Stem Cells

LONDON: British scientists have for the first time generated crucial types of human brain cells in the laboratory by reprogramming skin cells , which they say could speed up the hunt for new treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy and stroke. Until now it has only been possible to generate tissue from the cerebral cortex, the area of the brain where most major neurological diseases occur, by using controversial embryonic stem cells, obtained by the destruction of an...Read Full Story

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers have again proven that injecting multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into tumors and heating them with a quick, 30-second laser treatment can kill them. The results of the first effort involving kidney tumors was published in 2009, but now they’ve taken the science and directed it at breast cancer tumors, specifically the tumor initiating cancer stem cells. These stem cells are hard to kill because they don’t divide very often and many anti...Read Full Story

Wed, Feb 1 2012 14:15 IST | 7 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Scientists have successfully converted mouse skin cells directly into cells that become the three main parts of the nervous system, bypassing the stem cell stage, throwing up many new possibilities in the medical world. This new study is a substantial advance over the previous paper in that it transforms the skin cells into neural precursor cells, as opposed to neurons. While neural precursor cells can...Read Full Story

Patients may regain some function after treatment, preliminary research suggests Share What is this? Twitter Digg Facebook More... EMAIL PRINT RSS   WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Treating stroke patients with stem cells taken from their own bone marrow appears to safely help them regain some of their lost abilities, two small new studies suggest. Indian researchers observed mixed results in the extent of stroke...Read Full Story

Supreme Court rules police need warrant for GPS … – Headline Local The high court ruling was a defeat for the Obama administration, which had argued that a warrant was not required to use global positioning system devices to monitor a vehicle on public streets. The justices unanimously upheld a … http://headlinelocal.com/mcallen/ — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:48:22 -0800 World Press Release: Recording Artist, Chantler presents New Music Single “Alternative Love” Music single “Alternative...Read Full Story

stem cell therapy Embryonic stem cells are often touted to be “the medication of the future.” A new study has just been released corroborating this idea, that stem cells may be used to cure or ease symptoms of previously untreatable conditions. A new study, funded by Advanced Cell Technology in Massachusetts, has shown that stem cells may improve blindness caused by certain diseases. Not only does it lessen the blindness, stem cells also work quickly. After four months, neither of the...Read Full Story

London, Feb 8 (ANI): Researchers have discovered how mutations in the parkin gene lead to the incurable Parkinson’s disease. The University of Buffalo findings reveal potential new drug targets for the disease as well as a screening platform for discovering new treatments that might mimic the protective functions of parkin. UB has applied for patent protection on the screening platform. “This is the first time that human dopamine neurons have ever been generated from Parkinson’s disease...Read Full Story