A fledgling biotech company is pursuing some of the research into cancer stem cells undertaken by Robert Weinberg at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Verastem raised $16 million a few weeks ago with an eye on developing new treatments tailored for fighting the unique stem cells, which are [...]
Growing human embryonic stem cells in the lab is no small feat. Culturing the finicky, shape-shifting cells is labor intensive and, in some ways, more art than exact science. Now, however, a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports the development of a fully defined culture system that promises a more uniform [...]
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown how stem cells, together with other cells, repair damaged tissue in the mouse spinal cord. The results are of potential significance to the development of therapies for spinal cord injury. There is hope that damage to the spinal cord and brain will one day be treatable using stem cells [...]
Biomedical researchers at the University at Buffalo have engineered adult stem cells that scientists can grow continuously in culture, a discovery that could speed development of cost-effective treatments for diseases including heart disease, diabetes, immune disorders and neurodegenerative diseases.
The news that Geron had finally received the FDA’s approval to start the world’s first human trial of an embryonic stem cell treatment marked a major milestone for the controversial field. But it also highlights just how far ESC treatments have lagged behind adult stem cell remedies in human studies.
Doctors once suggested her parents take her home to die, but a young Auckland girl’s winning determination to fight off cancer – and the unique treatment that helped – is now being used to save other lives. In 2007, Frances Everall, just four years of age, was not expected to survive an aggressive stage four [...]
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington has temporarily stayed a cut-off in government funding for human embryonic stem cell research. As a result of the stay, the Obama administration can fund embryonic stem cell studies as it appeals a decision banning government support for such research.
A group of scientists have demonstrated that specially engineered stem cells could be used to fights off AIDS, successfully testing the approach in mice engineered to develop immune systems similar to humans. The investigators started with the observation that a small group of people who are virtually immune to HIV have disabled CCR5 receptors on [...]
Chang Lu and his chemical engineering research group at Virginia Tech have discovered how to “greatly enhance” the delivery of DNA payloads into cells. The description of their work will be featured on the cover of Lab on a Chip, the premier journal for researchers in microfluidics. Lu’s ultimate goal is to apply this technique [...]
For someone with a severe, incurable lung disorder such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung transplant may be the only chance for survival. Unfortunately, it’s often not a very good chance. Matching donor lungs are rare, and many would-be recipients die waiting for the transplants that could save their lives.
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