Every day, the medical staff and researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston witness the devastating effects of diseases like leukemia, diabetes, sickle cell anemia and heart disease on…Read more…
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With more than 4,000 members from over 60 countries, the ISSCR is the preeminent transnational, cross-disciplinary science-based organization dedicated to stem cell research.Read more…
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Induced pluripotent stem cells, the workhorse of many regenerative medicine projects, start out as differentiated cells that are reprogrammed to pluripotent stem cells by exposure to a complex set of genetic cocktails. Mayo researchers now report that using the measles virus vector; they’ve trimmed that multi-vector process with four reprogramming factors down to a single “one cycle” vector process. [Read More...]
Twenty years ago, Dr. Jamie Thomson turned the possibility of working with stems cells into reality. We take a look back on where we came from, where we are now and where we might go as stem cell science moves [Read More...]
After radiation, a small number of blood stem cells make an outsized contribution to reconstituting the blood and immune system.
Credit: Jiya Eerdeng/Rong Lu Lab/USC Stem Cell
Bone marrow transplants, which involve transplanting healthy blood stem cells, offer the best treatment for many types of cancers, blood disorders and immune diseases. Even though 22,000 of these procedures are performed each year in the US, much remains to be [Read More...]
Dear Colleague, I would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming 7th International Stem Cell Meeting of the Israel Stem Cell Society which will take…Read more…