Regulation of hematopoietic stem cell trafficking and mobilization by ...
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:20pm
We recently showed that these receptors are expressed in murine and human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and that CB(2) agonists induced chemotaxis, enhanced colony formation of marrow cells, as well as caused in vivo mobilization of ...
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Are Cancer Stem Cells Ready for Prime Time?
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:19pm
A flood of new discoveries has refined our definition of cancer stem cells. Now it's up to human clinical trials to test if they can make a difference in patients. By Suling Liu, Hasan Korkaya, and Max S. Wicha | April 1, 2012 In the 30-year battle ...
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Diversity of intestinal stem cells is greater than previously thought
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:18pm
By focusing on one protein expressed in our intestines called Lrig1, the researchers have identified a special population of intestinal stem cells that respond to damage and help to prevent cancer. The research, published in the March 30 issue of Cell, ...
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Stem cells can be used to repair heart tissues without surgical incision: Experts
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:17pm
In a great sigh of relief to heart patients, top international researchers here in Hyderabad revealed that Stem Cell Technology can be used to repair damaged heart tissues without actually performing surgical incision into the chest ...
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Committee: Cut millions in funds if MSU, U-M don't report stem cells
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:17pm
The Republican-run House higher education appropriations subcommittee approved a plan Friday to withhold $4.78 million in state aid from UM next year if it fails to report how many human embryonic stem cell lines it has in its research labs ...
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Stem Cell Therapy Attracts Converts
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:16pm
So when Dr. Voynick, owner and director of American Animal Hospital in Randolph, NJ, attended a lecture on veterinary stem cell therapy in 2005, he went into full brain-picking mode. “I was really intrigued,” he said. “I love the science of it ...
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Pluripotent Stem Cell–Based Cancer Therapy: Promise and ...
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:15pm
Sci Transl Med 28 March 2012: Vol. 4, Issue 127, p. 127ps9. Sci. Transl. Med. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003920. Perspective. STEM CELL THERAPY ...
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Transforming scar tissue into beating hearts: The next instalment
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:14pm
The work , which took place in a Petri dish, was considered groundbreaking since it showed for the first time that unrelated adult cells could be reprogrammed from one cell type to another without having to go all the way back to a stem cell state ...
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Treating cancer as a chronic disease
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:13pm
By placing cancer cells in and near a growth developed from a population of human stem cells, scientists have demonstrated that the cancer cells grow and proliferate more robustly when exposed to human cells than they do in a typical petri dish or ...
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Stem Cell Treatments Take Alzheimer's Patients Down Memory Lane
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:13pm
(openPR) - StemGenex™, a US based company, is helping Alzheimer's patients regain cognitive function through the use of stem cells. La Jolla, CA, March 30, 2012 -- Alzheimer's is a heartbreaking disease. According to Alz.org, there are currently over ...
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Midlands Vet Uses Stem Cell Therapy for Pets in Pain | wltx.com
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:12pm
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- What if your pet couldn't walk anymore? One Midlands vet is using stem cell therapy to help. For Beth Phibbs it's almost like a turning ...
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Despite Significant Advances in the Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML ...
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:11pm
Stem-cell transplantation is used to treat CML patients due to a perception of general efficacy, if patients have exhausted TKI treatments and having the potential to be curative. As CML patients are treated with TKIs they develop mutations which may ...
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Therapy may make cancer a chronic disease
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:10pm
Co-senior authors Karl Skorecki of the Rambam Health Care Campus and Maty Tzukerman, a Rambam senior research scientist with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, placed cancer cells in and near a growth developed from human stem cells, ...
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Clinical Trials of Stem Cell Research Debate - Are Stem Cells Still ...
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:09pm
With the new display of positive results in the first clinical trials of stem cell research, what should their role now be in the medical field? Inside E Street's Lark ...
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Basketball's influence on stem cell treatments in sports medicine
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:08pm
The pressure to improve performance and search for quick recoveries has led some celebrity athletes to seek out stem cell treatments overseas and in the US Among NBA players to get stem cell treatments are Jason Kidd, Tracy McGrady, Amar Stoudemire, ...
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Motor Neurone Disease Sees Stem Cell Breakthrough
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:07pm
A breakthrough in a stem-cell programme funded by the UK-based MND Association has greatly improved the chances of developing effective treatments for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) of which the predominant form is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) ...
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Stem cell population may hold colon cancer clues
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:06pm
3/29/2012 - Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have identified a new population of intestinal stem cells that may hold clues to the origin of colorectal cancer. This new stem cell population, reported March 30 in the journal Cell, ...
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Vatican Cancels Stem-Cell Conference After Scientists Refuse to Be Censored
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:06pm
So onlookers were surprised when the Vatican announced it would be hosting a global conference on the highly controversial issue of stem-cell research in Rome over four days in late April. The church held a similar conference in 2010 and 2011, ...
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Stem cell therapy for 13-year-old dog helps with its arthritis
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:04pm
The dog received stem cell therapy surgery six weeks ago. Doctors were able to use adult stem cells from Maggie's blood and fat samples to collect repair cells. They then took the cells and repaired the dog's arthritic spine ...
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“Mini” Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplantation May Be Feasible In Multiple ...
Posting Date: 2/04/12 3:04pm
“Mini” donor stem cell transplantation using stem cells from an unrelated donor may be feasible in multiple myeloma patients receiving stem cells from an unrelated donor, according to the results of a recent small French study ...
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