Sentences with phrase «from human embryonic stem cells»

Several groups have used retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells to treat different forms of blindness.

Specifically, the researchers generated the tissue from human embryonic stem cells with the resulting muscle having significant similarities to human heart muscle.

Two people with severe sight loss can now see well enough to read after receiving tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells.

Researchers at Geron, meanwhile, had successfully derived neurons from human embryonic stem cells and were pursuing research that would eventually look to repair the damage caused by spinal - cord injuries, a possible use for embryonic stem cells that was much touted at the time.

The Food and Drug Administration in November approved the company's plans to test cells created from human embryonic stem cells on 12 patients suffering from each condition.

This project aims at the transplantation of retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

The new study, published in the journal Stem Cell Reports, describes the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to produce an unlimited supply of pure keratinocytes — the predominant cell type in the outermost layer of skin — that closely match keratinocytes generated from human embryonic stem cells (hESC) and primary keratinocytes from skin biopsies.

Injecting neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells into rats suffering from Parkinson's - like symptoms allowed the animals to regain movement, according to a study led by neurologist Steven Goldman of the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Da Cruz and his team grew replacement RPE cells from human embryonic stem cells on a thin plastic scaffold, before transplanting the tissue into the back of each volunteer's eye.

Formation of Human Myocardium in the Rat Heart from Human Embryonic Stem Cells.

A research team said it has produced stratified retinal tissues from human embryonic stem cells for the first time in...

The therapy uses a population of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells containing progenitor cells that support nerve cells and can potentially make poorly functioning nerves function better.

Oliver Brüstle, director of the Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology at the University of Bonn, Germany, who had a patent on a method for generating neurons from human embryonic stem cells rejected by the court, called the ruling «the worst possible outcome», and «a disaster for Europe».

«We've figured out for the first time how to produce these cells from human embryonic stem cells literally by the billions and billions,» Lanza says.

For example, animal studies have shown that neurons derived in the lab from human embryonic stem cells improve Parkinson's symptoms; however, any residual stem cells associated with those neurons could form masses of unwanted cells.

Heart cells created from human embryonic stem cells successfully restored damaged heart muscles in monkeys.

Next, the research team will examine specifically whether these liver cells obtained from human embryonic stem cells in a dish help repair injured livers in preclinical animal models of liver disease.

Months to years after transplantation, retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells appear healthy — and may have unexpectedly helped vision in some recipients

Immortalized Fibroblast - Like Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Support Undifferentiated Cell Growth.

Generation of Insulin - Producing Islet - Like Clusters from Human Embryonic Stem Cells.

It would seem that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is not alone as it increasingly moves away from human embryonic stem cell research (hESCR) and towards adult and other non-embryonic avenues of stem cell research.

Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells Derived from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Express Neurotrophic Factors.

Three - dimensional neuroepithelial culture from human embryonic stem cells and its use for quantitative conversion to retinal pigment epithelium.

Generation of immunogenic dendritic cells from human embryonic stem cells without serum and feeder cells.

Stice's neural cell kits created from human embryonic stem cell lines last up to six months.

In the new study, 12 patients will be treated with healthy scavenger cells, created in a laboratory from human embryonic stem cells.

A number of recent articles, however, have reported that hiPSCs are, in fact, notably distinct from human embryonic stem cells in terms of their gene expression, epigenetic profile, proliferative capacity and the susceptibility of their differentiated progeny to cellular senescence and apoptosis [3 — 6].

Paul Laikind, CEO of ViaCyte, which is making a treatment for diabetes from human embryonic stem cells.

Accelerated Three - Dimensional Neuroepithelium Formation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Its Use for Quantitative Differentiation to Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium.

Researchers at UCLA treat the first patients in the second FDA - approved study evaluating a therapy made from human embryonic stem cells.

In the next few months, surgeons in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou will carefully drill through the skulls of people with Parkinson's disease and inject 4 million immature neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells into their brains.

Eighteen adults with severe eye disease who were among the first people to receive transplants created from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) continue to have no apparent complications with the introduced cells after an average of nearly 2 years, according to the latest status report on their health.

(Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells in pro-survival factors enhance function of infarcted rat hearts Nature Biotechnology)

About 10 years ago, Zhang was the first in the world to grow motor neurons from human embryonic stem cells.

Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells in pro-survival factors enhance function of infarcted rat heart.

«The results are highly encouraging,» says Pete Coffey of University College London, who heads a project to treat people with age - related macular degeneration using tiny patches of retinal pigment epithelial cells made from human embryonic stem cells.

Trials of cells made from human embryonic stem cells are also poised to begin in people with type 1 diabetes and heart failure, the first time embryonic stem cells have been used in the treatment of major lethal diseases.

Two weeks after the experimental myocardial infarctions, the Seattle researchers injected 1 billion heart muscle cells derived from human embryonic stem cells, called human embryonic stem cell - derived cardiomyocytes, into the infarcted muscle.

In the study, the investigators used GABAergic inhibitory neuron precursors called MGE - like cells that were derived from human embryonic stem cells.

The patch is made of eye cells made from human embryonic stem cells, and it has been designed for treating the «dry» form of macular degeneration, which accounts for 90 per cent of all cases, and affects 1.7 million people in the US.

Twelve people left almost blind by a hereditary condition that strikes in childhood are to receive the world's first eye therapy derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).

Twelve people with Stargardt's macular dystrophy will be treated with retinal cells made from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in the hope of improving, or at least halting loss of sight.

A person with spinal injuries today went down in history as the first to receive a treatment derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).

The paper, which described how sperm - like cells could be derived from human embryonic stem cells, was published online on 8 July by Stem Cells and Development.

«Giant leap for diabetes: From human embryonic stem cells to billions of human insulin producing cells.»

What we discovered is that we can create literally millions or billions of these from human embryonic stem cells.

One is using cells derived from human embryonic stem cells to treat spinal cord injury (although funding problems have stopped the trial enrolling new patients) and another is testing a treatment for age - related macular degeneration.