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Human Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Embryonic Stem Cells

Feb 12, 2008 |
ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2008) — UCLA stem cell scientists have reprogrammed human skin cells into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells without using embryos or eggs. ... Read more

Researchers get closer to safe stem cell treatments

Feb 16, 2008 |
CHICAGO (AFP) — Researchers came a step closer to finding a safe way to use stem cells in clinical treatment Thursday when a team of Japanese scientists announced they found a way to induce stem cells without triggering tumors. ... Read more

A Revolutionary Way To Mend Damaged Bones And Cartilage Using A Patient's Own Stem Cells

Feb 24, 2008 |
The UK Stem Cell Foundation, the Medical Research Council and Scottish Enterprise, in partnership with the Chief Scientist's Office, are funding a 1.4 million pound project to further the research at the University of Edinburgh with a view to setting up a clinical trial within two years. The initiative could have a major impact on treating conditions such as osteoarthritis as well as treating trauma victims whose bones have been shattered beyond repair. ... Read more

Now, kidneys grown from stem cells

Mar 13, 2008 |
Researchers at the University of Tokyo said on Wednesday that they have succeeded in generating kidneys and pancreases in mice that had been reprogrammed to grow without such organs, by injecting embryonic stem cells from healthy mice into fertilised eggs. ... Read more

Market for adult stem cells multiplies

Mar 16, 2008 |
NEW YORK (3/16/2008) - A gathering known as the Stem Cell Summit might sound so controversial it would need a steely moderator, or even police protection, so politically delicate is the science of using embryos in medical research. ... Read more

A Comprehensive Protein Map of a Stem Cell

Apr 5, 2008 |
ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2008) — Researchers have successfully identified over 5,000 proteins that are present in embryonic stem cells, tripling the size of previous results and in the process creating the largest quantified protein map to date. ... Read more

Scientists Create Stem Cells from Skin Cells

Apr 8, 2008 |
(4/7/08) As scientists continue to pursue their goal of using a patient’s stem cells to create cures for diseases, many still argue that the process is ethically flawed. However, scientists believe they may have found an alternate route. ... Read more

How “artificial sperm” could help infertile couples

Apr 20, 2008 |
Sperm grown from embryonic stem cells have already been used to produce mouse pups, and scientists are trying to use similar techniques to make human reproductive cells, or gametes. This week, the Hinxton group - a panel of stem cell experts - predicted that success could be as little as five years away. ... Read more

Breakthrough in heart research

Apr 22, 2008 |
Researchers at the Utrecht University Medical Center, the Netherlands, and the Hubrecht Laboratory, also in Utrecht, have succeeded in growing cardiac muscle cells from adult human hearts. This major step forward in experimental cardiology is big news, if only because heart problems are the number one cause of death in the Western world. ... Read more

New type of stem cells coaxed into heart tissue

May 1, 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new type of powerful stem cell made from ordinary skin cells has been coaxed into becoming three different types of heart and blood cells in mice, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. ... Read more

Method To Duplicate Primitive Stem Cells And Prevent Cell Differentiation Discovered

May 22, 2008 |
ScienceDaily (May 22, 2008) — Research from the University of Southern California (USC) has discovered a new mechanism to allow embryonic stem cells to divide indefinitely and remain undifferentiated. The study, which will be published in the May 22 issue of the journal Nature, also reveals how embryonic stem cell multiplication is regulated, which may be important in understanding how to control tumor cell growth. ... Read more

Johns Hopkins Researchers Develop Human Stem Cell Line Containing Sickle Cell Anemia Mutation

Jun 3, 2008 |
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have established a human cell-based system for studying sickle cell anemia by reprogramming somatic cells to an embryonic stem cell like state. Publishing online in Stem Cells on May 29, the team describes a faster and more efficient method of reprogramming cells that might speed the development of stem cell therapies. ... Read more

Researchers to test stem cells to treat Crohn's

Jun 21, 2008 |
Stem cells may force Crohn's disease into retreat, say Long Island medical investigators who are embarking on a pioneering analysis that targets patients who've failed other therapies. ... Read more

New source of heart stem cells found

Jun 23, 2008 |
MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Newly-identified stem cells located on the surface of the heart give rise to heart muscle cells, say researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. ... Read more

New stem cell map to steer scientists

Jun 29, 2008 |
ALAMEDA — The chief executive of BioTime is expected to launch a complex database this afternoon, one he says will be a breakthrough stem-cell tool that will put this small company on a world stage. ... Read more

Genetically identical stem cells

Jul 8, 2008 |
Cells from mice created using genetically reprogrammed cells can be triggered via drug administration to enter an embryonic-stem-cell-like state without the need for further direct genetic manipulation. ... Read more

Researchers able to direct stem cells to create certain progeny

Aug 7, 2008 |
TORONTO — Canadian researchers have found a way to control embryonic stem cells so they give rise to only one category of cell, a first step in medicine's quest to generate specific tissues to repair or replace parts of the body that are diseased, damaged or just plain worn out. ... Read more

Stem cells 'created from teeth'

Aug 22, 2008 |
Japanese scientists say they have created human stem cells from tissue taken from the discarded wisdom teeth of a 10-year-old girl. ... Read more

Steps in adult stem cell differentiation 'identified'

Sep 13, 2008 |
New York, Sept 13 (PTI) Researchers claim to have identified two early steps in adult stem cell differentiation -- the process that determines whether cells will form muscle, neurons or skin in humans and animals. In their study, a team at Utah University used the molecular equivalent of a tattoo on DNA which adult stem cells (ASC) pass to their "daughter" cells in combination with gene expression profiles. ... Read more

Stem cells from testicles an option to embryos

Oct 10, 2008 |
Cells taken from men's testicles seem as versatile as the stem cells derived from embryos, researchers reported Wednesday in what may be yet another new approach in a burgeoning scientific field. ... Read more

Stem-cell research labs springing up by hundreds

Oct 22, 2008 |
Less than a year after a Wisconsin team helped discover a major alternative to human embryonic stem cells, the Madison scientists say more than 800 labs have begun using the approach, suggesting that many stem-cell researchers are starting to move beyond controversial embryonic sources for their work. ... Read more

Japanese researchers create part of brain using stem cells

Nov 6, 2008 |
Japanese researchers have succeeded in creating a cerebral cortex, the part of the brain involved in thinking and motion, from embryonic stem cells, providing hope for future treatment of brain-related diseases. ... Read more

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