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Stem cell researchers at UCLA have proven definitively that blood stem cells are made during mid-gestational embryonic development by endothelial cells, the cells that line the inside of blood vessels.
( Tufts University ) Natural changes in voltage that occur across the membrane of adult human stem cells act as a signal to delay or accelerate the decision of a stem cell to differentiate into a specific cell type. This discovery gives scientists in regenerative medicine a new set of "control knobs" to use in ongoing efforts to shape the behavior of adult stem cells.
( Cell Press ) Today, the International Society for Stem Cell Research, the world's leading professional organization of stem cell researchers, released new guidelines for the responsible development of safe and effective stem cell therapies for patients. A commentary article that summarizes the Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells will be published by Cell Press in the December ...
When historians chronicle the stem cell research wars, Shinya Yamanaka will likely go down as a peacemaker. The Japanese scientist has helped send the field on a surprising end run around the moral debate surrounding embryonic stem cells, the creation of which requires the destruction of embryos. Last year Yamanaka led one of two teams that showed that normal human skin cells can be genetically ...
President-Elect Barack Obama has announced that soon after his inauguration, he will lift the ban on federally funding research using additional lines of human embryonic stem cells. This action is the first of many steps necessary for the development of new stem cell therapies.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Expensive, sham stem cell therapies are being hawked directly to desperate patients over the Internet, experts say.
Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Renegade stem-cell scientists are victimizing desperate patients by promoting treatments without properly citing risks and inflating results, spurring the need for global guidelines, researchers said today.
( Cell Press ) Two new research studies use motor neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells to demonstrate that multiple toxic pathways contribute to the devastating degeneration associated with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and that protective therapeutics will need to oppose the disease on multiple fronts. The separate studies, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal ...
Baltimore will host the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit, solidifying its position as one of the nation's foremost crucibles for bioscience research, Gov. Martin O'Malley and other officials announced today.
One of the most promising new ideas about the causes of cancer, known as the cancer stem-cell model, must be reassessed because it is based largely on evidence from a laboratory test that is surprisingly flawed when applied to some cancers, University of Michigan researchers have concluded.
People desperate for a cure should not believe everything they believe on Web sites promoting stem-cell cures, experts say.
Today, the International Society for Stem Cell Research , the world's leading professional organization of stem cell researchers, released new guidelines for the responsible development of safe and effective stem cell therapies for patients.
The Genetics Policy Institute (GPI) announced that the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit will take place in Baltimore, Maryland at the Baltimore Convention Center on September 21-23, 2009. Co-hosted by Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, the Summit will unite the international stem cell community by fostering collaborations, promoting economic development and expediting the ...
( Cell Press ) Scientists have successfully created the first induced pluripotent stem cell lines from adult monkey skin cells. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, demonstrates that the method of direct reprogramming is conserved among species and may be useful for creation of clinically valuable primate models for human diseases.
European regulators on Thursday ruled against allowing a patent on developing human embryonic stem cells, a decision that could stifle research by stem cell companies for commercial purposes.
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