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NEWCASTLE, England, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Cultured stem cells from eyes helped improve the sight of eight patients with Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency, a painful, blinding disease, British doctors said.
Houston researchers are examining the vulnerability of stem cells in the tumor that experts believe eventually manufacture more cancer cells.
Technique might work with many other viruses, researchers say.
A modified blood adult stem-cell transplant regimen has effectively reversed sickle cell disease in 9 of 10 adults who had been severely affected by the disease, according to results of a National Institutes of Health study in the Dec. 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
An Internet campaign is on to send 1 million cards to a boy battling terminal brain cancer.
Cell-to-cell communicationThe Notch pathway is involved in cell-to-cell communication and is responsible for determining the fate of a cell when it divides. Mutations in the pathway can result in cancer."These breast cancer stem cells are dependent upon the Notch pathway for survival," said Chang. Shutting it off depletes the supplies of stem cells.In the study, the researchers used a drug that ...
Local teenager Travis Sims got good news in his battle with leukemia last month, when he received word that doctors had found umbilical cord matches that will allow him to have a stem cell transplant.
When Ken Aldrich describes the cornea forming in a petri dish at his company's lab, it sounds crazy. But these little ball of cells might actually spare animals from lab testing and be used for transplants in humans. Aldrich is ...
Title: Spice Compounds May Stem Tumor Growth Category: Health News Created: 12/11/2009 8:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/11/2009
More than a year ago, connections for three-time Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (G1) winner Lava Man were ready to ship the retired gelding to Old Friends, a Thoroughbred retirement facility in Kentucky.
Two black LGBT organizations have joined the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in condemning the Grammy nomination of homophobic singer Buju Banton.
If ABC/Disney was upset about Adam Lambert’s AMAs performance, the PR department is probably going to spend all day trying to spin the fact that David Henrie, the 20-year-old star of Wizards of Waverly Place, has popped up on GuysWithiPhones.com
The gay Colorado congressman asserts a transgender-inclusive bill is on track for a vote and predicts the Senate version may ultimately be attached to other legislation.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Harvard University will "pause" construction of its $1 billion Allston Science Complex in Boston next spring upon completion of the current phase, President Drew Gilpin Faust announced in a letter this week to the university and Allston communities.
A new technology may make it easier for gun owners to improve their marksmanship.
Researchers have investigated the potential of RXR ligands for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. In a new study, the scientists describe the use of two cellular models of Parkinsonian damage to explore the neuroprotective function of the two RXR ligands LG268 and XCT.
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