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Is the dawn of the stem cell revolution finally here?
Source: Discover Magazine
This year, scientists made strides in using stem cells in treatments for human brains, livers, and hearts.
Pig stem cells offer a new way to grow human organs for transplantation
Source: News-medical net
In a new paper published in Stem Cell Reports, Bhanu Telugu and co-inventor Chi-Hun Park of the University of Maryland (UMD) Department of Animal and Avian Sciences show for the first time that newly established stem cells from pigs, when injected into embryos, contributed to the development of only the organ of interest .
Researchers cook up `recipes` for stem cell programming
Source: ScienceBoard
Transcription factors (proteins that control gene expression) can be used in simple "recipes" to easily convert stem cells into hundreds of different cells and tissues, according to a new study published in Nature Biotechnology on November 30.
Engineering stem cells to treat bone cancer
Source: News Medical.Net
Over the past decades, stem cells are being broadly used as regenerative medicine for repairing or replacing tissues that are damaged due to injury or diseases. With the advancement in stem cell therapy, scientists have now engineered stem cells that can effectively treat metastatic bone cancer without damaging surrounding normal tissues.
Stem cells: new insights for future regenerative medicine approaches
Source: Stem Cells Portal
Stem cells are considered one of the most promising tools in the field of regenerative medicine because they are a cell type that can give rise to all the cells in our bodies and that has the potential to be used to treat tissue loss due to damage or disease.
The true (if circuitous) path to stem cell cures
Source: Geneng News
Stem cells hold so much potential for regenerative medicine, it is understandable that so many people should be so impatient to see all that potential realized. But people, the desperately ill among them, need to recognize that stem cells aren’t talismans.
Researchers develop new gelatin microcarrier for cell production
Source: Stem Cells Portal
Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have developed a novel microcarrier for large-scale cell production and expansion that offers higher yield and cost-effectiveness compared to traditional methods.
