Collaborative Research Environment Triggers Move Of Umbilical Cord Stem Cell CompanyOfficials from Rutgers University and state government have welcomed StemCyte, Inc., to the Garden State. One of the factors in the company's decision to move into New Jersey was a desire to be closer to Rutgers and the groundbreaking research taking place at the university.StemCyte's new office in Ewing Township will house members of its executive management and therapeutics team, establishing a base of operations for the company's northeast United States therapeutics program.
Mothers And Offspring Can Share Cells Throughout LifeCutting the umbilical cord doesn't necessarily sever the physical link between mother and child. Many cells pass back and forth between the mother and fetus during pregnancy and can be detected in the tissues and organs of both even decades later. This mixing of cells from two genetically distinct individuals is called microchimerism. The phenomenon is the focus of an increasing number of scientists who wonder what role these cells play in the body.
Creation Of Heart And Blood Cells From Reprogrammed Skin CellsStem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells.The finding is the first to show that induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells, which don't involve the use of embryos or eggs, can be differentiated into the three types of cardiovascular cells needed to repair the heart and blood vessels.
Mouse Adult Stem Cells Developed Into Heart And Blood CellsResearchers have succeeded in inducing stem cells grown from mouse skin cells to differentiate into functioning cardiovascular and blood cells, according to a study publishing online tomorrow in the journal "Stem Cells." "Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are reprogrammed cells obtained by genetic manipulation of normal adult cells that then express capabilities similar to embryonic stem cells," explains Dr. Miodrag Stojkovic, Co-Editor of "Stem Cells.
Eradicating Breast Cancer By Attacking The RootsThe lesson learned in eradicating dandelions from your yard could apply in treating breast cancer as well, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute."It's not enough to kill the dandelion blossom and stalk that appear above ground," said Dr.
Discovery Of Stem Cells In The Pituitary Gland Of Mice Suggests A Means Of Adapting To Stress And Life ChangesA team of researchers led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have for the first time identified stem cells that allow the pituitary glands of mice to grow even after birth. They found that, in contrast to most adult stem cells, these cells are distinct from those that fuel the initial growth of this important organ.
Menstrual Blood Shows Heart Repairing Stem Cell PropertiesScientists in Japan have discovered that cells taken from menstrual blood can be cultivated in the lab and used like stem cells to repair damaged heart tissue.The initial results of the work were published last week in the journal Stem Cells.
VistaGen Collaborates With Canadian, U.S., And British Researchers To Isolate Earliest Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Human Cardiac CellJoined by scientists from VistaGen Therapeutics here, a team of leading Canadian, American and British medical researchers have used embryonic stem (ES) cells differentiation cultures to successfully identify, grow and study the earliest cell destined to form the human heart. This novel cardiac stem cell is able to produce all three types of cells important to the cardiovascular system.
Fly Lifespan Lengthened By Eliminating GermlineNew research by Brown University biologists shows that fruit flies live longer when they don't produce germline stem cells - the cells that create eggs and sperm.The work suggests a provocative general principle at work: Signals from reproductive tissue directly control lifespan and metabolism in the whole organism.
Heart Cells Made From Embryonic Stem CellsA group of scientists from Canada and the US has successfully used embryonic stem cells to produce heart progenitor cells which are able to make three major types of cell essential for a healthy heart. The researchers said this discovery represents a significant step in the development of human heart tissue for use in heart repair and drug testing.
Multipotential Stem Cells Could Be Provided By Menstrual BloodResearchers seeking new and more abundant sources of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine have identified a potentially unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source - menstrual blood.Stromal stem cells - cells that are present in connective tissues - have recently been identified in endometrial tissues of the uterus.
A Stem Cell Type Supposed To Be Crucial For Angiogenesis And Cancer Growth Does Not Exist?It is widely believed that tumor angiogenesis and cancer growth critically depend on circulating endothelial precursor cells, mobilized from the bone marrow. The recent study from researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Stanford University, US, now suggests that a stem cell type supposed to be crucial for blood vessel formation and cancer growth does not actually exist.
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