Cloning And Stem Cell News, Research and Resources - April 2006 Archives
Researchers at University of Missouri in Columbia, have demonstrated a new device that prints
different types of tissues such as heart muscle onto biopaper.
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Scientists splice protein from green algae into mice eyes to help repair damage done from retinitis pigmentosa.
Researchers from Wayne State University's School of Medicine used a virus to insert the green algae gene into genetically bred mice.
The mice were bred to lose cones and rods, the light-sensitive tissues in the eyes, to simulate retinitis pigmentosa in humans.
The gene controls the creation of a light-absorbing protein call ChR2.
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Researchers are hoping to implant replacement rentina's into approximately 25 million patients suffering from retinal disease.
Several of the early versions of the implants are nearly ready to be brought to market. One such implant is
a wireless retinal prosthesis designed by the Boston Retinal Implant Project with is affiliated with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The first human recipients of laboratory-grown organs were reported today by Anthony Atala, M.D., director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. In The Lancet, Atala describes long-term success in children and teenagers who received bladders grown from their own cells.
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US Researchers at PrimeGen Biotech have developed a method of transforming germ cells
(found in the testes and ovaries) into stem cells in humans. Previously this method had only been performed on mice
germ cells by Gerd Hasenfuss of Georg-August-University in Goettingen, Germany.
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Fish can recognize a face based on UV pattern alone
Ancient DNA from rare fossil reveals that polar bears evolved recently and adapted quickly
'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies
Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica
Mars Express heading for closest flyby of Phobos
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
What drives our genes? Researchers map the first complete human epigenome
Juggling enhances connections in the brain
Tracking down the human 'odorprint'
Fill 'er up - with algae
Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
Mathematical innovation turns blood draw into information gold mine in Stanford study
Deceptive model
Predicting the fate of stem cells
Using own skin cells to repair hearts on horizon
Stem cells restore sight in mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa
The mouse with a human liver: A new model for the treatment of liver disease
Unpacking condensins' function in embryonic stem cells