How stem cells orchestrate healing
From synthetic embryos to lab-grown skin, we live in a brave new world of stem cell advances. So why can it still take years to recover from injury? Orthopedic surgeon Kevin Stone is working to accelerate the body's healing response so you could recover in a matter of days or weeks, not months or…#kevinstone (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The future of repairing the human body
As humans live longer than ever before, we need our implants to last as long as we do, says bioengineer Nina Tandon. Using stem cells and digital fabrication, she's working on growing anatomically precise spare parts for the human body, replacing damaged bones, cartilage and more with implants…#ninatandon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
$20,000 monkeys: inside the booming illicit trade for lab animals
A lucrative underground trade risks undermining research, creating new pandemics and pushing a recently abundant species to the brinkIn 2019, Jonah Sacha, a researcher at Oregon Health and Science University, received a delivery of 20 monkeys from Mauritius. As part of his research into stem-cell transplants as an HIV treatment, he performs tests on long-tailed macaques.The captive-bred monkeys were legally imported using an approved vendor, and looked healthy. However, when Sacha tested them, one appeared to have latent tuberculosis (TB).Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Phoebe Weston Tags: Global development Illegal wildlife trade Environment Animals Endangered species Zoology Biology Conservation Source Type: news
Radioimmunotherapy Tops ASCT in R/R Follicular Lymphoma Radioimmunotherapy Tops ASCT in R/R Follicular Lymphoma
A new trial from Italy challenges a decades-old assumption that autologous stem cell transplant is more effective than radioimmunotherapy for consolidation after follicular lymphoma relapse.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Where are our nation ’s donors?
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion - The report says that the UK ’s mixed heritage and ethnic minority population face a double whammy of inequity as they are more likely to need donors due to conditions which disproportionately affect them, such as sickle cell and kidney disease, but less likely to find well-matched donors on the blood, stem cell and organ don or registers. This is particularly true for patients in need of stem cell transplants for the treatment of blood cancer, where matched tissue type (most often found in donors from a similar ethnic background) is criti...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - December 5, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Public health and health inequalities Source Type: news
Can stem cell injections treat knee osteoarthritis?
In this study, the group hypothesized that injecting these cells into knee joints could serve as an intervention to treat patients.
In a preliminary trial, the group treated 30 patients (27 women and three men, mean age 61 years old) with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis. In each patient, clinicians injected a solution of stem cells (70 million allogeneic cells) into the genicular arteries, a network that supplies blood to structures around the knee.
All of the patients were admitted for one day following the procedure. MRIs of patients’ knees were acquired prior to the procedure and at one, six, and nine months ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties MRI Interventional Radiology Source Type: news
Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute Is Dissolving
The Pacific Heart, Lung & Blood Institute in Los Angeles, California, will be permanently closing after more than two decades of work to develop treatments for rare cancers such as mesothelioma as well as diseases of the heart, lungs, and blood.
Since 2002, the mission of the nonprofit organization has focused on creating hope through research and education. The Pacific Mesothelioma Center, which has been a division of the PHLBI since 2012, has been working to improve the lives of mesothelioma patients by sharing information about malignant pleural mesothelioma and conducting research in hopes of finding a cure.
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Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - December 1, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Dan Palombo Source Type: news
Early Promise for Stem Cell Therapy to Curb MS
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 -- Stem cells injected into the brains of multiple sclerosis patients appear to protect them against further damage from the degenerative disease, a new study shows.MS occurs when the body ’s own immune system attacks and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Newly discovered stem cell offers clues to a cancer mystery
The finding may help resolve a long-standing question: Why do far more cancer cells spread to the spine than to other bones in the body? (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mark Johnson Source Type: news
Doctors encouraged by early-stage trial of MS stem cell therapy
Injecting stem cells into patients ’ brains found to be safe and could stop further damage from the diseaseDoctors are cautiously hopeful about a new multiple sclerosis therapy after finding that injecting stem cells into patients ’ brains was safe and potentially protective against further damage from the disease.The small, early stage trial was only able to assess whether injecting cells directly into the brain was well tolerated by patients, but in tests carried out in the year after treatment, researchers found hints that the cells may have a long-lasting, beneficial impact.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Science Multiple sclerosis Health Stem cells Biology Medical research Society Source Type: news
Citric acid conditioning as an alternative to EDTA for growth factors release and stem cell response in regenerative endodontics: A systematic review of in vitro studies
ConclusionsThe use of 10% CA to condition dentin for 5-10 minutes resulted in a notable TGF- β1 release, but its cell responses were similar to those of EDTA. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 27, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Augustinus Bader ’s Celeb-Approved Retinol Serum Gets Rare 25 Percent Off Discount for Cyber Week
Augustinus Bader has added yet another holy grail ingredient to his skin-saving beauty lineup. Already known for the patented TFC8 (Trigger Factor Complex), a botanical formula developed from his 30 years of stem cell research, the renowned German biomedical scientist and his eponymous skin-care…#augustinusbader #triggerfactorcomplex #retinolserum #augustinusbaderserum #violetgreycyberweek #regularly350 #violetgrey #sephoracom #bader #charlesrosier (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Neuroscientists kill " zombie " cells to reverse COVID brain aging
COVID-19 infection accelerates premature aging in the brain, scientists have found. But there is some good news: we may be able to turn it back. Using lab-grown mini brains grown from human stem cells, a team of researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia investigated how different…#julioaguado #aguado #natureaging #ernstwolvetang (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stem Cell Transplant Effective for Knee Osteoarthritis
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22, 2023 -- Stem cell transplantation is an effective treatment for knee osteoarthritis (KOA), with different stem cells effective for alleviating pain and restoring function, according to a review published online Nov. 22 in the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CRISPR Therapy Gets U.K. Approval, the First in the World
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K.
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In a statement on Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it approved Casgevy, the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers a Nobel prize in 2020.
The agency approved the treatment for patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia who are 12 years old and over. Casgevy is made by Vertex ...
Source: TIME: Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MARIA CHENG / AP Tags: Uncategorized Drugs wire Source Type: news
