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Stem cell therapy promotes recovery from stroke and dementia in mice
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A one-time injection of an experimental stem cell therapy can repair brain damage and improve memory function in mice with conditions that replicate human strokes and dementia, a new UCLA study finds.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Stroke drug boosts stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury in rats
(University of California - San Diego) In a UC San Diego study, rats with spinal cord injuries experienced a three-fold increase in motor activity when treated with neural progenitor cells that had been pre-conditioned with a modified form of tPA, a drug commonly used to treat non-hemorrhagic stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First US patient in novel stem cell trial for stroke disability enrolled at UTHealth
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) The first US patient to participate in a global study of a stem cell therapy injected directly into the brain to treat stroke disability was enrolled in the clinical trial this week at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

New stem-cell based stroke treatment repairs damaged brain tissue
(University of Georgia) A team of researchers at the University of Georgia's Regenerative Bioscience Center and ArunA Biomedical, a UGA startup company, have developed a new treatment for stroke that reduces brain damage and accelerates the brain's natural healing tendencies in animal models.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Does brain tissue regeneration depend on maturity of stem cells used for transplantation?
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) New research has shown that the success of transplanting stem cells into the brain to regenerate tissue damaged by stroke may depend on the maturity of the neuronal precursor cells used for transplantation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

New technology to manipulate cells could help treat Parkinson's, arthritis, other diseases
(Northwestern University) A groundbreaking advancement in materials from Northwestern University could potentially help patients requiring stem cell therapies for spinal cord injuries, stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, arthritic joints or any other condition requiring tissue regeneration, according to a new study.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 10, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Stem cell trial for stroke patients suffering chronic motor deficits begins at UTHealth
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) A clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a stem cell product injected directly into the brain to treat chronic motor deficits from ischemic stroke has begun at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

First evidence of ischemia-induced multipotent stem cells in post-stroke human brain
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Researchers have shown that following a stroke-induced ischemic injury to the human brain, stem cells are produced that have the potential to differentiate and mature to form neurons that can help repair the damage to the brain.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 3, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Rutgers Genetics Research Center awarded $6 million federal grant
(Rutgers University) The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has awarded a five-year grant worth up to $6,034,323 to RUCDR Infinite Biologics, a unit of Rutgers' Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey. With the new grant, the Rutgers operation will take over management of the NINDS stem cell repository. RUCDR also will provide a comprehensive range of stem-cell related services to researchers throughout the world investigating diseases including Parkinson's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington's.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 20, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Scientists sniff out unexpected role for stem cells in the brain
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) For decades, scientists thought that neurons in the brain were born only during the early development period and could not be replenished. More recently, however, they discovered cells with the ability to divide and turn into new neurons in specific brain regions. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health report that newly formed brain cells in the mouse olfactory system -- the area that processes smells -- play a critical role in maintaining proper connections.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Stem cells show promise for stroke in pilot study
(Imperial College London) A stroke therapy using stem cells extracted from patients' bone marrow has shown promising results in the first trial of its kind in humans.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 8, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Future heat stroke treatment found in dental pulp stem cells
(Cell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair) Intravenous injections of stem cells derived from human exfoliated deciduous tooth pulp have a protective effect in mice against brain damage from heat stroke. The cells had significantly higher proliferation rates than bone marrow-derived stem cells, were easy to harvest, and expressed growth factors, including vascular endothelial growth factor, that promoted the migration and differentiation of neuronal progenitor cells. The procedure could treat human patients by preventing the neurological damage caused by heat stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 5, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Migrating stem cells possible new focus for stroke treatment
(Lund University) Two years ago, a new type of stem cell was discovered in the brain that has the capacity to form new cells. The same research group at Lund University in Sweden has now revealed that these stem cells, which are located in the outer blood vessel wall, appear to be involved in the brain reaction following a stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Important step towards stem cell-based treatment for stroke
(Lund University) Brain infarction or stroke is caused by a blood clot blocking a blood vessel in the brain, which leads to interruption of blood flow and shortage of oxygen. Now a reserach group at Lund University, Sweden, has taken an important step towards a treatment for stroke using stem cells.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Study supports intracerebral stem cell injections to prevent/reduce post-stroke cognitive deficits
(IOS Press) Cognitive deficits following ischemic stroke are common and debilitating, even in the relatively few patients who are treated expeditiously so that clots are removed or dissolved rapidly and cerebral blood flow restored. A new study in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that intracerebral injection of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BSCs) reduces cognitive deficits produced by temporary occlusion of cerebral blood vessels in a rat model of stroke, suggesting that BSCs may offer a new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

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