Sentences with phrase «into embryonic stem cell therapy»

The world's first chimeric monkeys were created in a laboratory last year, and they offer surprising new insights into embryonic stem cell therapy: One reason for often - poor treatment outcomes may be that we're using embryos that are, strangely, just too old.

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The immediate payoff was a commercialization deal in age - related macular degeneration in which Pfizer became the first big pharma company to make a move into the use of embryonic stem cells as the basis for a tissue regeneration therapy.

The finding could fundamentally change how we look at human stem cell tech: If chimeric monkeys require totipotent cells before they can come into being, it stands to reason that human embryonic stem cell therapy might also require totipotent stem cells to render cures.

A fix for broken rat hearts Scientists this week successfully implanted human embryonic stem cells into rats that suffered heart attacks, coming a heartbeat closer to realizing the full potential of such therapy.

This information could then be used to prompt embryonic stem cells to differentiate in the culture dish into neurons for potential use in cell - replacement therapy.

This approach to derive patient - specific Embryonic Stem cell - like cells (iPS cells) is going to open up research into the genetic causes of disease and the search for therapies not only for such diseases, but also for repairing tissues damaged in other ways.

Lanza's dream of turning human embryonic stem cells into therapies for the sick and the suffering is taking a huge step closer to reality.