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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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MAY 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Composed of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and organs, the lymphatic system absorbs excess fluid and returns it to the blood ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Chemotherapy drugs damage DNA, keeping cells from replicating. However, according to researchers at the UNC School of Me ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 21, 2015Cancer
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Scientists have found six molecules that block HuR, an "oncoprotein" linked to cancer that was thought to be "undruggabl ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Most patients in a recently concluded clinical trial displayed improvement in the form of slower progression of amyotrop ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Cancer
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that when a certain aggressive leukemia is cau ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 12, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Scalloped and Yorkie genes found to be role players
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 27, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
UC Irvine's Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and UCLA's Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & S ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 03, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that a process called "somatic cell nuc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 16, 2014Videos
Human Neural Precursor Cells Promote Neurologic Recovery in a Viral Model of Multiple Sclerosis A recent study published ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 17, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
We all had Silly Putty as children, the wonderful toy that we used for everything from bouncy balls to pencil holders to ...
MAY 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Composed of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and organs, the lymphatic system absorbs excess fluid and returns it to the blood
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Chemotherapy drugs damage DNA, keeping cells from replicating. However, according to researchers at the UNC School of Me
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 21, 2015
Cancer
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found antibiotic resistance genes in the bacterial flora of South American tribespeople who never before
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
Scientists have found six molecules that block HuR, an "oncoprotein" linked to cancer that was thought to be "undruggabl
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Most patients in a recently concluded clinical trial displayed improvement in the form of slower progression of amyotrop
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that when a certain aggressive leukemia is cau
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
When it comes to gene expression - the process by which our DNA provides the recipe used to direct the synthesis of prot
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 12, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scalloped and Yorkie genes found to be role players
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angele ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 27, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
UC Irvine's Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and UCLA's Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & S
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 03, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that a process called "somatic cell nuc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 16, 2014
Videos
Human Neural Precursor Cells Promote Neurologic Recovery in a Viral Model of Multiple Sclerosis A recent study published
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 17, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
We all had Silly Putty as children, the wonderful toy that we used for everything from bouncy balls to pencil holders to
...