When Frank Gonzales was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in November 2010 it was the start of a long fight against the disease. Chemotherapy helped keep the cancer in check, but it wasn’t a cure. So when Frank heard about a new experimental treatment, that seeks out and destroys cancer stem cells, he was intrigued. Frank … Continue reading Pioneering patients heroes of early clinical trials
Author: Don Gibbons
CIRM fights cancer: $56 million for 5 clinical trials to vanquish tumors for good
[This is the first of three stories on CIRM’s Cancer Fight that we will post this week. Tomorrow’s will discuss two projects that attack cancer stem cells directly and Thursday's will describe three projects that help our immune system wipe out the traitorous cells.] It’s back—two words we would like to remove from the cancer … Continue reading CIRM fights cancer: $56 million for 5 clinical trials to vanquish tumors for good
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: lab-grown kidneys that work, finding blood stem cells’ home and colitis
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Lab grown kidneys able to take a leak. While a few teams have been able to grow parts of kidneys in the lab using stem … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: lab-grown kidneys that work, finding blood stem cells’ home and colitis
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: our earliest days, cell therapy without the cells and unproven therapies
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Mapping our earliest days—as an embryo. We have some 23,000 genes in every cell of our body, but on day two after fertilization just 32 … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: our earliest days, cell therapy without the cells and unproven therapies
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: getting the right cell, an energy booster, history of controversy and a fun video
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Light used to direct stem cell fate. Stem cells respond to a symphony of cellular signals telling them to remain stem cells or to mature … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: getting the right cell, an energy booster, history of controversy and a fun video
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: A groove for healing hearts, model for muscular dystrophy and the ice bucket worked
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. A tight groove could help heal a heart. We have written several posts with the theme “It takes a village to raise a stem cell.” … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: A groove for healing hearts, model for muscular dystrophy and the ice bucket worked
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: shutting down cancer stem cells, safer BMT, better gene therapy and a 3rd ear
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. A new route to shut down cancer stem cells. A team at Texas A&M University has discovered a specific protein’s role in keeping cancer stem … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: shutting down cancer stem cells, safer BMT, better gene therapy and a 3rd ear
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: potentially safer cell reprogramming, hair follicle cells become nerve and liver stem cells
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. A potentially safer way to reprogram cells. Ever since then soon-to-be Nobel Prize winner Shinya Yamanaka showed how to reprogram adult cells to an embryonic … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: potentially safer cell reprogramming, hair follicle cells become nerve and liver stem cells
Going back to figure out how the embryo makes muscles led team to way to mass produce muscle fibers
Sometimes in science what seems like the simpler task turns out to be the hardest. We have written extensively about research teams building mini-organs in lab dishes turning stem cells into multiple layers of tissues organized and functioning, at least in part, like the kidney, liver or stomach they mimic. Given these successes and the … Continue reading Going back to figure out how the embryo makes muscles led team to way to mass produce muscle fibers
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Prostate cancer and BPA, mini organs and diabetes trial
Here are some stem cell stories that caught our eye this past week. Some are groundbreaking science, others are of personal interest to us, and still others are just fun. Latest mini-organ, a prostate, fingers BPA. A team at the University of Illinois, at Chicago, has added the prostate gland to the growing list of … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Prostate cancer and BPA, mini organs and diabetes trial
The Stem Cellar 