Stem Cells : Science World Report

May 16, 2013 10:03 AM EDT

Embryonic Stem Cells Created from Human Skin: Breakthrough in Cloning Research

Scientists have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells, which are capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body. The new technique could also be considered a new method for cloning stem cells.

May 14, 2013 02:05 PM EDT

Can Clay Grow Bone? Synthetic Silicate Nanoplatelets Induce Stem Cells to Make It

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors.

May 08, 2013 12:11 PM EDT

New Natural Bone Can be Regrown With Reprogrammed Stem Cells

Bone replacements that are needed due to trauma or disease like osteoarthritis, can now be grown in a patient-specific way from skin stem cells, as demonstrated a team of scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute.

Apr 29, 2013 02:01 AM EDT

Newly Discovered Hormone Could Become Wonder Drug Against Diabetes

A major research breakthrough was achieved in the field of diabetes by scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) who discovered a hormone that could soon enable a dramatically more effective treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Apr 25, 2013 06:08 PM EDT

3D-Bioprinted Human Liver Tissue Functional, Replacement Organs the Goal

3D bioprinted human liver tissue was successfully created by the company Organovo, revealed at the annual Experimental Biology conference this week in Boston. The mini-livers are just half a millimetre deep and 4 millimetres across but can perform most functions of the real thing.

Apr 22, 2013 10:49 AM EDT

Human Stem Cells Restore Memory and Learning in Mice Brains

There's a new breakthrough when it comes to restoring memory--at least in mice. Researchers have used human embryonic stem cells in the small mammals which allowed them to regain the ability to learn and remember.

Apr 18, 2013 04:27 PM EDT

Simple Trick to Grow Stem Cells From Mature Cells Discovered, Important for Therapies

The current difficulty of growing large batches of stems cells from mature cells in patients to be used in advanced therapies could be solved in a quite simple way by blocking a single protein, researchers say.

Apr 10, 2013 11:29 AM EDT

Lou Gehrig's Disease May Have New Hope, Stephen Hawking Pushes for More Stem Cell Research (Video)

Scientists are studying ways to slow the progression of Lou Gehrig's disease, a neurological disorder that has left British cosmologist Stephen Hawking completely paralyzed. 71-year-old Hawking toured a stem cell laboratory Tuesday in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to find out what kind ...

Apr 05, 2013 11:35 AM EDT

Extracted Stem Cells Provide Personalized Treatments for Hemophilia

A new study shows the cells from patients' blood could be developed as treatments for heart and certain circulatory diseases.

Mar 28, 2013 03:25 PM EDT

Stem Cell Researchers Reverse Aging of Blood

By reversing, or reprogramming, the stem cells that produce blood, Lund University researchers have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice. Their results suggest that most of the negative aging effects are not caused by primary DNA damage which would be permanent, but are in fact reversible bec...

Mar 26, 2013 10:04 PM EDT

3D Printing of Stem Cells in Early Testing Now

Scientists developed an 3D printing system that can place living human embryonic stem cells, which was first proven to work last month, and are now conducting first tests with the system.

Mar 12, 2013 01:14 PM EDT

Bioteeth From Stem-Cells Will Regrow Complete Teeth, Superior to Implants

Replacing missing teeth with new bioengineered teeth, grown from stem cells generated from a person's own gum cells, is a future method that could be superior to the currently used implant technology, but for now not all required pieces are in place.