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Texas Heart Institute’s Dr. Doris Taylor In The Forefront Of Heart Tissue Regeneration Research
Please note that Dr. Taylor uses adult stem cells, not destructive embryonic stem cells! Dr. Taylor, one of the world’s leading cell therapy and cardiac regeneration scientists, joined the THI in March 1, 2012, recruited with support from the Houston Endowment. She and her team are internationally renowned for their research on “whole organ decellularization,” … Continue reading
Brain Is Command Center for Aging | The Scientist Magazine®
But, what and when are we going to do about it? Hurry! Inflammation in the hypothalamus may underlie aging of the entire body, according to a study published today (May 1) in Nature. Over-activation of the inflammatory protein nuclear factor kB (NF-κB) in the brain region leads to a number of aging-related changes in mice, … Continue reading
Distinct niches in bone marrow nurture blood stem cells | Science Codex
The future of stem cell research: determine which conditions make the right stem cells in the body work the way we want them to, using stimulating factors for the good and suppressing the bad ones that cause cancer. “What we found was rather surprising,” Link says. “There’s not just one niche for developing blood cells … Continue reading
Scientists Explore (Adult) Stem Cells to Treat Diabetic Blindness
Great news about ethical treatment for a common complication of diabetes, from the Voice of America: Stitt, who directs the Queen’s University Center for Vision and Vascular Science, is participating in a European-led study called Repair of Diabetic Damage by Stromal Cell Administration (REDDSTAR). Researchers from the U.S., Northern Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and … Continue reading
Celltex hires Glenn McGee (To Texas from New York)
Y’all remember Gleen McGee? He’s the guy from Texas who daydreams about Richard Doerflinger and who resigned over accusations that he was less than ethical.what’s was one of the people I wrote about in “Ethicists for Hire. He’s also well known to be an advocate for unethical embryonic stem cells. Well now, he’s coming back … Continue reading
High-priced mice for science at Texas A&M
This article from the Texas A&M newspaper describes the medical research with “knockout” mice, or mice that have a specific gene turned off. The University’s Texas Institute of Genomic Medicine , part of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences specializes in developing knockout mice strains using embryonic stem cells from mice embryos, which … Continue reading
New Class of Stem Cell-Like Cells Discovered in Spinal Cord Offers Possibilities for… — SEATTLE, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —
This is exciting, although preliminary, research results. These researchers used what is known about stem cells to look for existing cells in the spinal cord. The genes that “switch on and off” are now known for quite a few stem cell lines and they are matched against all the cell genomes that we have in … Continue reading
(All Are Adult Stem Cells) CIRM
Planning awards advance new therapies for Huntington’s disease, critical limb ischemia, airway disease, HIV/AIDS and osteoporosis The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state stem cell agency, today approved research planning grants for five UC Davis Health System teams that are working to develop human clinical trials to treat illnesses such as Huntington’s disease, … Continue reading
Ethical dilemma in fetal stem cell research – UK stroke study
“The world’s first clinical trial of brain stem cells to treat stroke has recorded no adverse effects to date, BBC News has reported. The BBC website reports that research using stem cells to treat strokes “is set to move to its next phase” after independent assessors approved continuation of the trial of the experimental treatment. … Continue reading
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