Stem Cells in the News

Scientists looking into the biological mechanisms behind deteriorating bones have made a discovery that could help tackle age-related conditions like osteoporosis, by rejuvenating stem cells that are central to the process. The newly published study demonstrates how certain changes compromise the performance of these stem cells as they age, but also shows how sodium acetate [...] Published September 14, 2021 at 09:52PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have tested an experimental new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis in mice. The team implanted stem cells that have been reprogrammed to secrete anti-inflammatory drugs only when they sense inflammation.Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder where the immune system mistakenly begins attacking tissue at the joints. Inflammation makes movement [...] Published September 01, 2021 at 11:23PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer, and compounding the threat is the high probability of recurrence following treatment, with dormant tumor cells springing back into action and giving rise to new growths. In a development likened to targeting the roots rather than cutting the weeds, scientists have pinpointed proteins that could help unravel [...] Published August 31, 2021 at 10:14PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Researchers have made a striking breakthrough in lab-grown mini organs. Using induced pluriopotent stem cells (iPSCs), the team induced brain organoids to develop rudimentary eye structures that can sense light and send signals to the rest of the brain.The human brain is one of the most ridiculously complex things nature has ever concocted, so to [...] Published August 17, 2021 at 10:51PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Diabetes has a long list of run-on health effects, and one of them is an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Now, scientists at Oxford have uncovered a mechanism behind that, finding high blood sugar levels “reprogram” stem cells so the white blood cells they produce become inflammatory, creating more plaques that build up in blood [...] Published July 14, 2021 at 10:41PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

After someone has suffered a heart attack, non-beating scar tissue grows back in place of the damaged cardiac tissue, leaving the heart permanently weakened. A newly developed spray-on medication, however, may someday help change that.Stem cell therapy is one of the main methods that has been suggested for regrowing cardiac tissue on damaged hearts. Unfortunately, [...] Published July 14, 2021 at 03:59PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

An extraordinary new study has detailed the development of a nearly complete mouse embryo – with muscles, blood vessels and a tiny beating heart – grown in a lab dish out of stem cells. The research presents the most sophisticated “embryo in a dish” created to date, offering essential new innovations on the road to [...] Published June 30, 2021 at 11:08PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

It’s a cruel reality that the heart has such a limited capacity to heal itself, meaning that people who survive heart attacks often go on to have more. Now, researchers at the University College London (UCL) have grown heart cells from stem cells, embedded them onto microspheres and injected them into damaged hearts to help [...] Published June 13, 2021 at 06:10PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Researchers have found a way to maintain insulin levels in diabetic mice by growing and implanting new beta cells that produce the hormone. These cells are housed inside a tiny device that protects them from the animal’s immune system, like a shark cage.In patients with type 1 diabetes, the immune system mistakenly begins attacking beta [...] Published June 03, 2021 at 10:33PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Researchers at the Salk Institute have uncovered a mechanism by which stem cells can help regenerate muscles. The discovery could provide a new drug target for repairing muscles after injury or rebuilding muscle mass lost during the normal aging process.The breakthrough started with a set of proteins called Yamanaka factors, which have long been studied [...] Published May 31, 2021 at 10:19PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

One of the main causes of vision loss in adults is deteriorative disorders of the retina, like macular degeneration, that are characterized by the death of the eye's photoreceptor cells. Scientists are therefore focusing a lot of attention on coming up with ways to regenerate these cells, and a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison [...] Published April 21, 2021 at 10:52PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

With no real forms of treatment other than pain-relieving medications or a full joint replacement, osteoarthritis remains a difficult disorder to tackle, at great pain and discomfort to sufferers. Regenerating the degrading tissue in worn out joints through the use of stem cells is one promising possibility, and scientists in China have just demonstrated how [...] Published April 18, 2021 at 09:01PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

While the risk of cancer recurrence depends on many factors such as cancer type and how progressed it is, the fear of the disease returning is a serious and long-lasting concern for survivors. Scientists in Japan have come up with a new tool to study the way cancerous cells can hide away in body tissues [...] Published March 30, 2021 at 10:00PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

A detailed analysis of 13 case histories has found intravenous injections of stem cells lead to substantial motor function improvements in patients suffering spinal cord injury. The research also suggests the novel therapy is safe, with no major adverse events recorded, but larger clinical trials are needed to further affirm efficacy.A number of different stem [...] Published February 24, 2021 at 09:52PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

A breakthrough study from scientists at Japan's RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research has homed in on the specific characteristics of stem cells in the skin responsible for hair cell regeneration and also identified the optimal ingredients to generate continual hair follicle growth. The researchers suggest animal testing for their hair regeneration method is complete [...] Published February 14, 2021 at 11:05PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Glaucoma is a serious eye disease that can gradually cause vision loss, which is currently irreversible. But in a new cell culture study scientists found that removing a membrane at the back of the eye could help transplanted cells migrate into the optic nerve and repair the connections, potentially restoring lost vision.Retinal ganglion cells sit [...] Published January 15, 2021 at 12:44AM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Researchers have developed a drug that can mimic inflammation signals to lure stem cells to damaged tissue, without causing any further inflammation. The technique could be a boon for regenerative medicine to treat neurological disorders.Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury and damage, swelling up to allow better blood flow to the area. It [...] Published November 24, 2020 at 09:00PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

A new study led by the University of Edinburgh and Queen Mary University of London has identified a protein that plays a crucial role in protecting the body’s blood stem cells from damage during infection, a finding that could lead to new ways to slow down the aging process.Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are found in [...] Published November 09, 2020 at 08:30PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

Stem cells are a promising experimental treatment for a variety of diseases. Now researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that transplanting neurons grown from stem cells into the brains of mice with Parkinson’s disease repaired the damaged brain circuits, improving the animals’ motor skills.In people afflicted with Parkinson’s, neurons that produce dopamine begin [...] Published September 30, 2020 at 02:04AM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .

For some time now, we've heard about scaffolding-like materials that are implanted into bone fractures, prompting the body's own bone cells to grow into them and heal the break. Now, however, scientists have developed a special bandage that may also do the job.Developed by a team at King's College London, the "bone bandage" is made [...] Published September 22, 2020 at 05:43PM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal .