Stem cells used to successfully regenerate damage in corticospinal injury
For first time, researchers show functional benefit in animal model of key motor control system Writing in the March 28, 2016 issue of Nature Medicine, researchers at… Read more »
Stem Cell Battles: Proposition 71 and Beyond
Don Reed’s new book “Stem Cell Battles: Proposition 71 and Beyond” (available at Amazon) gives us an insider’s perspective on the historical whirlwind that today is driving… Read more »
New Research: Combining Adult Stem Cells with Hormone May Speed Bone Fracture Healing
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 8, 2015) ? A combination of adult stem cells and parathyroid hormone significantly increased new bone formation in laboratory animals and may speed the… Read more »
Stem cell-derived kidneys connect to blood vessels when transplanted into mice
* After researchers transplanted kidney tissue generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells into a mouse kidney, the animal’s blood vessels readily connected to the human tissue…. Read more »
Study finds combination stem cell therapy improves cardiac function
A new study from the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine finds that combination stem cell therapy, using c-kit+… Read more »
A Prkci Gene Keeps Stem Cells in Check
When it comes to stem cells, too much of a good thing isn’t wonderful: producing too many new stem cells may lead to cancer; producing too few… Read more »
Aged neurons can now be generated using stem cell technology
Diseases of human aging have always been difficult to study in the lab. Stem cell technology always had promise, but when scientists reverted a skin cell from… Read more »