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Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell.

Researchers work on stem cell treatments to halt vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy

Researchers at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute and the Indiana Center for Vascular Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine are on the cusp of perfecting stem cell treatments that would halt - and potentially reverse - vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy.

13 Mar 2013

Adult stem cell treatment for diabetic wounds

Pre-clinical research has generated some very promising findings using adult stem cells for the treatment of diabetic wounds. The research carried out by scientists at the National University of Ireland Galway, is published in Diabetes, the official journal of the American Diabetes Association.

13 Mar 2013

Chimerix receives FDA Fast Track designation for CMX001 to prevent CMV infection

Chimerix, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for CMX001 for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.

12 Mar 2013

State roundup: Sequestration's impacts include less grant dollars

Sequestration spares Medicaid and almost all of Medicare, but automatic cuts to other federal health-care programs will make it more difficult for low-income Americans to get maternal and infant care, vaccinate their children, and receive treatment for mental illness.

12 Mar 2013

Researchers develop new plug-and-play method to assemble complex cell microenvironments

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new "plug-and-play" method to assemble complex cell microenvironments that is a scalable, highly precise way to fabricate tissues with any spatial organization or interest—such as those found in the heart or skeleton or vasculature.

12 Mar 2013

UniStem Day 2013 to take place on Mar. 15

This year, six Spanish universities participate in UniStem Day 2013, an event that takes place next Friday, 15th March. It is the first time that the event is carried out simultaneously in several European countries.

12 Mar 2013

Researchers identify new mechanism in onset of motor neuron diseases

The British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is likely to be the world's most famous person living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a progressive disease affecting motor neurons, nerve cells that control muscle function, and nearly always leads to death.

11 Mar 2013

SDF-1 turns on autophagy that helps cells stay in place and focused on making bone

A signaling molecule that helps stem cells survive in the naturally low-oxygen environment inside the bone marrow may hold clues to helping the cells survive when the going gets worse with age and disease, researchers report.

11 Mar 2013

Scientists develop new method for replacing missing teeth

Scientists have developed a new method of replacing missing teeth with a bioengineered material generated from a person's own gum cells.

11 Mar 2013

Researchers discover ovarian stem-like epithelial cells that can mutate to form tumors

In collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University, a team of cancer researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has discovered cells with stem-cell properties in the ovary that can mutate to form tumors.

8 Mar 2013

Minerva scientists convert established human stem cells to the elusive naïve state

Minerva Biotechnologies, a leading cancer and stem cell development company today announced a major breakthrough in human stem cell research.

8 Mar 2013

USF, Saneron receive patent for transplantation method using umbilical cord blood cells

Researchers at Saneron CCEL Therapeutics and the University of South Florida have received a patent relating to a method for obtaining and using umbilical cord blood cells from a donor or patient to provide neural cells for transplantation aimed at repairing a variety of neurodegenerative diseases of the brain and spinal cord, such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease as well as brain and spinal cord injury.

7 Mar 2013

Researchers discover likely origin of epithelial ovarian cancer

Cornell University researchers have discovered a likely origin of epithelial ovarian cancer (ovarian carcinoma), the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States.

7 Mar 2013

Study combines induced pluripotent stem cell technology and genetic correction to treat DMD

Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Lillehei Heart Institute have combined genetic repair with cellular reprogramming to generate stem cells capable of muscle regeneration in a mouse model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).

7 Mar 2013

Selective activation of the dentate gyrus can reduce anxiety without affecting learning

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have found the first evidence that selective activation of the dentate gyrus, a portion of the hippocampus, can reduce anxiety without affecting learning.

7 Mar 2013

Chemotherapy-free stem cell transplant shows promise for sickle cell disease

Two brothers have been cured of their sickle cell disease at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System using a relatively uncommon type of stem cell transplant that is performed without chemotherapy.

6 Mar 2013

Stem cell transplantation could be delayed in acute myeloid leukemia

Stem cell transplantation could be delayed until a relapse occurs, without affecting overall survival, in some patients with acute myeloid leukemia, UK researchers report.

5 Mar 2013

Sanford-Burnham enters into partnership to test furin for treatment of dengue fever

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and 60- Pharmaceuticals, LLC, have entered into a partnership to test furin, a human proteinase, as a drug target for the treatment of dengue fever, one of the most common infectious diseases in the tropics and subtropics.

5 Mar 2013

Pediatric cancer charities collaborate to create new treatments for children with neuroblastoma

Solving Kids' Cancer, along with U.K.-based charities Neuroblastoma Alliance UK, J-A-C-K, and other European organizations have aligned forces to improve access to promising clinical trials for children with high-risk neuroblastoma in North America, the U.K. and Europe.

5 Mar 2013

PsiOxus completes enrollment in MT-102 Phase II trial on cancer cachexia

PsiOxus Therapeutics, Ltd. (PsiOxus), a development stage biotechnology company, has completed patient enrollment for its Phase II clinical trial to study MT-102, a small molecule therapeutic for the treatment of cancer cachexia.

4 Mar 2013

Stem Cells News and Research

Further Reading

Researchers work on stem cell treatments to halt vision loss caused by diabetic retinopathy

Adult stem cell treatment for diabetic wounds

Chimerix receives FDA Fast Track designation for CMX001 to prevent CMV infection

State roundup: Sequestration's impacts include less grant dollars

Researchers develop new plug-and-play method to assemble complex cell microenvironments

UniStem Day 2013 to take place on Mar. 15

Researchers identify new mechanism in onset of motor neuron diseases

SDF-1 turns on autophagy that helps cells stay in place and focused on making bone

Scientists develop new method for replacing missing teeth

Researchers discover ovarian stem-like epithelial cells that can mutate to form tumors

Minerva scientists convert established human stem cells to the elusive naïve state

USF, Saneron receive patent for transplantation method using umbilical cord blood cells

Researchers discover likely origin of epithelial ovarian cancer

Study combines induced pluripotent stem cell technology and genetic correction to treat DMD

Selective activation of the dentate gyrus can reduce anxiety without affecting learning

Chemotherapy-free stem cell transplant shows promise for sickle cell disease

Stem cell transplantation could be delayed in acute myeloid leukemia

Sanford-Burnham enters into partnership to test furin for treatment of dengue fever

Pediatric cancer charities collaborate to create new treatments for children with neuroblastoma

PsiOxus completes enrollment in MT-102 Phase II trial on cancer cachexia

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