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Stem Cell Therapy
Stem-cell therapy: is a therapy that uses stem cells to treat or sometimes prevent a disease or condition. The most widely used stem-cell therapy is a bone marrow transplant, but some therapies derived from umbilical cord blood are also in use.
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DEC 14, 2017Videos
When researchers first began to learn more about stem cells, their potential seemed unlimited. But first researchers had ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2017Cancer
Spurred by previous results involving repurposed drugs, researchers wanted to test whether a cancer drug can help patien ...DEC 13, 2017Cardiology
"High blood sugar levels are not only unhealthy for adults; they're unhealthy for developing fetuses," say ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 11, 2017Genetics & Genomics
There is a genetic disorder affecting the immune system so severely that its patients often require protective isolation ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
New evidence that chromatin rearranges in a reversible manner in drug resistant cancer cellsWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 24, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Children that suffer from epidermolysis bullosa, sometimes called butterfly children because of their fragile skin, face ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2017Cancer
The type of cancer has a significant bearing for the patient’s prognosis. A patient diagnosed with aggressive brai ...NOV 21, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human diseaseWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body SkinWritten By: Courtney SchaalNOV 16, 2017Cancer
By targeting the endcaps of cancer cell chromosomes, researchers may have landed on a promising new therapy to treat the ...NOV 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A boy whose extremely fragile skin, like that of a butterfly, has been saved by an experimental therapy. The first-of-it ...NOV 07, 2017Technology
CASIS, Boeing and MassChallenge will fund three new space station research projects spanning the fields of stem cell res ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 04, 2017Cardiology
The body has built-in mechanisms to handle brain injury, but when something disrupts the repair process, neurological di ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 23, 2017Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells are hold tremendous therapeutic value, but it has been a challenge finding a way to harvest enough of them fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2017Cancer
The extract in a plant commonly used in traditional medicine in South America has cancer-fighting potential, scient ...SEP 26, 2017Health & Medicine
Following a heart attack, healthy heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, die and transform into scar tissue cells, c ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has used $20 million to create a consortium of universities that will support a ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2017Health & Medicine
Most babies born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) don’t live past their first year of life, but there ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 08, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A critical signaling protein can send messages that are interpreted in different ways by different cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2017Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an ...AUG 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has demonstrated that a new therapy is effective at treating Parkinson's disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2017Cardiology
First discovered in 1979, natriuretic peptides (NPs) play a variety of roles in the body, some not yet understood. But a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2017Neuroscience
When talking about rhythm, something that comes to mind is music. Tapping along to the beat of a favorite song or being ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 14, 2017
Videos
When researchers first began to learn more about stem cells, their potential seemed unlimited. But first researchers had
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2017
Cancer
Spurred by previous results involving repurposed drugs, researchers wanted to test whether a cancer drug can help patien
...
DEC 13, 2017
Cardiology
"High blood sugar levels are not only unhealthy for adults; they're unhealthy for developing fetuses," say
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
There is a genetic disorder affecting the immune system so severely that its patients often require protective isolation
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
New evidence that chromatin rearranges in a reversible manner in drug resistant cancer cells
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 24, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Children that suffer from epidermolysis bullosa, sometimes called butterfly children because of their fragile skin, face
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2017
Cancer
The type of cancer has a significant bearing for the patient’s prognosis. A patient diagnosed with aggressive brai
...
NOV 21, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
We are using 3D organoids to unravel new therapies for a broad spectrum of human disease
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body Skin
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 16, 2017
Cancer
By targeting the endcaps of cancer cell chromosomes, researchers may have landed on a promising new therapy to treat the
...
NOV 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A boy whose extremely fragile skin, like that of a butterfly, has been saved by an experimental therapy. The first-of-it
...
NOV 07, 2017
Technology
CASIS, Boeing and MassChallenge will fund three new space station research projects spanning the fields of stem cell res
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 04, 2017
Cardiology
The body has built-in mechanisms to handle brain injury, but when something disrupts the repair process, neurological di
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 23, 2017
Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells are hold tremendous therapeutic value, but it has been a challenge finding a way to harvest enough of them fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2017
Cancer
The extract in a plant commonly used in traditional medicine in South America has cancer-fighting potential, scient
...
SEP 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
Following a heart attack, healthy heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, die and transform into scar tissue cells, c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has used $20 million to create a consortium of universities that will support a ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2017
Health & Medicine
Most babies born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) don’t live past their first year of life, but there
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 08, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A critical signaling protein can send messages that are interpreted in different ways by different cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2017
Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an
...
AUG 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has demonstrated that a new therapy is effective at treating Parkinson's disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2017
Cardiology
First discovered in 1979, natriuretic peptides (NPs) play a variety of roles in the body, some not yet understood. But a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2017
Neuroscience
When talking about rhythm, something that comes to mind is music. Tapping along to the beat of a favorite song or being
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim