by rss feed | Jan 31, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Tissue that is typically discarded in routine hip replacement operations may offer a rich untapped source of stem cells that could be banked for later use in regenerative medicine, where patients’ own cells are used to treat disease or repair failing...
by rss feed | Jan 31, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Neurostemcellrepair (European stem cell consortium for neural cell replacement, reprogramming and functional brain repair) is formed to create a world-leading consortium that aims at taking human stem cells through the final steps toward clinical application in cell...
by rss feed | Jan 29, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
BioLamina (Stockholm, Sweden) is a company developing, producing and marketing tools that help scientists handle different types of primary cells including stem cells.
by rss feed | Jan 29, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
A new study published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, describes how scientists have developed a way of producing highly sought populations of a pure tissue-specific cell from human pluripotent stem cells.Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are precursor cells than can...
by rss feed | Jan 29, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in collaboration with researchers from Japan, have discovered a way of changing adult stem cells back to their original embryonic state by exposing them to low oxygen and acidic environments. This is according to a...
by rss feed | Jan 28, 2014 | News Feeds, Stem Cell Research
A new method allows for large-scale generation of human embryonic stem cells of high clinical quality. It also allows for production of such cells without destroying any human embryos. The discovery is a big step forward for stem cell research and for the high hopes...
