Breakthrough in Stem Cell Research: Australians Develop Three Clones From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
“This cloning of cells involves a new technique, which is a very accurate way of extracting and then growing a single cell,” said UNSW Senior Lecturer Dr Kuldip Sidhu, who is leading the research and is based at the Diabetes Transplant Unit (DTU) at the Prince of Wales Hospital, a major teaching hospital of UNSW. “There has only been one report of cloning of cells from human embryonic stem cells anywhere else in the world – in Israel.”
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Cardiac Stem Cells Come Closer to Clinic
The laboratory of MDA grantee Kenneth Chien at the University of California-San Diego announced in a recent issue of Nature that its researchers have discovered in the hearts of mice, rats and humans a new type of stem cell that can become a mature cardiac cell.
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Mouse with Designer Liver has Enhanced Glucose Tolerance and Improved Insulin Response
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Gene Therapy for Tumors, Including Gliomas
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a way to overcome one of the major hurdles in gene therapy for cancer: its tendency to kill normal cells in the process of eradicating cancer cells.
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Gene Transplanted in Experimental Therapy Procedure
An experimental and controversial form of “genetic therapy” involving transplanting a gene in the body of the patient was recently administered to a heart patient at Petah Tikva’s Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center.
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Researcher Grows New Insulin-secreting Beta Cells from Pancreatic Tissue
The treatment caused primitive “precursor” cells in the islets – known as ductal cells – to develop into beta cells, increasing overall beta cell mass and boosting insulin levels within the islets.
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Antibodies May Help Alzheimer’s, Study Finds
Antibodies that attack the protein believed responsible for Alzheimer’s disease may offer a new way to treat the brain-destroying illness, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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RNAi Consortium Unites Big Pharma and Academia
Investigators from three major pharmaceutical firms – Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly & Co., and Novartis AG – are joining forces with the Broad Institute and other leading academic centers to create the RNA Interference (RNAi) Consortium.
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Researcher Takes Stem Cell Research Another Step
Treena Arinzeh, a young professor who last year won a Presidential Award, the nation’s highest scientific honor, is bringing the promise of stem cell research one step closer to reality.
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Tissue Engineering to Grow Bone, Ligaments and Cartilage
A future in which laboratory-grown organs and stimulated growth of muscle, bones and nerves could play a major role in treating medical conditions was revealed at a recent Tissue Engineering Symposium at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
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Cells That Go Back in Time
Lop off a newt’s leg or tail, and it will grow a new one. The creature’s cells can regenerate thanks to built-in time machines that revert cells to early versions of themselves in a process called dedifferentiation.
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ABSTRACT, REVIEWS, & SPECIAL REPORTS
Adult Stem Cell Lines in Regenerative Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
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Designing Babies: What the Future Holds
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Effects of Medium Composition on the Production of Plasmid DNA Vector Potentially for Human Gene Therapy
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Gene Therapy in the Management of Oral Cancer: A Review of Recent Developments
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Muscle Stem Cells and Exercise Training
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