Cloning And Stem Cell News, Research and Resources Archives Page 16

New Procedure To Differentiate Human Embryonic Stem Cells Developed (3/1/2007)

Molecular scientists at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM) – which is part of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston – have developed a new procedure for the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells, with which they have created the first transplantable source of lung epithelial cells. ...> Full Article

Bioengineer advances survival and promise of adult stem cells (3/1/2007)

MIT researchers have developed a technique to encourage the survival and growth of adult stem cells, a step that could help realize the therapeutic potential of such cells. ...> Full Article

Teeth grown in lab transplanted into mice (3/1/2007)

Researchers in Japan have successfully grown mice teeth in their laboratory and transplanted them into living mice. ...> Full Article

Liposuctioned fat stem cells to repair bodies (2/28/2007)

Expanding waistlines, unsightly bulges: people will gladly remove excess body fat to improve their looks. But unwanted fat also contains stem cells with the potential to repair defects and heal injuries in the body. A team led by Philippe Collas at the University of Oslo in Norway has identified certain chemical marks that allow him to predict which, among the hundreds of millions of stem cells in liposuctioned fat, are best at regenerating tissue. ...> Full Article

Woven Scaffolds Could Improve Cartilage Repair (2/27/2007)

Using a unique weaving machine of their design, Duke University Medical Center researchers have created a three-dimensional fabric "scaffold" that could greatly improve the ability of physicians to repair damaged joints with the patient's own stem cells. ...> Full Article

Human stem cell transplants repair rat spinal cords (2/23/2007)

Human nerve stem cells transplanted into rats’ damaged spinal cords have survived, grown and in some cases connected with the rats’ own spinal cord cells in a Johns Hopkins laboratory, overturning the long-held notion that spinal cords won’t allow nerve repair. ...> Full Article

World's First Adult Stem Cell Study Using Patient's Own Fat Tissue (2/21/2007)

For the first time in humans, a heart failure patient received adult stem cells - taken from his own adipose (fat) tissue - which were processed and injected directly into the heart muscle with a special catheter. and Francisco Fernandez-Aviles, M.D. performed the procedure in Madrid. The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital is leading the collaborative clinical trial which will involve 30 patients. ...> Full Article

Heart Reboot Causes Blue Screen of Death (2/20/2007)

In almost all forms of heart failure, the heart begins to express genes that are normally only expressed in the fetal heart. Researchers have known for years that this fetal-gene reactivation happens, yet not what regulates it. Now, investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that an enzyme important in fetal heart-cell development regulates the enlargement of heart cells, known as cardiac hypertrophy, which is a precursor to many forms of congestive heart failure (CHF). ...> Full Article

Cloning mice from skin stem cells (2/15/2007)

Scientists from Rockefeller University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have cloned healthy mice from skin cells for the first time. ...> Full Article

Using Stem Cells to Heal Joint Injuries (2/6/2007)

Biomedical sciences professor Dean Betts and doctoral candidate Thomas Koch with the University of Guelph, are trying to isolate and manipulate stem cells in horses in hopes of repairing cartilage damage. ...> Full Article

Repairing Heart Damage caused by severe Coronary Artery Disease with Adult Stem Cells (2/5/2007)

Dr. Gary Schaer, director of the Rush Cardiac Catheterization Lab and study investigator, is currently conducting Phase II clinical trials of a new stem cell technique to restore heart performance in patients with chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI), a severe form of coronary artery disease. ...> Full Article

Researchers use stem cells to create living dental implants (1/23/2007)

USC School of Dentistry researcher Songtao Shi, DDS, PhD, has regenerated tooth root and supporting periodontal ligaments to restore tooth function in 4–8 month-old pigs. ...> Full Article

Tengion begins phase II clinical trial of regenerated human organ (1/16/2007)

Tengion, Inc of East Norriton, PA has announced that it has launched phase II multi-center clinical study for its urinary neo-bladder construct. ...> Full Article

Advances in growing new teeth (1/16/2007)

Dr. Paul Sharpe, through his startup Odontis, has continued his research into growing teeth from dental stem cells and has learned to control the type of tooth formed. ...> Full Article

Cell therapy for cartilage repair (1/11/2007)

PhD student Jeanine Hendriks of University of Twente’s Institute for Biomedical Technology has developed a better method of growing cartilage. ...> Full Article

Optobionics ASR retinal implant being tested on cats (1/11/2007)

Kristina Narfstrom, veterinary ophthalmologist, with the University of Missouri-Columbia has begun testing Optobionics ASR retinal implant on Abyssinian and Persian cats that are affected with hereditary retinal blinding disease. ...> Full Article

US Food and Drug Administration endorses cloned food (1/8/2007)

The USFDA said in a draft ruling that meat and milk from cloned animals is safe for human consumption. They’ve ruled that cloned cattle, pigs and goats produced food "as safe as the food we eat every day" ...> Full Article

Amniotic stem cells may be as useful as embryonic stem cells (1/8/2007)

Researchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard University led by Dr. Anthony Atala, head of Wake Forest's regenerative medicine institute and senior researcher on the project, have reported that they had found a plentiful source of stem cells in the fluid that surround babies in the womb. ...> Full Article

Britain considers banning hybrid stem cell research (1/8/2007)

Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the country's independent regulator of fertility and embryo research, is set to announce on Thursday whether to ban research to create human embryos from animal eggs. ...> Full Article

UK Scientists to grow heart arteries (1/8/2007)

Andrew Owens of Durham University and James Cook University Hospital on Teesside have received a £84,000 grant from Heart Research UK to try and "grow" test tube arteries for use in heart bypass operations. ...> Full Article

Genetically Modified Skin Cells May Help Burn Victims Fight Infection (1/8/2007)

Dorothy Supp, PhD and her team at the University of Cincinnati have created genetically altered skin cells that, may help fight off potentially lethal infections in patients with severe burns. ...> Full Article

Kidney Transplant Eliminates Need for Immunosuppressive Drugs (1/3/2007)

Dr. Samuel Strober with the Stanford Medical Center Program in Multi-Organ Transplantation has begun a clinical trial that intends to eliminate the need for immunosuppressive drugs after transplantation of a kidney. This treatment, if successful, could dramatically increase the odds of survival for kidney transplant recipients. ...> Full Article

Bioprinter grows multiple tissues at one time (12/12/2006)

Julie Phillippi at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania has created a bio-ink printer that can print muscle-derived stem cells onto bio-paper and can have them turn into either muscle or bone. ...> Full Article

Repairing Brain Damage with Stem Cells (12/7/2006)

A British company has applied to the US Food and Drug Administration for permission to carry out clinical trials on 12 stroke patients. ...> Full Article

Australia Lifts Ban on Cloning (12/6/2006)

The Australian House of Representatives approved legislation that lifts a previous ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research. ...> Full Article

Human Heart Valves Grown Using Stem Cells (11/21/2006)

Dr. Simon Hoerstrup of the University of Zurich has announced that he and his team have developed a method for growing new heart valves in a laboratory. ...> Full Article

Retinal Cell Transplants Restore Vision (11/8/2006)

Scientists from the University College London Institutes of Ophthalmology and Child Health and Moorfields Eye Hospital transplanted retinal cells taken from newly born mice and implanted them into adult mice with genetically programmed vision problems. The result is that the adult mice showed significant vision improvement. ...> Full Article

Cow eggs fused with human DNA (11/8/2006)

Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have applied for permission from the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority in Great Britain for a three-year license to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs. ...> Full Article

British Doctors begin trials for heart stem cell therapy (11/8/2006)

British doctors launch a clinical trial to determine if an injection of stem cells within 5 hours of a heart attack will repair damage to the heart muscle. ...> Full Article

Liver Grown From Stem Cells (10/31/2006)

Scientists at Newcastle University, in the UK, grew a miniature liver, using stem cells taken from umbilical cords. ...> Full Article