Sourcing stem cells from breast milk – Foteini Hassiotou
Stem cells discovered in human milk can turn into any kind of tissue.
ABC Science Online, Meet a scientist. May 2012
Fewer genetic changes than expected in pluripotent stem cells
Whole genomic sequencing of induced pluripotent stem cells from human bone marrow revealed relatively few genetic changes during the conversion from adult to stem cell
Health Canal: 30 April 2012
Engineered stem cells seek out and kill HIV
Engineering stem cells to form immune cells that target HIV is effective in suppressing the virus in living tissues in an animal model.
UCLA: 12 April 2012
Somatic stem cells obtained from skin cells for first time ever
Scientists have bypassed the pluripotent reprogramming stage and, using a combination of growth factors, turned skin cells directly into neuronal somatic stem cells.
Max Planck Institute 22 March 2012
Stem Cells: A Lancet review of the science
March 2012 ed of Lancet – comprehensive review of stem cell science – tissue engineering, regen therapies, cardiac, adult, ESC, etc
The Lancet March 2012
Human eggs created from stem cells
An experiment that has produced human eggs from stem cells could one day be a boon for women who are desperate to have a baby.
COSMOS: 27 February 2012
National Geographic 29 February 2012
Hopes for reversing age-associated effects in MS patients
A mouse study showed it is possible to reverse the decline in the regeneration of the nerve’s protective sheath, which occurs in people with MS.
University of Cambridge: 6 January 2012
Shot of young stem cells halt ageing in mice
Mice bred to age quickly became healthier and lived two to three times longer than expected after injection with stem cell-like progenitor cells from the muscle of young animals.
University of Pittsburg School of Health Sciences: 3 January 2012
New stem cells, new chronic spinal cord injury clinical trial
The first cohort of in a Phase I/II clinical trial in chronic spinal cord injury has been successfully transplanted with neural stem cells.
University California Irvine: 15 December 2011
Blood stem cells engineered to fight melanoma
In mice, blood stem cells have been genetically altered to create an army of melanoma-fighting T-cells.