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. Trendy CAR T therapy tried on HIV. The hottest trend in cancer therapy today is using CAR-T cells to attack and rid the body of … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Immune therapy for HIV, nerves grown on diamonds and how stem cells talk
Weekly Roundup
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Parkinson’s in a dish, synthetic blood, tracking Huntington’s and cloning
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. 3D nerve model for Parkinson’s. The wave of successes in making more complex tissues in three dimensional lab cultures continues this week with a team … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Parkinson’s in a dish, synthetic blood, tracking Huntington’s and cloning
Hed: Stem cell stories that caught our eye: the why’s of heart failure, harnessing stem cells’ repair kits and growing organs
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 cell model sheds light on heat failure. Pretty much everyone who has heart failure due to cardiomyopathy—where the heart muscle doesn’t work as effectively … Continue reading Hed: Stem cell stories that caught our eye: the why’s of heart failure, harnessing stem cells’ repair kits and growing organs
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Parkinson’s trial revived, aspirin kills cancer stem cells and a stem cell role in mother-child obesity
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. Parkinson’s clinical trials back on track. After nearly 20 years of being stuck on the clinical trial “bookshelf”, an international team from Cambridge, UK revived … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Parkinson’s trial revived, aspirin kills cancer stem cells and a stem cell role in mother-child obesity
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: regenerating limbs on scaffolds, self regeneration via a drug, mood stem cells, CRISPR
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. Regenerating a limb, or at least part of it. Many teams have generated organs or parts of organs in animals by starting with a dead … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: regenerating limbs on scaffolds, self regeneration via a drug, mood stem cells, CRISPR
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Spinal cord injury, secret of creating complex tissue, mini brains in a dish and funding
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. Monkey trial provides some hope for spinal cord injury. Stem cell treatments have made many mice and rats walk again after spinal cord injury, but … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: Spinal cord injury, secret of creating complex tissue, mini brains in a dish and funding
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: sickle cell patient data, vaccine link to leukemia protection, faster cell analysis
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. Good news from sickle cell clinical trial. It is always satisfying to report positive results from human clinical trials using stem cells even when we … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: sickle cell patient data, vaccine link to leukemia protection, faster cell analysis
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: a new type of stem cell, stomach cancer and babies—stem cell assisted and gene altered
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. New type of stem cell easier to grow, more versatile. Both the professional scientific media and the lay science media devoted considerable ink and electrons … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: a new type of stem cell, stomach cancer and babies—stem cell assisted and gene altered
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: spina bifida, review of heart clinical trials, tracking cells and cell switches
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 boost fetal surgery for spina bifida. Fetal surgery to correct the spinal defect that causes spina bifida has revolutionized treatment for the debilitating … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: spina bifida, review of heart clinical trials, tracking cells and cell switches
Stem cell stories that caught our eye: multiple sclerosis, virus genes in embryos and preventing cancer’s spread to the brain
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. Drugs activate brain stem cells in MS. We have frequently written that in some situations our own stem cells may do a better job at … Continue reading Stem cell stories that caught our eye: multiple sclerosis, virus genes in embryos and preventing cancer’s spread to the brain