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Tag Archives: Stem Cells
If MacGyver Was A Biologist – Epetri Dish Monitors Cell Growth In Realtime (video)
A camera-attached laboratory microscope: $2,500. An imaging chip, a smartphone, and some Lego blocks: $400. Scientists at Caltech, out to [...]
Posted in Gadgets, Longevity And Health, Stem Cells, Video Central
Tagged Caltech, ePetri dish, medicine, smartphone, Stem Cells
1 Comment
Stem Cell Tourism: Seeking Treatment On The Internet And Paying For It With Your Life
Stem cell research has the potential to revolutionize medicine. But while researchers continue to make strides to bring the technology [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health
Tagged China, medical tourism, pla hospital, stem cell therapy, stem cell tourism, Stem Cells
12 Comments
AIDS Turns 30: Are We Close to a Cure?
On June 5th, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report told the world about five rapidly deteriorating men who arrived [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health
Tagged AIDS, Antiretroviral, gene therapy, hiv, NIH, Public Health, Stem Cells, UNC-Chapel Hill
3 Comments
Scientists Convert Human Skin Cells to Neurons For First Time
As if gathering speed toward some uncertain but reachable destination, scientists have checked yet another item off the grand list [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health
Tagged regenerative medicine, Stanford, Stem Cells, transdifferentiation, Wernig
3 Comments
Japanese Researchers Successfully Grow Sperm in Lab – Eventual Cure for Infertility?
In an amazing technical feat researchers in Japan have accomplished something that has stymied the field for the past half [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health
Tagged cancer, genes, Genetics, medicine, regenerative medicine, Stem Cells
2 Comments
UK Stem Cell Company Cures Race Horse Tendons, Humans Next
In a very unusual breakthrough, a stem cell treatment for racehorses is ready to be tried… on you. British scientists [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged adult stem cells, autologous, biotech, horse, medicine, regulations, Stem Cells, tendon, veterinarian, veterinary
2 Comments
France’s First Baby Born To Treat Siblings With Genetic Disorder (video)
Umut Talha’s name means “our hope” in Turkish, and his birth brought some much needed good fortune into the lives [...]
Researchers Turn Skin Cells Into Beating Heart Cells (video)
It’s faster, more powerful, and user-friendly. No, I’m not talking about the latest generation tablet, I’m talking about the latest [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged genes, Genetics, medicine, regenerative medicine, Stem Cells
10 Comments
Scotland Injects Stem Cells into Man’s Brain to Heal Stroke Damage
There are few medical calamities that terrify as many people as a stroke. Of those that survive the sudden blocks [...]
Posted in AI
Tagged brain, fetal stem cells, PISCES, ReN001, ReNeuron, Stem Cells, stroke, University of Glasgow
12 Comments
Gene Therapy Looks To Have Cured Man With Blood Disease
Gene therapy is making a difference in the lives of patients. A phase I/II clinical study run by researchers at [...]
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Outlawed By Federal Judge
Stem cell research in the United States was dealt a recent blow when a US district judge ruled that public [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged embryonic stem cells, federal funding, James Sherley, public funding, Royce Lamberth, Stem Cells, Theresa Diesher
37 Comments
I Can’t Believe The Hype – Beauty Products With Plant Stem Cells
The claims surrounding stem cell treatments are starting to get downright ridiculous. Case in point: so called stem cell technologies [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged eclos, hype, lather, plant stem cells, SOFW, Stem Cells, uttwiler spautlauber
9 Comments
Bone Marrow Stem Cells Reverse Sickle Cell Disease
A revolutionary new procedure for stem cell transplant is reversing the effects of severe adult sickle cell disease. For years, [...]
Cord Blood Saves Life of Pakistani Boy In India (Video)
Shaheer Imran from Islamabad was treated for a rare blood disease thanks to the cord blood donations of two strangers [...]
Stem Cells Injected into Heart, Visually Tracked For 12 Months
Research recently published in Circulation Review sheds some light on how human stem cells affect myocardial damage. Scientists studied the [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health, Stem Cells
Tagged cd34+, edward yeh, MD Anderson, Stem Cells, University of Texas
2 Comments
Stem Cells Heal Dog on Local News. Will Humans Ever Get Their Turn? (video)
Chances are your dog has access to stem cell treatments more advanced than your own. A Fox News affiliate in [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged Atlanta, Behr, dog stem cells, Stem Cells, Vet-Stem, veterinarian stem cells
4 Comments
Athersys Secures Stem Cell Patents and Stock Swells
Biopharmaceutical company Athersys (NASDAQ: ATHX) received a major boost in its stock price on February 10th, following the announcement that [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged Angiotech, Athersys, MultiStem, patent, Pfizer, Stem Cells, stocks
5 Comments
Patient’s Own Stem Cells Used To Grow Facial Bones
A 14 year old boy’s missing facial bones have been regrown with the help of his own stem cells. The [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health, Stem Cells
Tagged brad guilkey, cheek bones, cheekbones, Stem Cells
6 Comments
Fat From Liposuction May Be Good Source for Stem Cells
If you’ve been hunting for useful stem cells, look no further than your butt. Work done at Stanford University’s School [...]
Should I Save My Child’s Cord Blood?
As if you didn’t have enough to worry about, now you’ve got to figure out if storing your child’s umbilical [...]
Stem Cell Treatments in Europe – Are They Real?
It’s hard to get a good grasp on the quality of stem cell treatments in the world. There are so [...]
Geron Explains Why First Embryonic Stem Cell Clinical Trial is Stalled
As if waiting for eight years wasn’t bad enough, we could see another few months pass before the first clinical [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged clinical trials, cysts, embryonic, FDA, GERN, geron, Stem Cells
13 Comments
China: “We Don’t Use Executed Prisoners for Organs…Not Anymore”
The Chinese government has many strengths, but I don’t think that international PR is one of them. In a report [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health, Stem Cells
Tagged artificial organs, China, organ tourism, organ trafficking, organs, Red Cross, Stem Cells
12 Comments
Hungary Raids Illegal Stem Cell Treatment Center – Arrests Four
Cue up the theme to COPS, put on your muumuu, and get ready for another round of science behind bars. [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health, Stem Cells
Tagged arrests, crime, ethics, Hungary, policy, stem cell treatments, Stem Cells
9 Comments