Category: Stem Cell Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LA JOLLA, CALIF. – April 17, 2019 – Lying within our muscles are stem cells, invisible engines that drive the tissue’s growth and repair.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Hamilton, ON – A team of McMaster University researchers has discovered a unique subset of cells within human stem cells that appear to signal how the surrounding cells will develop and grow.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Brain stem cells in people with the most severe form of multiple sclerosis look much older than they really are

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Amsterdam, NL,  – Cell replacement may play an increasing role in alleviating the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) in future.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Scientists working to develop more effective treatments for diabetes are turning to stem cells. Such cells can be transformed into cells that produce insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In experiments in rats and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that a cellular protein signal that drives both bone and fat formation in selected stem cells can be manipulated to favor bone building.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MADISON – In November 1998, the world was introduced to human embryonic stem cells, the blank slate cells that arise at the earliest stages of development and that go on to become any of the scores of cell types that make up a human.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Led by Andreas H. Gomoll, MD, sports medicine surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the study is looking at the effects on knee function of ReNu, an allograft product composed of human amniotic membrane and cells from the amniotic fluid.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – October 2, 2018 – A technique using umbilical cord blood stem cells could be a promising new approach for repair of cleft palate in infants

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – For many cancer patients, high-intensity treatments such as intubation and ICU admission are administered during their end-of-life care, but little is known about whether that care is in line with a patient’s wishes and treatment goals.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Your body’s blood cells are manufactured by hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow. But just as regular, mature cells can become cancerous, so too can stem cells.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHAPEL HILL — The latest in a series of laboratory breakthroughs could lead to a more effective way to treat the most common brain cancer in children.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The fight against cystic fibrosis (CF) has taken a major step forward, with pioneering research by University of Adelaide scientists showing that cells causing the debilitating genetic disorder could be successfully replaced with healthy ones.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Rockville, Md. (July 5, 2018)—A drug used in stem cell therapy to treat certain cancers may also protect against cigarette smoke-induced lung injury.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In certain fish and frogs, cellular “umbrellas” shade fragile stem cells from the sun’s harmful rays.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers at UC Davis have confirmed that autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant improves survival for people suffering from multiple myeloma

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Writing in the June 1 issue of Cell Stem Cell, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that a first-in-human phase I clinical trial in which neural stem cells..

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Doctors at the University of Illinois Hospital have cured seven adult patients of sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder primarily affecting the black community

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – An investigational drug in clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis prevents a common, life-threatening side effect of stem cell transplants

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, D.C.,  – Clinical trial planning is underway at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute to determine whether a novel stem cell therapy will improve heart function for patients with heart failure.