DEMYSTIFYING STEM CELLS
Tags: STEM cells; MEDICINE -- Research; CELLULAR therapy; THERAPEUTICS
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- The Regenerative Potential of Stem Cell Therapeutics in the Anti-Aging Setting. Goldman, Robert; Klatz, Ronald // Townsend Letter for Doctors & Patients;Dec2005, Issue 269, p70
The article studies the regenerative potential of stem cell therapeutics in the anti-aging setting by researchers from Chicago, Illinois. Stem cell therapeutics is the leading biomedical technology in the rapidly emerging field of regenerative medicine, a medical field in which science assists...
- Could stem cells cure diabetes? Tanday, Sanjay // GP: General Practitioner;4/20/2007, p20
The article reports on a research according to which a stem cell treatment may reduce the need for insulin in type-1 diabetes. The technique involves removing stem cells from a patient and then injecting them back into the body to rejuvenate the immune system into producing insulin. Fourteen out...
- cell survival. Chu, Ying // Marie Claire (US);Mar2011, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p260
The article presents information on the growing popularity of stem cell therapy. Stem-cell-boosting skin creams are also stated to be cropping up everywhere. Some beauty companies are even partnering with medical researchers to reap the benefits of their discoveries. Companies hope that they...
- Stem Cell Therapy -- A Panacea for all Ills? Rajgopal, L. // Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;Jul-Sep2005, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p161
This article cites a research study focusing on stem cell therapy. It reports that a team of the South Korean scientists has enabled a paraplegic of 19 years after injecting stem cells derived from a cloned embryo into the site of spinal cord injury. It has been shown in an adult mouse with...
- The persistence of memory. // Nature Medicine;Oct2010, Vol. 16 Issue 10, p1082
The article presents insights from Alan Trounson, Martin Pera, and Shinya Yamanaka on the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that carry epigenetic memory in therapy and drug development. Trounson states that the epigenetic memory carried by iPSCs must be studied to prevent phenotypic...
- Embryonic Stem Cells help Patents, Not Patients. Debaets, Amy Michelle // Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics;Spring2006, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p64
Discusses the scientific and therapeutic differences between somatic and embryonic stem cells, based on an article by Jean Swanson in the January 3, 2006 issue of the "St. Paul Pioneer Press." Therapeutic use of nonembryonic stem cells; Financial rationale behind embryonic stem cell research.
- Nuclear Transplantation, Embryonic Stem Cells, and the Potential for Cell Therapy. Hochedlinger, Konrad; Jaenisch, Rudolf // New England Journal of Medicine;7/17/2003, Vol. 349 Issue 3, p275
Discusses nuclear transplantation, embryonic stem cells, and the potential for cell therapy. Common abnormalities in cloned animals; Prezygotic and poszygotic reprogramming; Reproductive cloning versus therapeutic cloning; Limitations and alternatives.
- stem cell translation and bioethics. English, Denis // Annals of Neurosciences;Apr2012, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p57
The author reflects on the bioethics associated with stem cell therapy. The author believed that the use of embryonic stem cells is ethically inconsistent and conflicts with nature and it is a flawed concept that ES cures most diseases. Moreover, he mentioned of the lack of evidences to construe...
- Towards a Clinically Relevant Lentiviral Transduction Protocol for Primary Human CD34+ Hematopoietic Stem/ Progenitor Cells. Millington, Michelle; Arndt, Allison; Boyd, Maureen; Applegate, Tanya; Sylvie Shen // PLoS ONE;2009, Vol. 4 Issue 7, p1
Background: Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), in particular mobilized peripheral blood stem cells, represent an attractive target for cell and gene therapy. Efficient gene delivery into these target cells without compromising self-renewal and multipotency is crucial for the success of gene...
