Stem Cells News

December 5, 2023

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Early-Stage Stem Cell Therapy Trial Shows Promise for Treating Progressive MS

Nov. 27, 2023 — An international team has shown that the injection of a type of stem cell into the brains of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is safe, well tolerated and has a long-lasting ...

Stem Cell-Based Treatment Controls Blood Sugar in People With Type 1 Diabetes

Nov. 27, 2023 — An innovative stem cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes can meaningfully regulate blood glucose levels and reduce dependence on daily insulin injections, according to new clinical trial ...

Decoding Cell Fate: Key Mechanism in Stem Cell Switch Identified

Nov. 24, 2023 — Stem cells can differentiate to replace dead and damaged cells. But how do stem cells decide which type of cell to become in a given situation? Using intestinal organoids, scientists identified a new gene, Daam1, that plays an essential role, ...

Pediatric Oncology: Scientists Discover New Achilles Heel of Leukemia Cells

Nov. 22, 2023 — Leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children. Treatment involves intensive chemotherapy, which has severe side effects due to its non-specific mode of action. A team has now discovered a site in the DNA of cancer cells that is essential ...

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Potential Glaucoma Treatment Strategy to Guide Stem Cells to the Retina

Nov. 17, 2023 — Scientists have developed a novel approach that allows stem cells to be turned into retinal ganglion cells that are capable of migrating and surviving in the eye's retina. This approach presents a ...

Lung Cancer Cells' 'Memories' Suggest New Strategy for Improving Treatment

Nov. 17, 2023 — Research shows that some lung cancer cells retain a 'memory' of the healthy cell where they came from -- one that might be exploited to make an emerging type of lung cancer treatment called KRAS ...

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's: Scientists Produce Human Norepinephrine Neurons from Stem Cells

Nov. 17, 2023 — Researchers have identified a protein key to the development of a type of brain cell believed to play a role in disorders like Alzheimer's and ...

New Research Advances Understanding of Cancer Risk in Gene Therapies

Nov. 16, 2023 — Researchers have discovered that 'cell competition' following gene therapy results in the accumulation of stem cells with genetic mutations which make them grow faster. Some of these genetic ...

Cancer Stem Cells Trigger Macrophage Aging

Nov. 14, 2023 — Cancer stem cells cause the aging of macrophages in mice with healthy immune systems, creating conditions for the formation of ...

Researchers Chart the Contents of Human Bone Marrow

Nov. 14, 2023 — A team has mapped the location and spatial features of blood-forming cells within human bone marrow. Their findings confirm hypotheses about the anatomy of this tissue and provide a powerful new ...

Side-Effect Avoiding Treatment Shows Early Promise Against Breast Cancer in Mice

Nov. 9, 2023 — New experimental evidence suggests that substances known as narrow-spectrum Wnt signaling inhibitors -- which could have fewer side effects than ...

A Step Closer to Injection-Free Diabetes Care: Innovation in Insulin-Producing Cells

Nov. 6, 2023 — A team has developed a new step to improve the process for creating insulin-producing pancreatic cells from a patient's own stem cells, bringing the ...

Combining Cell Types May Lead to Improved Cardiac Cell Therapy Following Heart Attack

Oct. 31, 2023 — Researchers have harnessed a combination of lab-grown cells to regenerate damaged heart muscle. The study addresses major challenges of using heart ...

Team Finds a Stem-Cell Derived Mechanism That Could Lead to Regenerative Therapies for Heart Damage

Oct. 17, 2023 — A team has identified an essential internal control mechanism that can promote the maturation of human stem cell-derived heart muscle cells, possibly ...

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DNA Aptamer Finds Novel Application in Regulating Cell Differentiation

Oct. 10, 2023 — Generating specific cell lineages from induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic stem cells is the holy grail of regenerative medicine. Guiding iPSCs toward a target cell line has garnered much ...

Brazil's Diversity Makes Country a Testing Ground for a Global Stem Cell Biobank, Scientists Say

Sep. 28, 2023 — A biobank for all, in which a person from any background could find a bone marrow donor for a stem cell transplant, is a major goal for stem cell science. While repositories of cell lines that could ...

New Information on the Most Important Early Stage of Embryonic Development

Sep. 27, 2023 — A new discovery by researchers challenges our current understanding of gastrulation, the most important stage of early embryonic ...

Blocking Abnormal Stem Cell Signal During Aging Lessens Related Bone Loss

Sep. 27, 2023 — A cellular signal essential to development of the skeleton increases abnormally during aging to weaken ...

Researchers Discover Disease-Causing Stem Cells in Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Sep. 27, 2023 — Experts in cloning and stem cell science are reporting that five lung stem cell variants dominate the lungs of patients with advanced cystic fibrosis, and that these variants drive key aspects of CF ...

Towards a Better Understanding of Early Human Embryonic Development

Sep. 21, 2023 — Despite being an essential developmental process, the understanding of human embryonic genome activation is limited, owing to the lack of in vitro cell models and ethical concerns. To advance ...

Newly Discovered Bone Stem Cell Causes Premature Skull Fusion

Sep. 20, 2023 — Craniosynostosis, the premature fusion of the top of the skull in infants, is caused by an abnormal excess of a previously unknown type of bone-forming stem cell, according to a preclinical ...

Career Choice in Stem Cells: Predetermined or Self-Selected?

Sep. 19, 2023 — Bricklayer, banker, teacher -- choosing a career is one of the most exciting and important decisions in our lives. At the beginning of embryonic development, our cells are also faced with this ...

Stem Cell-Derived Components May Treat Underlying Causes of PCOS

Sep. 11, 2023 — Researchers recently unveiled a potential new PCOS treatment that restored ovarian function and improved hormonal and metabolic regulation in ...

Nutrients Drive Cellular Reprogramming in the Intestine

Sep. 11, 2023 — Researchers have unveiled an intriguing phenomenon of cellular reprogramming in mature adult organs, shedding light on a novel mechanism of adaptive growth. The study, which was conducted on fruit ...

Researchers Grow Embryonic Humanized Kidneys Inside Pigs for 28 Days

Sep. 7, 2023 — Researchers have successfully created chimeric embryos containing a combination of human and pig cells. When transferred into surrogate pig mothers, the developing humanized kidneys had normal ...

Expanding the Impact of CAR T Cell Therapy: An Immunotherapy Strategy Against All Blood Cancers

Aug. 31, 2023 — A broad new strategy could hold hope for treating virtually all blood cancers with CAR T cell therapy, which is currently approved for five subtypes of blood cancer. Scientists have demonstrated the ...

Promising Evidence for Sickle Cell Gene Therapy

Aug. 30, 2023 — A clinical trial has tested a potentially curative stem cell gene therapy for sickle cell disease. The results were ...

Researchers Identify Stem Cells in the Thymus

Aug. 30, 2023 — Researchers have identified stem cells in the human thymus for the first time. These cells represent a potential new target to understand immune diseases and cancer and how to boost the immune ...

Researchers Describe Rebuilding, Regenerating Lung Cells

Aug. 24, 2023 — Researchers have discovered a novel approach for engrafting engineered cells into injured lung tissue. These findings may lead to new ways for treating lung diseases, such as emphysema, pulmonary ...

How TET2 Gene Deficiency Fuels Development of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Aug. 17, 2023 — Scientists have identified how low levels of the TET2 gene fuel the rapid growth of acute myeloid leukemia in animal ...

With Advances in in Vitro Models, Group Proposes Refined Legal Definition of an Embryo

Aug. 17, 2023 — Thanks to continuous advances in human stem cell research, studies that make use of embryo models are progressing quickly. This research offers both a scientific and ethical alternative to the use of ...

Building Muscle in the Lab

Aug. 16, 2023 — A new method allows large quantities of muscle stem cells to be safely obtained in cell culture. This provides a potential for treating patients with muscle diseases -- and for those who would like ...

Genetically Modified Neural Stem Cells Show Promising Therapeutic Potential for Spinal Cord Injury

Aug. 16, 2023 — A research team has recently made a significant advancement in spinal cord injury treatment by using genetically modified human neural stem cells (hNSCs). They found that specifically modulating a ...

Stem-Cell Derived Organoids Secrete Tooth Enamel Proteins

Aug. 14, 2023 — Organoids have now been created from stem cells to secrete the proteins that form dental enamel, the substance that protects teeth from damage and decay. A multi-disciplinary team of scientists led ...

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