A Step Closer to Developing “Smart” Stem Cells – Cells With Regenerative Abilities – Made From Human Fat
These new, adaptive stem cells can lie dormant until needed, a new animal study using human cells shows. A new type of stem cell –…
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Cure for Blindness in Sight: Retinal Stem Cell Transplant Clears Experimental Hurdle
Retinal cells derived from adult human eye stem cells survived when transplanted into the eyes of monkeys, an important early step in the validation of…
Groundbreaking Treatment for Severe COVID-19 Using Stem Cells – “It’s Like Smart Bomb Technology in the Lung”
Study looked at treating severe COVID-19 with umbilical-cord derived mesenchymal stem cells. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers led a unique and groundbreaking…
New Method to Boost Supply of Life-Saving Blood Stem Cells
Haematopoietic stem cell scarcity is one of the biggest barriers to the development of new and improved treatments for blood cancers and disorders. Researchers at…
Mystery Solved: How Do Tips of Plants Stay Virus-Free in Face of Intensive Infection?
Plants are able to keep growing indefinitely because they have tissues made of meristems — plant stem cells — which have the unique ability to…
How Stem Cells Can Significantly Help Kids With Autism
Study shows adding stem cells to educational intervention can significantly help kids with autism. Results of a clinical trial released today (September 9, 2020) in…
Diabetic Wound Healing Aided by Adult Stem Cells/Glaucoma Drug Combo in Mice
A new study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine shows promise of a major breakthrough in healing chronic foot ulcers resulting from diabetes. The study,…
Yale Scientists Solve a Thorny Problem: Where Do Thorns Come From?
“Why do plants have thorns?” is an easy question: The thorns help protect against hungry animals that like to munch on the plants. “Where do…
Scientists Create Human Embryo-Like Model From Human Stem Cells
Scientists from the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Hubrecht Institute in The Netherlands, have developed a new model to study an early stage…
New Scientific Study Shows Fish Oil May Help Treat Depression
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers use stem cells from adults with depression to test treatments. A study published in Molecular Psychiatry shows that patient-derived…
Developmental Map of Inner Ear Sound Sensor in Mice Charted for Stem Cell Therapies for Hearing Loss
Data offers valuable resource for developing stem cell-based therapies for hearing loss. A team of researchers has generated a developmental map of a key sound-sensing…
New Stem Cell-Based Topical Solution Helps Bald People Regrow Hair
The results of a clinical trial released today (May 18, 2020) in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine demonstrate how a topical solution made up of stem cells…
Stem Cell Technology Rejuvenates Old Human Cells by Wiping Their DNA Clean
Old human cells return to a more youthful and vigorous state after being induced to briefly express a panel of proteins involved in embryonic development,…
Innovative Biosensor Technology for Stem Cells Leads Way to Treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Diseases
Rutgers innovation may help guide treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s diseases. A Rutgers-led team has created better biosensor technology that may help lead to safe stem…
Immunity Against Cancer? Engineered Killer T Cells May Be the Key.
UCLA researchers use stem cells to engineer cells that attack human tumors in mice. They’ve been called the “special forces” of the immune system: invariant…
Johns Hopkins Breakthrough Opens the Door for Stem Cell Transplants to Repair the Brain
Transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs in mice. By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers open the door for stem cell…
Stem Cell Researchers Reactivate ‘Back-Up Genes’ in the Lab in Quest for Rett Syndrome Cure
Researchers in Belgium present new findings on X chromosome reactivation. Vincent Pasque and his team have unraveled parts of a mechanism that may one day…
Diabetes Medication Promotes Brain Repair — But It Only Works in Females
Accounting for sex differences in research animals is vital for the development of better treatments as drug shows promise in female mice alone. Males are…