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

Scientists discover how an injured embryo can regenerate itself (6/29/2008)

Keep its organs in relative proportion ...> Full Article

£3m investment for Durham stem cell research (6/28/2008)

STEM cell scientists today take a step closer to developing pioneering new therapies with the opening of a £3m trio of laboratories at Durham University. ...> Full Article

Umbilical cord blood cell transplants may help ALS patients (6/27/2008)

A study has shown that transplants of mononuclear human umbilical cord blood cells may help patients suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease ...> Full Article

Ronin provides alternate pathway to pristine embryonic stem cells (6/27/2008)

Like the masterless samurai for whom it is named, the protein Ronin chooses an independent path, maintaining embryonic stem cells in their undifferentiated state and playing essential roles in genesis of embryos and their development ...> Full Article

Research may lead to safer, more effective gene therapy (6/26/2008)

The potential of gene therapy has long been hampered by the risks associated with using viruses as vectors to deliver healthy genes, but a new study helps bring scientists closer to a safe and efficient gene delivery method that doesn't involve viruses. ...> Full Article

Nerve cells derived from stem cells and transplanted into mice may lead to improved brain treatments (6/25/2008)

Scientists have, for the first time, genetically programmed embryonic stem (ES) cells to become nerve cells when transplanted into the brain ...> Full Article

New source of heart stem cells discovered (6/23/2008)

Finding offers hope of recapitulating developmental events to regenerate tissue ...> Full Article

First gene therapy for heart failure offered in New York (6/23/2008)

Medical center offering promising therapy as part of CUPID clinical trial ...> Full Article

Adult stem cells aid fracture healing (6/22/2008)

In an approach that could become a new treatment for the 10 to 20 percent of people whose broken bones fail to heal, researchers have shown that transplantation of adult stem cells can improve healing of fractures. ...> Full Article

Predicting the risk of a common fungal infection after stem cell transplantation (6/22/2008)

In silico genetic analysis in mice has led to the discovery of a gene affecting susceptibility to a severe fungal infection in transplant recipients. New research found that genetic variation within the plasminogen gene in mice and men affects susceptibility to a severe and life-threatening fungal infection. ...> Full Article

Immune molecule that plays a powerful role in avoiding organ rejection identified (6/21/2008)

When a mouse's immune system is deciding whether to reject a skin graft, one powerful member of a molecular family designed to provoke such a response can effectively reduce the visibility of the mouse's own cells and help the graft survive ...> Full Article

Researchers Find Key Developmental Pathway Activates Lung Stem Cells (6/20/2008)

Pathway Could Hold Promise for Lung Tissue Repair ...> Full Article

Scientists Discover Synthetic Chemicals that Create Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Cells (6/19/2008)

Scientists report that they have significantly improved upon a revolutionary technique that uses genes to turn skin cells from an adult back into pluripotent stem cells. ...> Full Article

Researchers create molecule that nudges nerve stem cells to mature (6/18/2008)

Researchers have created a small molecule that stimulates nerve stem cells to begin maturing into nerve cells in culture. ...> Full Article

Ability to track stem cells in tumors could advance cancer treatments (6/17/2008)

New method to track the location and activity of mesenchymal stem cells in the tumors of living organisms ...> Full Article

Stem cell researchers give old muscle new pep (6/16/2008)

Old muscle got a shot of youthful vigor in a stem cell experiment, setting the path for research on new treatments for age-related degenerative conditions such as muscle atrophy or Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. ...> Full Article

Wealth of genomic hotspots discovered in embryonic stem cells (6/15/2008)

Should advance understanding of cell reprogramming, renewal and pluripotency ...> Full Article

Prize for stem cell pioneers (6/14/2008)

The creators of Dolly the Sheep have been awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of the East ...> Full Article

Engineer Develops Detergent to Promote Peripheral Nerve Healing (6/11/2008)

100 Patients Treated Successfully in First Year of Use ...> Full Article

Nature mixes, matches genes to keep nerve cells straight (6/10/2008)

With fewer than 30,000 human genes with which to work, Nature has to mix and match to generate the myriad types of neurons or nerve cells needed to assemble the brain and nervous system. Keeping this involved process on the straight and narrow requires a clever balance of promotion and inhibition ...> Full Article

Stem cell discovery sheds light on placenta development (6/10/2008)

Researchers studying embryonic stem cells have explored the first fork in the developmental road, getting a new look at what happens when fertilized eggs differentiate to build either an embryo or a placenta. ...> Full Article

Brain stem cells can be awakened (6/9/2008)

Study findings promise to help in treatment of brain diseases ...> Full Article

Scientific information largely ignored when forming opinions about stem cell research (6/9/2008)

When forming attitudes about embryonic stem cell research, people are influenced by a number of things. But understanding science plays a negligible role for many people. ...> Full Article

Caution on stem cell therapy (6/9/2008)

More than 1 kind of adult stem cell in guts ...> Full Article

Cartilage regeneration '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' (6/8/2008)

Engineers use high pressure to stimulate growth of new cartilage ...> Full Article

Enzyme plays key role in cell fate (6/8/2008)

The road to death or differentiation follows a similar course in embryonic stem cells ...> Full Article

First-Ever Recording of Blood Vessel Development During the Formation of an Organ (6/8/2008)

A new microscope system that can take 3-D pictures of an embryonic mouse organ over 24 to 48 hours has shown researchers the first glimpse of the formation of blood vessels during development. ...> Full Article

New Technology Enhances and Expands 'Homing' and Therapeutic Potential of Cord Blood Stem Cells in Bone Marrow Transplants (6/8/2008)

A CD26 Inhibitor increases the efficiency and responsiveness of umbilical cord blood for bone marrow transplants and may improve care for blood cancer patients ...> Full Article

Finding clues for nerve cell repair (6/7/2008)

A new study identifies a key mechanism for the normal development of motor nerve cells (motor neurons) - cells that control muscles ...> Full Article

Public funding impacts progress of human embryonic stem cell research (6/7/2008)

Bolstered by supportive policies and public research dollars, the United Kingdom, Israel, China, Singapore and Australia are producing unusually large shares of human embryonic stem cell research ...> Full Article

Experts to Present at the International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting (6/6/2008)

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will be presenting at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research ...> Full Article

Saving teeth by using periodontal ligament regeneration (6/6/2008)

3D in vitro model appears to be promising for regenerating periodontal ligament and may also prove valuable for restoring tendons and ligaments elsewhere in the body. ...> Full Article

Human Stem Cells Show Promise Against Fatal Children's Diseases (6/5/2008)

Scientists have used human stem cells to dramatically improve the condition of mice with a neurological condition similar to a set of diseases in children that are invariably fatal ...> Full Article

Researchers work toward ending cartilage loss (6/4/2008)

A nanotechnology engineer has published a first-ever study that shows how a surface of carbon nanotubes combined with electrical pulses could help regenerate cartilage naturally in the body. ...> Full Article