Stem Cell Research News – Monthly Newsletter February 2011
Stem cells from patients could help test cardiac disease treatments
LONDON - Stem cells derived from a patient with an inherited heart disease could help test specific treatments for the disease, known as long QT syndrome, say scientists.
Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology turned the skin cells into a type of all-purpose stem cell called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs.
Prof. Lior Gepstein [..] Read the original article: here.
Stem Cell Research News – Monthly Newsletter January 2011
Bone Marrow Stem Cells Found Effective in Stroke Recovery
NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — A new study has revealed that bone marrow stromal stem cells may be effective in recovering heart stroke. The experiment was carried out at the Farber Institute for Neurosciences and the Department of Neuroscience at Thomas Jefferson University.
According to the research it was found that systematic administration of bone marrow .... Source article on Gaea Times at : Bone Marrow Stem Cells Found Effective in Stroke Recovery.
Stem Cell Research News – Monthly Newsletter December 2010
Bush turned against abortion after mum showed him 'dead foetus'
LONDON - George bush has revealed that he turned against abortion and stem cell therapy the day his mother showed him a foetus in a jar, which was a result of miscarriage she had when Bush was a teenager.
In an interview the former President said Barbara Bush, former .... Source : Bush turned against abortion after mum showed him ‘dead foetus’.
Stem Cell Research News – Monthly Newsletter November 2010
Stem cells help save woman's leg
LONDON - Doctors have, in a groundbreaking operation, managed to save a woman’s leg with stem cells after it was shattered in a hit-and-run accident.
Diane Stuttard had her lower left leg broken when a car hit her while she walked home after a night out in 2001.
Both the tibia and ... Read more »»».
Stem Cell Research News – Monthly Newsletter September 2010
US greenlight to world's first stem cell treatment on humans
LONDON - The world’s first experiments using embryonic stem cells to treat humans have been given the go-ahead in the US.
California-based biotech firm Geron will begin clinical trials on patients paralysed by spinal cord injuries.
Scientists hope that injecting cells from discarded human embryos into the spines of volunteers will trigger regrowth of ... Original source on Gaea Times at : US greenlight to world’s first stem cell treatment on humans.