Cloning And Stem Cell News, Research and Resources - April 2008 Archives

Tissue-specific blood stem cell line established from embryonic stem cells (4/30/2008)

A research team has managed to specifically establish and isolate the tissue-specific stem cell that produces blood cells (blood stem cell) by using genetically modified embryonic stem cells. ...> Full Article

Scientists Find Stem Cells For the First Time in the Pituitary (4/29/2008)

Their presence in the hormone-secreting gland of mice suggests a means of adapting to stress and life changes ...> Full Article

Inflammation triggers cell fusions that could protect neurons, research shows (4/28/2008)

Chronic inflammation triggers bone marrow-derived blood cells to travel to the brain and fuse with a certain type of neuron up to 100 times more frequently than previously believed ...> Full Article

Transgenic Goats' Milk Helps Fend off E. coli-related Illness in Pigs (4/27/2008)

Pigs fed goats' milk that was genetically modified to carry an important antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk showed signs of better resisting attack by common E. coli bacteria than did pigs fed unmodified goats' milk without the human enzyme ...> Full Article

Eggs and Sperm from Stem Cells on the Horizon (4/26/2008)

Scientists may be able to grow eggs and sperm, in part or in whole, from multipurpose stem cells within five to 15 years ...> Full Article

Menstrual blood - a valuable source of multipotential stem cells? (4/25/2008)

Researchers seeking new and more abundant sources of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine have identified a potentially unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source - menstrual blood. ...> Full Article

Heart derived stem cells develop into heart muscle (4/24/2008)

A first in stem cell research ...> Full Article

Doctors Conduct First-Of-Its-Kind Clinical Trial Using Stem Cells to Treat Heart Failure (4/24/2008)

In the continuation of a cutting-edge series of clinical trials researching the use of stem cells to treat heart disease, scientists announced on Wednesday that for the first time a patient underwent a procedure that could hold the key to repairing damaged heart tissue, a potential life-saver for the millions of people suffering from heart failure. ...> Full Article

Novel wound treatment reduces scar tissue (4/23/2008)

An Adelaide researcher has been awarded $187,000 by the Federal Government to develop a novel treatment for wounds which reduces scar tissue. ...> Full Article

A stem cell type supposed to be crucial for angiogenesis and cancer growth does not exist? (4/23/2008)

Researchers have shown that circulating endothelial precursor cells actually do not exist ...> Full Article

Small RNAs May Play Big Role in Embryonic Stem Cells (4/22/2008)

An international team led by scientists has used a new method to discover an unusual molecular signature in human embryonic stem cells that may lead to development of new cell-based therapeutics. ...> Full Article

DOD Funds Massive Project Directed at Battlefield Injuries (4/21/2008)

Project will be dedicated to repairing battlefield injuries through the use of regenerative medicine, science that takes advantage of the body's natural healing powers to restore or replace damaged tissue and organs. ...> Full Article

In Blood Vessel Stents, Innovative Materials Allow Better Control, Delivery of Gene Therapy (4/20/2008)

Cardiology researchers have advanced delivery techniques by creating a versatile synthetic material that can bind to a variety of gene therapy vectors and can be custom-designed for controlled local release of therapeutic genes at a disease site ...> Full Article

Lab Sheds Light on Maintenance of Blood-Forming Stem Cells (4/19/2008)

Lab has clarified the role of the adhesion molecule N-cadherin in the maintenance of blood-forming cells in the bone marrow, called hematopoietic stem cells ...> Full Article

Mature B cells reprogrammed to stem-cell-like state (4/18/2008)

Fully mature, differentiated B cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the use of an egg ...> Full Article

Molecule prompts blood stem cells to help repair heart damage in animal model (4/17/2008)

Researchers have for the first time used drug-treated blood stem cells to repair heart damage in an animal model, results that might point to methods for healing injuries from heart attacks or disease. ...> Full Article

Stem cells and cancer: Scientists investigate a fine balancing act (4/16/2008)

Professor shows how the mechanisms normally involved in balancing different functions of stem cells may also contribute to cancer ...> Full Article

Researchers find stem cell marker controls two key cancer pathways (4/16/2008)

Researchers have discovered that a gene associated with human breast stem cells can stimulate development of mammary cells by activating two critical cancer pathways ...> Full Article

Scientists ask whether microscaffolding can help stem cells rebuild brain after stroke damage (4/15/2008)

Inserting tiny scaffolding into the brain could dramatically reduce damage caused by strokes ...> Full Article

Regulating hematopoietic stem cell homeostasis and leukemogenesis (4/15/2008)

Researchers identify a protein as a critical repressor of hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal ...> Full Article

Stem cells offer cartilage repair hope for arthritis sufferers (4/14/2008)

Bone stem cells may be harnessed to repair the damaged cartilage that is one of the main symptoms of osteoarthritis ...> Full Article

Embryonic stem cells could help to overcome immune rejection problems (4/14/2008)

Tissues derived from embryonic stem cells could help to pacify the immune system and so prevent recipients from rejecting them ...> Full Article

Latest developments in umbilical cord blood-derived stem cell studies to be discussed at Research ShowCASE forum (4/13/2008)

Forum will explore how stem cells from umbilical cord blood have been used in lifesaving treatments and research ...> Full Article

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Reveals Earliest Step In Human Development (4/13/2008)

Finding Reinforces Limitations of Using Other Cell Types in Research, Scientists Say ...> Full Article

Blood vessels: The pied piper for growing nerve cells (4/13/2008)

Researchers have discovered that blood vessels in the head can guide growing facial nerve cells with blood pressure controlling proteins. The findings, which suggest that blood vessels throughout the body might have the same power of persuasion over many nerves ...> Full Article

Cardiff stem cell expertise showcases at national conference (4/12/2008)

Cardiff University research will be showcased at an annual scientific conference celebrating the latest and best in UK stem cell science ...> Full Article

Module map links embryonic stem cells and cancer stem cells (4/12/2008)

A new study suggests that a genetic fingerprint associated with normal embryonic stem cells may be important for the development and function of cancer stem cells ...> Full Article

Wound Healing Research Topic of Symposium (4/11/2008)

The University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration will host its first Symposium for Wound Healing Research on May 16. ...> Full Article

Scientists uncover the potential to control adult stem cells (4/11/2008)

Research represents a step towards the use of Adult Stem Cells to repair damaged tissue ...> Full Article

Joslin study identifies gene involved in blood stem cell replication, movement (4/10/2008)

Finding may provide target to improve bone marrow and blood cell transplants ...> Full Article

From Bench to Bedside in One Year: Stem Cell Research Leads to Potential New Therapy for Rare Blood Disorder (4/9/2008)

A unique partnership between industry and academia has led to human clinical trials of a new drug for a rare class of blood diseases called myeloproliferative disorders ...> Full Article

Stem cell method treats Parkinson's symptoms in rats - MIT News Office (4/8/2008)

Researchers have demonstrated that artificially created stem cells can be used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats ...> Full Article

The University of Queensland to host stem cell centre node (4/6/2008)

Australia opens new stem cell research center ...> Full Article

High-res technology shows significant differences in stem cell lines (4/5/2008)

Stem cell researchers using a high-resolution technique to examine the genome of a pair of human embryonic stem cell lines have found that while both lines could form neurons, they differed in the numbers of certain genes that could control such things as individual traits and disease susceptibility ...> Full Article

Stem cell breakthrough offers diabetes hope (4/4/2008)

Scientists have discovered a new technique for turning embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing pancreatic tissue in what could prove a significant breakthrough in the quest to find new treatments for diabetes ...> Full Article

Stem Cells From Hair Follicles May Help 'Grow' New Blood Vessels (4/1/2008)

For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients' heads ...> Full Article