All Articles Tagged As: blood

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Umbilical cord blood cell therapy reduces pathology in animal model of Alzheimer's disease (3/28/2008)

Targeted immune suppression using human umbilical cord blood cells may improve the pathology associated with Alzheimer's disease ...> Full Article

Are Dual Cord Blood Banks The Answer To Increasing Stem Cell Demand? (3/23/2008)

Demand for stem cells from cord blood is greater than supply. Two senior doctors, analyse the UK's growing cord blood banking industry and the potential impact of a new bank that provides blood for both personal and public use. ...> Full Article

Injection of human umbilical cord blood helps aging brain (3/12/2008)

When human umbilical cord blood cells were injected into aged laboratory animals, researchers found improvements in the microenvironment of the hippocampus region of the animals' brains and a subsequent rejuvenation of neural stem/progenitor cells. ...> Full Article

Stem Cell Trial Offers Hope For Patients With Severe Ischemic Heart Disease (3/9/2008)

Patients with ischemic heart disease, a serious condition that occurs when the heart's arteries become clogged with cholesterol plaque, may have new options if they have exhausted traditional cardiovascular therapies. A clinical trial at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Heart Center is using patients' own stem cells to improve circulation in hearts damaged by inadequate blood flow, by promoting the growth of new, microscopic blood vessels. ...> Full Article

Researchers control growth rate of replacement blood vessels, tissues (3/9/2008)

Researchers have discovered a way to control the growth rate of replacement tissue and the formation of new blood vessels, which solves one of the vexing problems of growing replacement tissue to treat injuries and trauma in humans. ...> Full Article

Hospital first to use utilize novel stem cell therapy (2/24/2008)

University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Heart & Vascular Institute is the first hospital in Northeast Ohio to use the NOGA XP Cardiac Navigation System to inject a patient's own stem cells into his/her heart to treat angina. The innovative cardiac mapping system allows physicians to deliver the stem cell therapy into damaged areas of the heart with pinpoint accuracy. ...> Full Article

How the Heart Takes Form (2/11/2008)

Researchers Describe Early Heart Development in Vertebrates ...> Full Article

Researchers Identify Cell Process That Regulates Wound Healing (2/9/2008)

Researchers have uncovered cell processes that will open new therapeutic approaches to wound healing. ...> Full Article

Stem cell therapy studies for stroke, cerebral palsy prepare for clinical trials (1/31/2008)

Finding answers about optimal dosage and timing for stem cell therapy in adults with strokes and newborns with ischemic injuries is a goal of two new federally funded studies. ...> Full Article

First U.S. Trial Transplants Stem Cells to Investigate Prevention of Leg Amputations (1/23/2008)

A Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researcher has launched the first U.S. trial in which a purified form of subjects' own adult stem cells was transplanted into their leg muscles with severely blocked arteries to try to grow new small blood vessels and restore circulation in their legs. ...> Full Article

Scientists Tap Amniotic Fluid For Stem Cells (1/12/2008)

Scientists from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have reported success in using otherwise discarded amniotic fluid as a source of stem cells from which they have created muscle, bone, fat, blood vessel, nerve and liver cells in the laboratory. ...> Full Article

Researcher orks toward engineered blood vessels (12/19/2007)

Vessels could be used in human body ...> Full Article

Researchers identify granddaddy of human blood cells (12/15/2007)

Researchers have isolated a human blood cell that represents the great-grandparent of all the cells of the blood, a finding that could lead to new treatments for blood cancers and other blood diseases. ...> Full Article

Cord Blood Viable Option for Kids with Life-Threatening Metabolic Disorders (12/14/2007)

Children born with inherited metabolic disorders that cause organ failure and early death can be treated successfully with umbilical cord blood transplants from unrelated donors and, in some cases go on to live for many years, according to a study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers. ...> Full Article

Gentler Chemotherapy Before Blood Stem Cell Transplant Causes Long-Term Complete Remission in Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma Patients (12/13/2007)

Treating relapsed follicular lymphoma patients with a milder chemotherapy regimen before they receive a blood stem cell transplant from a donor resulted in long-term complete remission for 45 of 47 patients in a clinical trial, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report at the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology Meeting in Atlanta. ...> Full Article

'Fingerprints' help find genes involved in differentiation (11/16/2007)

A database that includes the molecular profiles of the major components of the blood system – including the stem cells and the cells differentiated from them – enabled researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to identify at least two genes involved in the differentiation process for two different kinds of blood cells. ...> Full Article

Hemoglobin's secrets uncovered could lead to better blood (11/8/2007)

Researchers have unveiled crucial information about the protein transporter of oxygen, which opens up the possibility to optimize its function by introducing modifications. ...> Full Article

Umbilical Cord Blood Program Launched at Pennsylvania Hospital (10/12/2007)

Families will be able to bank cord blood for the future and donate samples for scientific research ...> Full Article

Unique Role for Blood Formation Gene Identified (9/13/2007)

Research reveals new pathway for stem cell turnover ...> Full Article

Engineers Force Open Novel Protein Targets Within Stem Cells and Blood Cells (8/10/2007)

Applying physical stress to cells, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science have demonstrated that everyday forces can alter the structure of proteins tucked within cells, unfold them and expose new targets in the fight against disease. ...> Full Article

Engineered Blood Vessels Function like Native Tissue (7/8/2007)

Blood vessels that have been tissue-engineered from bone marrow adult stem cells may in the future serve as a patient's own source of new blood vessels following a coronary bypass or other procedures that require vessel replacement, according to new research from the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. ...> Full Article

Discovery in Fish May Aid Human Blood Cell Transplants (6/22/2007)

The discovery that zebrafish produce natural chemicals that enhance production of blood-forming stem cells may translate rapidly into new treatments to increase the success of bone marrow or cord blood transplants in humans. ...> Full Article

Cord Blood Comparable To Matched Bone Marrow (6/12/2007)

University of Minnesota researchers report that umbilical cord blood transplants may offer blood cancer patients better outcomes than bone marrow transplants, according to an analysis of outcome data performed at the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. ...> Full Article

Studies To Find Better Ways To Preserve Human Eggs, Ovarian Tissue Under Way (6/8/2007)

The goal is to make human eggs, ovarian tissue, blood vessels, even whole organs available when needed. ...> Full Article

Group O blood for everyone? (4/18/2007)

Researchers use enzymes to remove blood type A, B and AB antigens, which turns the blood into type 0 which is compatible with all people. ...> 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

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