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Tooth stem cells for heart attack
Valencia, Spain - Mesenchymal stem cells have been detected in bone marrow, peripheral blood, muscle and even in menstrual blood. Another...Monday December 17th, 2007 @ 04:20:06 EST
Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Made to Produce Insulin
Taipei, Taiwan - In addition to their known ability to differentiate into muscle, bone, and neuronal cells, mesenchymal stem cells have been demonstrated to have the ability to differentiate into
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Immune suppressant stimulating mesenchymal to bone differentiation
Shanghai, China - Mesenchymal stem cells are very useful since they can be administered across allogeneic barriers without need for immune suppression and can be differentiated into various tissues such as liver. In a current paper (Dai et al. Stimulation of osteogenic activity in mesenchymal stem cells by FK506. J Biomed Mater...Monday December 17th, 2007 @ 01:12:56 EST
Hepatocyte Growth Factor Helps After Heart Attack
Los Angeles, CA - It is known that mesenchymal stem cells are useful for treating patients after a heart attack. What is however unknown is exactly how these cells mediate their effects. On the one hand mesenchymal stem cells are known to inhibit various inflammatory reactionsTuesday December 11th, 2007 @ 18:08:51 ESTExtending Beta Cell Survival with Exendin-4
Toronto, Canada - Exendin-4 is an agonist of GLP-receptor 1, which is involved in not only increasing the mass of pancreatic beta cells, but has also been implicated in the stimulation of new neuron generation. In addition to exendin-4, agonists of the glucagon-like receptor include various incretin hormones. In a recent paper...Tuesday December 11th, 2007 @ 02:54:12 EST
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Mesenchymal stem cells inhibiting cancer
Chengdu, China - The use of mesenchymal stem cells is now a "clinical reality"http://www.stemcellpatents.com/news-show-154, primarily for the treatment of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory conditions. This is due to the known ability of mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into various tissues, and also to...Monday December 10th, 2007 @ 03:20:53 EST
Generating lung epithelium from cord blood stem cells
Burlington, VT - Generation of lung epithelium de novo would be very useful in the treatment of chronic lung diseases. Unfortunately previous attempts to do this have not been extremely successful. In a recent study (Sueblinvong et al. Derivation of Lung Epithelium From Human Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Dec 6) human cord blood stem cells were...Monday December 10th, 2007 @ 02:59:41 EST
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Hematopoietic Stem Cells Patrolling The Body for Danger
Boston, MA - A potentially new role for stem cells has been described. In most cases, various stem cells such as mesenchymal stem cells as well as hematopoietic stem cells possess immune suppressive characteristics. In a recent publication (Massberg et al...Wednesday December 5th, 2007 @ 11:20:16 EST
T regulatory cell control of bone resorption
Erlangen, Germany - Although mesenchymal stem cells are primarily known for their differentiation abilities, the first clinical trials, and most likely BLA grantings, will be for immune modulation by these cells in the conditions of graft versus host disease and Crohn's disease. In the same way thatGive Me Air: Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Hypoxic Niches
Tokyo, Japan - It is generally known that early, non-proliferative stem cell reserves are sequestered in hypoxic niches. In a recent paper (Kubota et al. Bone marrow long label-retaining cells reside in the sinusoidal hypoxic niche. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Nov 26) histological assessment was performed of cells in hypoxic niches of the bone marrow. The investigators analyzed BrdU...Wednesday December 5th, 2007 @ 04:20:54 EST