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Stem cell therapy heals injured mouse brain
Animal study examines method for restoring brain cells killed by stroke or other neurological diseases.
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - August 22, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Human neural stem cells in patients with chronic ischaemic stroke (PISCES): a phase 1, first-in-man study
Publication date: Available online 3 August 2016 Source:The Lancet Author(s): Dheeraj Kalladka, John Sinden, Kenneth Pollock, Caroline Haig, John McLean, Wilma Smith, Alex McConnachie, Celestine Santosh, Philip M Bath, Laurence Dunn, Keith W Muir Background CTX0E03 is an immortalised human neural stem-cell line from which a drug product (CTX-DP) was developed for allogeneic therapy. Dose-dependent improvement in sensorimotor function in rats implanted with CTX-DP 4 weeks after middle cerebral artery occlusion stroke prompted investigation of the safety and tolerability of this treatment in stroke patients. Methods We did ...
Source: The Lancet - August 3, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Lasting Impact of an Ephemeral Organ: The Role of the Placenta in Fetal Programming
Recent advances in molecular and imaging technologies, “omics” fields, and data sciences are offering researchers an unprecedented look at the placenta, the master regulator of the fetal environment.© EPA/National Geographic Channel/Alamy Studies of infants conceived during the Dutch “Hunger Winter” provided some of the earliest clues that prenatal stress could affect health much later in life.© Nationaal Archief  © Evan Oto/Science Source In one study, the placental microbiome had a similar taxonomic profile as the oral microbiome, illustrated here by...
Source: EHP Research - July 1, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Featured Focus News July 2016 Source Type: research

Traumatic Brain Injuries, Stem Cells and Children: A Conversation With Dr. Charles Cox
One of the world's leading experts on cellular therapies for traumatic brain injury (TBI), Dr. Cox directs the Pediatric Surgical Translational Laboratories and Pediatric Program in Regenerative Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, as well as the Pediatric Trauma Program at the University of Texas-Houston/Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. He is the author of over 120 scientific publications and 20 book chapters and has served on scientific study sections/review groups for the NIH, American Heart Association, Veterans Affairs MERIT Awards, Department of Defense and C...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A two-year follow-up study of co-transplantation with neural stem/precursor cells and mesenchymal stromal cells in ischemic stroke patients.
Abstract Stem cell therapy is an emerging therapeutic modality in the treatment of stroke. We assessed the safety and feasibility of the co-transplantation of neural stem/precursor cells (NSPCs) and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in patients with ischemic stroke. Eight patients were enrolled in this study. All patients had a hemisphere with infarct lesions located on one side of the territories of the cerebral middle or anterior arteries as revealed with cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The patients received one of the following two types of treatment: the first treatment involved 4 intravenous injectio...
Source: Cell Transplantation - October 20, 2014 Category: Cytology Authors: Qiao LY, Huang FJ, Zhao M, Xie JH, Shi J, Wang J, Lin XZ, Zuo H, Wang YL, Geng TC Tags: Cell Transplant Source Type: research

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

Intracerebral Implantation of Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cells in Stroke Patients: a Randomized Phase II Study.
Abstract In our previous study, intracerebral implantation of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) improved functional outcome in rats with chronic cerebral infarction. Based on this findings, a randomized, single blind controlled study was conducted in 30 patients [PBSC group (n=15) and control group (n=15)] with middle cerebral artery infarction confirmed on T2?weighted MRI 6 months to 5 years after a stroke. Only subjects with neurological deficits of intermediate severity based on the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) (range: 9?20) that had been stable for at least 3 months were enrolled. Those i...
Source: Cell Transplantation - January 29, 2014 Category: Cytology Authors: Chen DC, Lin SZ, Fan JR, Lin CH, Lee W, Lin CC, Liu YJ, Tsai CH, Chen JC, Cho DY, Lee CC, Shyu WC Tags: Cell Transplant Source Type: research

Fat chance: Scientists unexpectedly discover stress-resistant stem cells in adipose tissue
Researchers from the UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have isolated a new population of primitive, stress-resistant human pluripotent stem cells that are easily derived from fat tissue and are able to differentiate into virtually every cell type in the human body without genetic modification.   The cells, called multi-lineage stress-enduring stem cells from adipose tissue (Muse-AT), were discovered by "scientific accident" when a piece of equipment failed in the laboratory, killing all the stem cells in an experiment except the Muse-AT cells.   The UCLA team further discovered that not only are Muse-A...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 5, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

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