium of three stem cell California bioscience institutes and a university. The goal of the joint venture is to build their California's first center to specifically target stem cell research and cancer.
Scripps, joins with the Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the Salk Institute. Their goal is apply for state funds that would then allow the new center to be developed on the University of California San Diego campus.
This is part of the funds that are being made available through California's Proposition 71
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Posted on March 12, 2006 03:00 PM | Comments (0)
Fast Growing Stem Cells Found In Wisdom Teeth
It was quite a long time ago since we looked at stem cells and teeth. The focus here is a little different as these stem cells derived from cells within teeth are being used to differentiate into either bone or liver tissue.
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology's Research Institute (AIST) for Cell Engineering is working with a team of researchers from Osaka University in Japan and have succeeded in repairing damaged liver and bones in rats by injecting stem cells derived from wisdom tooth germ.
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Posted on March 10, 2006 11:48 PM | Comments (0)
Ups and Downs Regarding Other Cellular Transplant Therapies
This is certainly off topic for us here, but since we have seen some news leaking out regarding this, I thought it may be of interest to those of us that watch cellular biology and related fields.
It appears that some diabetics are visting a clinic in Mexico injections of pig cells, with the hope that this xenotransplant may cure them of diabetes.
Naturally, there is quite a list of experts that are worried about the risks involved to the patients that are being dubbed as xenotourists, and to their own community around them.
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Posted on March 10, 2006 06:41 PM | Comments (0)
MultiCell Technologies Announced 10-KSB Filing and Science Advancements
MultiCell Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:MCET), therapeutics developer for the treating of degenerative neurological diseases, metabolic and endocrinological disorders, and infectious diseases, hosted a conference call with a simultaneous webcast on Wednesday, March 8, discussing its 10-KSB filing and strategic initiatives to develop a broad portfolio of novel medical therapies and stem cell technologies.
Now that said, as we have been leaning more and more to the guts of developments .. lets get to the science of this press release ..
-- MultiCell is utilizing its proprietary technology platforms to discover and develop therapeutics targeting degenerative neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis, metabolic and endocrinological disorders, including Type-1 diabetes, infectious diseases, including hepatitis, sepsis and influenza, and degenerative ocular diseases, including macular degeneration.
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Posted on March 10, 2006 06:30 PM | Comments (0)
Snuppy Was In Fact a Clone
Despite being discredited, the fallen king of Korean stem cell research, Hwang Woo-suk, seemingly did in fact create the Afghan hound named Snuppy and is in fact, the world’s first cloned dog.
Experts at Seoul National University as well as researchers in the US carried out similar DNA experiments using blood samples from Snuppy, the cell donor dog and Snuppy's surrogate mother.
The results did in fact demostrate that he was cloned by researchers led by Hwang Woo-suk.
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Posted on March 10, 2006 06:07 PM | Comments (0)
Spinal Regeneration Stem Cell Therapy Studied at Univ. of Louisville
News regarding spinal and nervous system stem cell research has been thin lately. However, hopefully we will get more along these lines that will allow us to see what progress is being made.
The last news we posted related to this was regarding Hans Keirstead of University of California-Irvine making paralyzed rats walk again.
This time through, this is news coming out of the University of Louisville, Kentucky that may also lead to future treatments for spinal cord injuries .. as well as multiple sclerosis (MS), and Parkinson's disease.
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Posted on March 10, 2006 01:38 AM | Comments (0)
Virtual Stem Cell Animation and Virtual Lab .. Educational Material
A quick note for those involved in education .. and as simply stated as possible... this is cool. A pretty snazzy stem cell animation. Children's Hospital of Boston has created a Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory, where you can go in, and virtually stimulate stem cell growth and differentiation and then determine the results.
This isn't incredibly sophisticated as a whole, but it does visually present the way stem cell research is being done. So any stem cell proponents that need a good teaching tool for biology classes that are studying stem cell research .. this would be the solution.
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Posted on March 9, 2006 02:15 AM | Comments (0)
Study Researching Stem Cell Treatment for Chrohn's Disease
A new clinical study at Northwestern University of Chicago, Illinois suggest that stem cell transplant seemingly may stop the progression of Crohn’s disease.
The researchers, from Northwest University's (NU) Feinberg School of Medicine are performing the technique to combat other autoimmune disorders for which there are no effective therapies.
The study's findings were presented at the annual Blood and Marrow Tandem Meetings (BMT).
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Posted on March 8, 2006 05:02 PM | Comments (0)
First US Embyo Bank in San Diego
The nation's first public embryo bank has started at a secret location in San Diego, California and are collecting leftover embryos from in vitro fertilization clinics. The clinic plans to send these frozen embryos to stem cell researchers all over the world.
Donors that have contributed embryos to the bank are primarily parents who no longer need additional embryos that they created for in vitro fertilization procedures.
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Posted on March 7, 2006 07:11 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Activist and Wife of Christopher Reeve, Dana Reeve Passed Today
Sadly, though we generally stay focused on directly research related articles. It should be known to most of our readers that Dana Reeve passed away from lung cancer. From us here at stemnews.com, our deepest condolences go out to the Reeve family, as well as those that worked with her and her husband in support of stem cell research.
Like her husband, and those around them both .. we know they will be missed.
Read more at NewsVine - Christopher Reeve's Widow Dies at Age 44
Posted on March 7, 2006 05:03 PM | Comments (0)
Even More News On Stem Cell Heart Therapy
Likely this is going to be a significantly growing trend in heart related stem cell research.
Baxter Healthcare Corporation has announced that it is planning on doing the first human Phase II adult stem cell therapy trial in the U.S.
The goal of this trial is to investigate the safety and productivity of blood-derived selected CD34+ stem cells to improve symptoms in patients with chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI).
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Posted on March 7, 2006 04:50 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Heart Therapy Has Mixed Results - Followup
Following up on our article discussing one study's failure to show positive results from one type of stem cell heart therapy, MSN is doing a big breakdown showing both the pros and cons of stem cell research focusing on heart studies. Some of the research instances they discuss do show benefits stem cell heart procedures and goes further to comment on the study done at Technische Universitat in Munich, Germany.
Essentially at this point, the overall research being done regarding heart patients and stem cell related treatments in certainly inconclusive. However, with all the mixed results .. being inconclusive is also certainly not definitive. There is a lot of research work to be done.
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Posted on March 7, 2006 02:10 AM | Comments (0)
Controlling Embryonic Stem Cells With Liquid Crystals
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers at the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) are showing that by mechanically straining embryonic cells as they grow with liquid crystals, it is possible to almost eliminate the uncontrolled differentiation of stem cells.
Keep in mind, that differentiation is the key to stem cell research. With targetted differentiation, we can selectively choose what kind of tissues the stem cells produce.
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Posted on March 7, 2006 01:58 AM | Comments (0)
Maryland House Approves Stem Cell Research Bill
The Maryland House of Delegates has passed a bill that guarantees the use of state funds for embryonic stem cell research. Needless to say, the debate was heated and followed along party lines.
This bill sets aside roughly $25 million per year that is to be used for stem cell research conducted in Maryland, permitting both embryonic stem cell and adult stem cell work.
The legislation passed with an 85-54 roll-call vote. The bill now goes to the Maryland Senate, where those representatives that are against stem cell research are promising a filibuster to try to keep it from coming to a vote.
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Posted on March 4, 2006 05:09 PM | Comments (0)
Stem Cell Therapy for Horses Gets More Press
Stem cell use within animals is effectively without congressional controversy. Sure, there are certainly oppose animal reseach .. but in the field of stem cell research .. we generally look past that firestorm.
It appears however, that race horses are seeing some of the benefits that can be derived from stem cell research. Tendon related injuries within racehorses recover faster with stem cell therapies than with the conventional treatment of rest and graduated training.
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Posted on March 4, 2006 04:58 PM | Comments (0)
Cytori Therapeutics Posts Study on Adipose Stem Cells to Treat Cardiovascular Disease
Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. has published of a summary of new research, by Cytori scientists on the potential of adipose stem cells in cardiac cell therapy.
This latest article, titled "Plasticity of human adipose stem cells toward endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes," will be appearing in the Cardiovascular Medicine Supplement of Nature Clinical Practice, is available online this week.
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Stem Cell Research at Cedars-Sinai Showing Protection Against Brain Tumors
This is a quicky .. and will look for more info on this .. but news is 'sneaking' out that researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute have discovered a new cytokine thats linked to neural stem cells derived from bone marrow.
Using this, the researchers are working to perfect a tool to track and kill malignant brain tumor cells and further, provide long-term protection to prevent the tumor from returning.
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Posted on March 2, 2006 01:10 AM | Comments (0)
Study Showing Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy Fails To Repair Heart Damage
Contradicting several of the articles we have dug up here ... researchers in Germany in a new study seem to indicate no measurable benefit to stem cell derived from bone marrow injections don't appear to provide significant benefit. Now I am not sure how to take this .. as this is one of the few studies out there that show this.
However, this new study from Technische Universitat in Munich which focused on the experimental therapy of using the body's bone marrow stem cells to repair damage done to cardiac tissue and blood vessels did not appear to work.
This latest study focused specifically on a protein called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. This protein triggers the body's bone marrow stem cells.
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Posted on March 2, 2006 01:00 AM | Comments (0)