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Australian team produces bone stem cells, no marrow required
We have a research finding to tell you about that could lead to wide production of a type of stem cell to repair bone and maybe even other organs. And no bone marrow is required for the process.
Fetal stem cells from placenta could be heart treatment breakthrough
Fetal stem cells from the placenta may help repair heart damage in new moms, researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found in what is being billed as a first-of-its-kind study. The
Stem cells shrink enlarged hearts, rejuvenate scar tissue
Songwriters may think that only love can mend a heart, but University of Miami cardiologists found that stem cell therapy can do it, too. In a small, preliminary human study, the researchers used
U of M researchers discover HIV reservoir
University of Michigan scientists have discovered that bone marrow, previously thought to be resistant to the HIV, can contain latent forms of the virus. Their findings, which appear online in Nature
DaVinci: Stem cell treatment helped spinal cord patients
Following up on eight acute and chronic spinal cord injury patients who were injected with bone marrow stem cells two years ago, researchers say that the therapy proved safe and effective in
Combo therapy revs up stem cells to repair damage
A research team at Imperial College in London has engineered a new method that spurs bone marrow to make and release two new types of stem cells that the body can use to repair damaged bone, blood
Bone marrow in test tube offers new tool to researchers
A lab at the University of Michigan has created artificial human bone marrow in a test tube, and the end product can be used to test new drugs more efficiently, study the human immune system and
Stem cells dramatically reduce brain damage in study
By injecting stem cells extracted from bone marrow, scientists were able to coordinate the genetic response of animals, dramatically reducing the amount of brain damage triggered by a sudden
NIH creates new stem cell research center
The National Institutes of Health told staffers last week that it is setting up a bone marrow-stem cell transplant center within the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Procedures bypass immunosuppressive drugs
In two separate studies doctors developed new procedures that prevented the need for a lifetime of immunosuppressive drugs to prevent the rejection of an organ transplant. At Stanford irradiation and
