US scientists have discovered a way to transform living pancreatic cells in mice into another type of cell that produces insulin without having to revert to the stem cell stage, creating what is now a third route for cell reprogramming to add to the existing methods of iPS (induced pluripotent stem cells) and hES (human embryonic stem cells).
STEMCELL Technologies, a leader in specialty cell culture media, cell separation products and ancillary reagents for stem cell research, announced the release of the AggreWell?400 plates, a revolutionary tool for researchers using embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (ESC and iPSC).
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers on Thursday certified a ballot measure that would loosen Michigan’s restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research, the Detroit Free Press reports (Bell, Detroit Free Press, 8/22). The board found the group
Researchers in Japan have successfully made stem cells from wisdom teeth, creating an alternative source of pluripotent cells for researching and treating disease and avoiding the ethical problems surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells. Scientists at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, which is funded by the government, said they used wisdom teeth that had been frozen for three years after being removed from a 10 year old girl.
A team of researchers at Advanced Cell Technology, the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Mayo Clinic on Tuesday published a study online in the journal Blood that describes a new process of creating red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, the
The New York Stem Cell Foundation’s Third Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference will be held at the Rockefeller University, New York City.
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have found that infusions of a particular bone marrow stem cell appeared to protect gastrointestinal tissue from autoimmune attack in a mouse model.
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined procedures increasingly being conducted in Japan and Europe and developed in the U.S. that use a combination of fat and adult stem cells for breast reconstruction and augmentation.
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (”ACT”) (OTC: ACTC.PK) reported that it is feasible to differentiate and mature human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into functional oxygen-carrying red blood cells (RBCs) under conditions suitable for scale-up.
Australian regenerative medicine company Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB)(PINK:MBLTY), announced that its allogeneic, or “off-the-shelf”, cell therapy product was safe and highly effective in preclinical trials for interbody fusion of the cervical spine in the neck.
STEMCELL Technologies, a leader in specialty cell culture media, cell separation products and ancillary reagents for stem cell research, today announced the release of the AggreWell?400 plates, a revolutionary tool for researchers using embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (ESC and iPSC).
Stem cell scientists have developed a more accurate way of identifying aggressive forms of bowel cancer, which should eventually lead to better treatment and survival rates. Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK. The UK-led team, headed by scientists from Durham University and the North East England Stem Cell Institute, (NESCI*), studied tissue samples from 700 colorectal (bowel) cancer patients and tracked their progress.
