Stem Cell Research Archives
Completion of Proof-of-Principle Studies Demonstrating Efficacy of Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine in Preclinical Model
ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (OTC: IMUC.OB ) (IMUC) a biotechnology company, has announced that recently completed proof-of-principle studies demonstrate efficacy of its cancer stem cell vaccine technology in treating glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, in preclinical animal models.
The company is planning to submit an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the FDA later this year to commence a Phase I clinical trial for its cancer stem cell vaccine product, ICT-111, to treat glioblastoma.
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Bone Cells that Influence Blood Stem Cell Replication and Migration
Osteoblasts, cells responsible for bone formation, have been found by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center to be directly involved in the proliferation and expansion of blood-forming hematopoietic stem cells.
The finding improves understanding of how such stem cells work and could have implications for the future of bone marrow and peripheral blood progenitor cell transplants, which are used in the treatment of a variety of illnesses – including leukemia, lymphoma and immunodeficiency.
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Posted on May 22, 2008 02:50 PM | Comments (0)
Boston University Successfully Treats Amyloidosis Patients Using A Stem Cell Procedure
Researchers at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC), Stem Cell Transplant Program and the Amyloid Treatment and Research Program, have found that tandem cycles of high-dose chemotherapy and blood stem cell transplantation can help treat patients with immunoglobulin-light chain (AL) Amyloidosis who did not respond to initial treatment with this method.
These findings were published on-line in the June 25th issue of Bone Marrow Transplantation.
...Posted on July 6, 2007 02:31 PM | Comments (0)
Adult Stem Cells Decide the Fate of Their Daughters
According to new studies by researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)the intestinal stem cells make important decisions about their fate by communicating directly with their daughter cells, instructing them to become one of two possible cell types.
The studies bring researchers a bit closer to understanding how adult stem cells decide to make the cell type that best meets the current needs of the organism.
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Posted on February 16, 2007 02:38 PM | Comments (0)
At UKY Researchers Map Gene that Regulates Adult Stem Cell Growth
The researchers at the University of Kentucky have genetically mapped a stem cell gene and its protein product, Latexin.
Gary Van Zant, Ph.D., and a research team published their findings in Nature Genetics, an international scientific journal.
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Posted on January 16, 2007 03:07 AM | Comments (0)
Amniotic Fluid of Pregnant Women as an Alternative Stem Cell Source
The cells found in amniotic fluid of pregnant women has many of the same traits as embryonic stem cells; they are able to grow into brain, muscle and other tissues that could be used to treat diseases, researchers said, and are easily retrieved during routine prenatal testing.
They are easier to maintain in laboratory dishes than embryonic stem cells, which come from destroyed human embryos.
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Posted on January 8, 2007 06:15 AM | Comments (0)
Permission To Create Chimeras For Stem Cell Research
At Newcastle University, UK, and Kings College, London, UK, the scientists have found a route for creating stem cell lines. They want to get animals' eggs and place human nuclei inside them, as this research would help for a better understanding of how to cure diseases such as Parkinson’s Diseasea and strokes.
This route would free scientists from using donated human eggs.
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Posted on November 10, 2006 09:05 AM | Comments (0)
Gene Keeps Stem Cells Available To Differentiate
U.S. scientists at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, say they've found a gene, called Six2, that plays a critical role in the development of human kidneys, by keeping a population of stem cells constantly available to produce the differentiated cells that give rise to specialized parts of the organ.
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Posted on October 19, 2006 10:01 PM | Comments (0)
Faster and More Efficient Cell Harvest From Pall Technology
New Study Results Presented at International Cell Therapy Meeting
The Pall Corporation Filter Harvest System was found to have the potential to become a valuable tool to help realize the promise of regenerative medicine. Filter Harvest System is a transformative filtration-based technology for the isolation and enrichment of cells, more efficient and faster than traditional technology used for cell separation.
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Posted on May 16, 2006 01:02 PM | Comments (0)
Expansion Of Hematopoietic Stem Cell with HOXB4
Hematopoietic Stem Cells are very rare, and it is often hard to obtain enough of them for a successful transplant.
Hans-Peter Kiem and colleagues have developed a way to expand HSCs in the laboratory prior to transplantation to surmount this limitation. They report in the international open-access journal PLoS Medicine that the expression of a gene called HOXB4 can instruct stem cells to divide and make more stem cells.
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Posted on May 16, 2006 12:36 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)
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)
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)
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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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)
Additional Stem Cell Articles In This Category
* ViaCell Reports Success With Heart Treatment Stem Cell Therapy* Stem Cells from Menstral Blood? .. Yep ..
* Clinical Stem Cell Trial in Oregon To Treat Pediatric Neurodegene
* Stem Cell Research Comes to Scripps Research Institute
* Virtual Stem Cell Animation and Virtual Lab .. Educational Materi
* First US Embyo Bank in San Diego
* Controlling Embryonic Stem Cells With Liquid Crystals
* Stem Cell Therapy for Horses Gets More Press
* Stem Cell Therapy International, Inc Treats Multiple Sclerosis
* Prions May Be the Stem Cell Secret
* Lupus Stem Cell Treatment Study in Chicago Shows Promise
* Stem Cells Used To Treat Sickle Cell Anaemia
* Iron Particles, MRI Could Replace Biopsies to Track Stem Cell The
* Patient-Specific Stem Cell Lines
* Regenerating Worms Help Elucidate Stem Cell Biology
* Sperm Stem Cells Closer To Being Like Embryonic Stem Cells
* Don Ho goes in for stem cell heart therapy
* Hwang Woo-suk Seeks AIDS Cure from Stem Cells
* U.S. BioDefense Receives First Stem Cell Line and Extends Agreeme
* Aastrom Biosciences' Tissue Repair Cells Used In New Clinical Tri
* Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. and Medicon A/S Announce the Submiss
* Adult Stem Cell Trial Approved by Royal Melbourne Hospital for Or
* Survivors of Stem Cell Transplant Report More Health Problems
* U-M Launches Center For Stem Cell Biology
* Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Receives a Stand-Alone Stem Cell T
* Key To Stem Cell Transplant Success Is Tricking Immune System
* Isolation of Adult Muscle Stem Cells for Skeletal Muscle Repair
* Affymetrix Microarrays Uncover Genetic Mutations in Embryonic Ste
* K-State Establishes New Institute To Study Stem Cells
* Growing Human Lungs From Embryonic Stem Cells
* Researchers Devise New Technique for Creating Human Stem Cells
* More on Skin Cells "Made Into" Embryonic Stem Cells
* Embryonic-Like Stem Cells Derived From Umbilical Cord Blood
* Functional Analysis of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Express
* Korean Researchers Again On Patient Matched Stem Cells
* Mouse Bank Approved For Setup To Produce Embryonic Stem Cells
* MicroRNA's involved in more than just Cancer and Stem Cells ..
* Follow Up on Amniotic Epithelial Cells As Alternative To Embryoni
* University of Pittsburgh Researchers Discover Possible Embryonic
* New Survey of Drug Industry Professionals Finds Strong Support fo
* Research Casts Doubt On Circulating Stem Cells
* Master Regulatory Gene Found That Guides Fate Of Blood-Producing
* Korea Approves Stem Cell Research Project
* NYT Talks About Stem Cell Research Assisting In Fertility
* Researchers Find Circulating Stem Cells Play Role in Lung Repair
* New Finding May Aid Adult Stem Cell Collection
* Scientists Discover Stem Cell Origin Of Neck And Shoulders
* More Evidence Stem Cells Help Heart Patients
* Scientists Discover Stem Cell Origin of Neck and Shoulders
* Australian Discovery of Adult Stem Cells in the Uterus
* Stem Cell Institute Must Abide by 'Good Government' Rules Before
* USC Partnership Studies Stem Cells In Quest To Restore Nervous Sy
* The Debate Over Testing Human Brain Cells in Primates
* Stem Cells Involved In Protecting Brain and Nervous System
* Researchers ID Genes Involved with Blood Stem Cell Development
* A Step Forward in Stem Cell Research
* Korea Again Makes Stem Cell Therapy Breakthrough
* Agilent Technologies Introduces Advanced Zebrafish, Mouse Microar
* Johns Hopkins Scientists Use Gene Therapy To Prevent Heart Arrhyt
* Harvard Researcher Develops New Method Similar to Dedifferentiati
* Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Classified by "MicroRNA" Expression
* Wake Forest Researchers Grow Stem Cells From Skin
* Stem Cell Research Takes New Twist In Blood Development
* Breakthrough isolating embryo-quality stem cells from blood
* And Then, There Were Chicken Stem Cells
* Adult Stem Cell Research Eases Concerns Regarding Embryonic Stem
* Reproductive Research Now Looking At Stem Cell Research
* Stem Cell Training Program To Make Its Stanford Debut
* Victoria Launches New Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line & Drives Int
* Stem Cell Research Debated Further in Brazil
* Osiris Therapeutics Lands Additional $50M for Stem Cell Research
* Stem Cell Research To Help The U.S. Military
* Nanotechnology Visits Stem Cell Research
* Top Physician-Scientist Named Chair of UCSF Department of Obstetr
* UCSF To Train Stem Cell Research Scientists in India
* NIH Promoting Stem Cell Banks For Teeth
* Favrille, Inc. Announces Initiation of Phase II Clinical Trial in
* Hwang Woo-Suk Participate in Cloning Research With Harvard Team
* Scientists Clear Cellular Stability Hurdle in Stem Cell Research
* CRPF Lauds House Vote for Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act
* Initial Discoverer of Stem Cells To Test Drugs With Stem Cell Res
* Czech Republic: Europe's New Biotech Corridor at BIO 2005
* Protein Helps Regulate the Genes of Embryonic Stem Cells
* Team IDs mechanism for multiplying adult stem cells
* More on Cloning and Stem Cell Research News From Korea
* Vitamin A's Paradoxical Role in Influencing Symmetry During Embry
* Mount Sinai School of Medicine establishes stem cell institute
* Laboratory Model of Immune System Overcomes Ethical Constraints o
* Stem Cells To Help Aging Muscles
* Method Of Growing Stem Cells That Do Not Turn Cancerous
* Mechanism Found for Multiplying Adult Stem Cells
* Human Eggs Can Develop From Ovarian Surface Cells
* Researcher Inspired By Bone Marrow Donation
* The Young & the Vigorous: Study Explains Aging Stem Cell Behavior
* Using Stem Cells to Turn Fat Into Muscles
* Sheep and Human Chimera's For Potential Organ Transplant Candidat
* Two New Stem Cell Programs at UW-Madison
* Israel's Consortium Bereshit for Cell Therapy
* Human Neural Stem Cells Persist and Influence Nerve Cells in Rat
* States Compete In Attracting Stem Cell Researchers
* City College of San Francisco Offers Stem Cell Training
* Stem Cells Derived From Fat Used To Treat Horses
* International Stem Cell Meeting Reports Pluripotent Stem Cells Is
* Stem Cell Research Breakthrough in Australia
* Biolaser Used to See The Inner Workings of Stem Cells
* Laser Beams Detecting "Springiness" of Stem Cells
* Melissa Little, Australian kidney researcher, applauded
* New Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Technique Using Natural Repair Pro
* Stem Cell Network Appoints New Leaders
* A New Drug Screening Company, Cellular Dynamics International, Op
* Samaritan Updates Alzheimer's and HIV Drug Development
* Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc. and Roche Announce Co-promotion of MYCA
* Research on Primate Embryonic Stem Cells Is Crucial For Developin
* Research on Primate Embryonic Stem Cells Is Crucial For Developin
* Researchers at USCD Produce Stem Cells Without Contaminated Anima
* University of Connecticut Nears Creation of Embryonic Stem Cells
* Ohio State Researchers Develop Process For Mass Production Of Ste
* Cord Blood Cells Differentiate Into Heart Muscle and Brain Cells
* Scaffolding Allows Stem Cells To Become Functional Fat Cells
* India's AIIMS to Give Proof of Stem Cell Research
* Chicken Embryos Used In Creating Nerve Cells
* UK Stem Cell Foundation Hopes To Find Funding In Scotland
* Stem Cells Taken From the Nose Easily Grown in Lab Environment
* Harbor-UCLA Surgeon and LA BioMed Investigator To Secure Prop. 71
* Harvard Provost Approves Embryonic Stem Cell Procedure
* UCLA Prepares to Launch $20million Stem Cell Research Program
* Stem Cell Research and the Avalanche of State-Funded Initiatives
* United Kingdom Scientists Funding Boost
* Researchers Devise Way to Mass-produce Embryonic Stem Cells
* Experts Available to Discuss Using RNA Interference to Treat ALS
* Ian Wilmut, Creator of "Dolly" Gets Award in Germany
* Stem Cell Based Drug Enters Commercial Testing In Korea
* California Bay Area Submits Bid To Host Stem Cell Institute
* Stem Cell Research Minus The Debate
* Scientists Discover That Three Overlapping Signals In Embryo Help
* MSU Stem Cell Discovery Offers Cancer Treatment Hopes
* Stem Cells Promoting Xenotransplant Research
* Geron Announces Studies That Human Embryonic Stem Cells Can Be Gr
* Advanced Cell Technology Develops Method of Deriving Embryonic St
* More on Rotorua Patient Headed to China for Stem Cell Treatment
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* More on Young Blood Revives Aging Muscles
* Superior Growth and Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells on 3-
* Austrian Researchers Reports on Stem Cells In Urinary Incontinenc
* Stem Cells Can Regenerate Without Becoming Younger
* Clemson Professor Receives Grant For Stem Cell Research From Mic
* Signal-joint TRECs May Predict Stem Cell Transplant Success
* Stem Cell Effort Could Have Headquarters by May 6
* Ireland: Stem Cell Cesearch Enter Opens in Galway
* Scientists Identify Switch That Can Turn Stem Cells On and Off
* Human Kidney Cloned In Rats From Bone Marrow Stem Cells
* California: More on Stem Cell Research and Fertility Clinics
* Wisconsin: Foundation Looking To Tap into California Spending
* Washington: Stem Cells May Me Used to Grow New Teeth
* Illinois: UofI in Chicago Evaluates Stem Cells for Breast Implant
* China: Continuing Embryonic Stem Cell Research
* Decontaminating the Contaminated Stem Cell Lines
* Research Crunch at University of Washington
* Israel: Replacement Organs Could Come from Pig Embryos
* Dental Scientists to Present Stem-Cell Briefing on Capitol Hill
* Sweden: Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Injury
* Canada: Toronto Researchers Have Discovered New of Stem Cell Sour
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* Therapeutic Potential of Dendritic Cells in Transplantation
* Brazil Launches Stem Cell Study
* University of Nebraska to do Embryonic Stem Cell Research
* Team Receives $1.25 Million Grant for Stem Cell Research
* Adult Stem Cells That Can Possibly Repair All Tissues
* China Allows First Stem Cell Injection into Clinical Test
* FDA puts Osiris' Stem Cell Treatment on Fast Track
* UAMS Sees Blood Stem-Cell Work Rise
* China Set to Become Stem Cell Research Leader
* Biologists Find Stem Cell Regulator
* Embyonic Cell Lines in U.S. Too Contaminated to Use?
* Embryonic Stem Cell - Pluripotency
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* Russian Scientists Conduct Successful Stem Cells Experiment to Cu
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* Extremely Controversial Discussion of Stem Cell Research at Slate
* Found a Neural Crest Stem Cell Migration Animation
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* Scientists Apply for More Stem Cell Therapy Funding
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* The Biology 101 Stage of Learning the Potentials for Stem Cells
* Cloned Embryos Fail to Survive
* Possibility of Treating Incurable Conditions
* A Set of Guidelines Involving Ethics for Research of Stem Cells
* Singapore Seeks Diabetes Cure with Stem Cells Derived from Fat
* Waist Product = Medical Value?
* Latest Finding Could Improve Safety of Stem Cell Transplants
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* Pitt clones monkey embryos for stem cells
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* The Debate - Stem Cells: Science, Policy, and Ethics
* Harvesting stem cells from fat tissue
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