Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the US. Every year almost 800,000 people suffer from a stroke. The impact on their lives, and the lives of those around them can be devastating. Right now the only treatment approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tissue plasminogen activator or … Continue reading New approach could help turn back the clock and reverse damage for stroke patients
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Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Zika virus and adult brains, a step toward precision medicine and source of blood 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. Zika virus and the adult brain. While almost all the press attention for the Zika virus has centered on pregnant women and the devastating impact … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Zika virus and adult brains, a step toward precision medicine and source of blood stem cells
Here’s a new gene editing strategy to treat genetic blood disorders
If you’re taking a road trip across the country, you have a starting point and an ending point. How you go from point A to point B could be one of a million different routes, but the ultimate outcome is the same: reaching your final destination. Yesterday scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital published … Continue reading Here’s a new gene editing strategy to treat genetic blood disorders
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: better bone marrow transplants, turbo charging anti-inflammatory stem cells and Zika’s weapons
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. Three steps to better BMT. Bone marrow stem cell transplants (BMT) save the lives of many thousands of patients every year, but they also kill … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: better bone marrow transplants, turbo charging anti-inflammatory stem cells and Zika’s weapons
Fujifilm is Expanding Its Focus to Regenerative Medicine
Fujifilm began as a photography company, but today is a well-known multinational imaging and information technology corporation. More recently, it’s expanded its focus (pun intended) on developing innovative technologies in the healthcare and regenerative medicine space. The news that Fujifilm was expanding into regenerative medicine was surprising to some given the company’s expertise in areas … Continue reading Fujifilm is Expanding Its Focus to Regenerative Medicine
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: screening for cancer drugs for kids, better CRISPR gene editing and funding for chimeras
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. Stem cells screen drugs for kids’ rare tumor. A team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has transformed stem cells into a particularly nasty form … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: screening for cancer drugs for kids, better CRISPR gene editing and funding for chimeras
Tunable hydrogels guide stem cell differentiation
Differentiating stem cells into mature cells of adult tissue involves many intricate steps to get them to develop into the right cell types. You could compare the process to the careful adjustments you make when tuning a guitar. In the body, stem cells receive cues from their surrounding environment to mature into specific types of … Continue reading Tunable hydrogels guide stem cell differentiation
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: potential glaucoma therapy, Parkinson’s model, clinical trial list, cancer immune therapy
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. Stem cells may be option in glaucoma. A few (potentially) blind mice did not run fast enough in an Iowa lab. But lucky for them … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: potential glaucoma therapy, Parkinson’s model, clinical trial list, cancer immune therapy
How the Ice Bucket Challenge changed the fight against ALS
200 people in Boston take the Ice Bucket Challenge: Photo courtesy Forbes A couple of years ago millions of people did something they probably never thought they would: they dumped a bucket of ice cold water on their head to raise awareness about a disease most of them had probably never heard of, and almost … Continue reading How the Ice Bucket Challenge changed the fight against ALS
Cloning breakthrough: Dolly the sheep has sister clones and they’re healthy
On the topic of famous farm animals, a few come to mind: Babe the pig, Old Yeller, Mr. Ed, and the cast of Charlotte’s Web. Many of us grew up with these fictional characters and hold them near and dear to our heart, but what about real, living farm animals? The first that comes to … Continue reading Cloning breakthrough: Dolly the sheep has sister clones and they’re healthy
The Stem Cellar 