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Menstrual Blood Stem Cells Part 2
Tokyo, Japan -
It was previously reported by the company Medistem (mdsm.ob) that a population of multipotent stem cells exist in menstrual blood. These cells, which Medistem termed "endometrial regenerative cells" appear to possess some of the properties of mesenchymal stem cells, such as expression of CD90 and... The desire to expand hematopoietic stem cells is not only a basic research accomplishment but would allow for widespread use of autologous stem cells, as well as expand the utilization of cord blood stem cells which are usually of concern due to the relatively low stem cell content. Various methods of expanding hematopoietic stem cells exist, for example,
Expanding Hematopoietic Stem Cells by Removing Inhibitors
"I need blood" says the embryoid body
Tokyo, Japan -
Embryonic stem cells have a very high potential to generate various tissues, a potential so high that it actually serves as a drawback in some senses. See, embryonic stem cells, when grown in floating cultures form embryoid bodies, and in these embryoid bodies the embryonic stem cell starts differentiating into a wide...
Stem Cell Cytokines Preventing Ischemia Reperfusion
Osaka, Japan -
Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is one of the largest selling products of the biotechnology industry. Approved uses of this recombinant cytokine include stimulation of neutrophil production after chemotherapy or bone marrow transplantation. Another use is in mobilizing the hematopoietic stem cells to... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Vertebral disc degeneration is a major cause of suffering internationally. Although various interventions exist, such as disc replacement and surgical fusion, these have numerous long-term limitations such as need for resurgery, degeneration of the adjacent disc, and relapse of pain. One exciting method of treating... Gainsville, Florida - Autologous cord blood has received some recent media for its use in treatment of cerebral palsy. Other groups have reported the use of allogeneic cord blood to have positive effects for conditions other than hematopoietic disorders, even in absence of immune... Hyderabad, India -
Treating back pain with mesenchymal stem cells
Clinical trial for diabetes using autologous cord blood
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Eye
Mesenchymal stem cells are one of the most clinically advanced forms of stem cell therapy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The conventional source for mesenchymal stem cells has been bone marrow, however these cells can also be extracted from a variety of other tissues such as teethSunday March 30th, 2008 @ 20:24:11 EST
Medistem's New Stem Cell Type Wins Award
SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(MARKET WIRE)--Mar 20, 2008 -- Medistem Laboratories, Inc. (OTC BB:MDSM.OB - News) is pleased to announce its recent co-authored article entitled, "Endometrial regenerative cells: a novel stem cell population" received BioMed Central's research article of the year in medicine award. The award recognizes excellence...
Fetal cells home to injured mother tissue
The current accepted method of using cord blood is for post myeloablative hematopoietic reconstitution in patients with leukemias, or other hematological/metabolic disorders. Essentially the idea is that if you destroy the resident stem cells and administer "healthy" stem cells, then the progeny of the healthy stem cells will act in a dominant manner to reverse the disease. Many clinicians...
Turning on healthy stem cells, turning off leukemia
Sydney, Australia - The signals that control proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells are still relatively unknown. Not only is the study of the hematopoietic stem cell important because it is one of the most well characterized stem cell systems, but also it has some very strong practical implications in terms of treating disease. For example, hematopoietic toxicity is often the...