Scitizen Stem Cells

A new article in Live Science predicts that adult stem cells may replace silicone breast implants and other contemporary plastic surgery techniques. But first, a crucial admission you once would ...

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Six years ago, biomedical engineer Michael King was exploring the strange rolling motion of white blood cells when his research took a radical turn.

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Tony Maciulis talks with Dr. Jon LaPook about a breakthrough in stem cell research. Scientists have found a way to possibly avoid using embryonic stem cells.

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/first-look-stem-cell-research_a-9-1239.html

A huge advancement in stem cell research--and a stake in the heart of human cloning--was announced yesterday.

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On November 2, researchers at Case Western University announced the "super mouse": mice who have been genetically tweaked to produce large amounts of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases (PEPCK-C),...

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The field of functional genomics explores the various functions of genetic sequences within the human genome. Gene function discoveries provide researchers with greater understanding of the instr...

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Rice University researchers have engineered musculoskeletal cartilages with human embryonic stem cells, with the hope of eventually using the neotissue for the replacement of damaged or diseased ...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/cartilage-engineered-using-human-embryonic-stem-cells_a-9-1055.html

British authorities decided yesterday to permit research that uses animal eggs to create human stem cells because of the limited supply of human eggs. This is BBC News.

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/uk-allows-human-animal-hybrid-embryos_a-9-1012.html

Smoking is known to cause cancer and other diseases, but new evidence suggests that smoking may also permanently alter the DNA sequence of the descendents of fathers who smoke.

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Stem cells have the potential to become all the cells and tissues in the human body. These cells have been described as embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and adult stem cells. ESCs are derived from a v...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/potential-of-umbilical-cord-blood-stem-cells-in-regenerative-medicine_a-9-727.html

Arthur Caplan is the director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. He was written an article on the MSNBC website that addresses the new work on reprogramming cells to p...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/the-ethics-of-stem-cell-research_a-9-764.html

Stem cells serve as the source of all the other specialized cells in the body. Here is part 2 of a series of four animations on stem cells created by Riken CDB to highlight some of the basic biol...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/pluripotent-stem-cells-in-the-early-embryo_a-9-711.html

Rudolf Jaenisch, a pioneer of transgenic science at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass. explains how researchers have manipulated mouse fibroblasts and turned them int...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/creating-embryonic-stem-cells-without-an-egg-or-embryo_a-9-701.html

Stem cells provide the starting material for the development and repair of every organ and tissue in the body and they are present in all stages of life. While some stem cells are highly flexible...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/discovery-of-stem-cells-in-muscle-could-advance-development-of-regenerative-therapies_a-9-673.html

Identification, isolation and large scale culture of stem cells for potential medical applications is a major challenge in cell biology. However, the culture of stem cells, but also of any other ...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/stem-cells-cultures-are-confronted-to-heterogeneity_a-9-661.html

Researchers have reprogrammed skin cells into embryonic stem cells. This new technique could be used to develop stem cell lines without use of controversial cloning methods. The study is publishe...

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University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have recently found evidence that adult bone marrow stem cells may help cure certain genetic eye diseases.

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/stem-cells-may-help-improve-vision_a-9-633.html

The US Patent and Trademark Office has just revoked three stem cells patents hold by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). These patents, issued from Dr James Thompson's studies at the...

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Stem cells are specialized cells that continually generate progeny cells for organ formation and maintenance. Stem cells can be found within the different tissues of the human body at all stages ...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/the-breast-cancer-1-gene-brca1-plays-a-role-in-the-regulation-of-human-mammary-stem-cell-self-renewal-and-differentiation_a-9-557.html

Brain ischemia, the consequence of stroke, determines a widespread loss of different cell types in brain and thus it may benefit from exogenous stem cells replacement of lost or damaged cells. In...

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Dr. Jon LaPook introduces his report on study of new stems that can be used today to treat Type 1 diabetes. Teaser from the "CBS Evening News" tonight. (CBSNews.com)

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Dr. Amish Raval and his team at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin recently announced that it is one of the first medical centers in the United States particip...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/testing-adult-stem-cells-and-potential-hope-for-heart-disease-victims_a-9-493.html

Angelo Vescosi reviews for Scitizen the promises and issues raised by stem cell research. Vescosi is co-director of the Research Stem Cell Institute in Milan, Italia. Listen to the full interview...

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Dr. Atala is senior researcher and director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He and his colleagues have identified a new stem cell found in...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/a-new-source-of-pluripotent-stem-cells_a-9-312.html

Human umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cell research shows great promise, especially as we continue to learn more about the differentiation capabilities of these stem cells. During the past few ye...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/human-cord-blood-stem-cell-differentiates-into-lung-cell_a-9-278.html

Researchers in Dr. Rita Perlingeiro?s laboratory at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, have developed a way to isolate and purify the adult stem cell that gives rise to bone, cartilage, an...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/adult-stem-cells-have-unexpected-resemblance-to-embryonic-stem-cells_a-9-277.html

A study published November 16 in Nature identifies a protein network that promotes the pluripotency of stem cells. The lead author, Jianlong Wang, of the studies answers our questions.

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/protein-network-promotes-pluripotency-of-stem-cells_a-9-267.html

Photoreceptors are light-sensitive cells that line the back of the eye like the pixels of a digital camera and allow us to see. In the USA and Europe, most people who are registered blind have su...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/the-potential-to-regenerate-the-retina-using-stem-cells_a-9-264.html

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease that has not treatment and severely limits motility and life expectancy in people. A close animal model with the same symptoms as humans is the go...

http://www.scitizen.com/stem-cells/stem-cells-aid-dogs-with-muscular-dystrophy-to-walk-more-normally_a-9-256.html

The core finding of this study and of a companion study by the laboratory of Stuart Orkin at Children's Hospital essentially points to a paradigm for generating multiple different cell types in t...

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