Sentences with phrase «possible use of stem cell»

The possible use of stem cell therapy for treatment of Parkinson's disease is long awaited and much needed (2 December,...

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As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.

Another possible advantage of using the Dolly method to produce embryonic stem cells is that it takes just days, compared with weeks for iPS cells.

Researchers, led by Joshua Mayourian at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, used mathematical modeling to simulate electrical interactions between these stem cells and heart cells to develop insight into possible adverse effects, as well as to hypothesize new methods for reducing some potential risks of this therapy.

The results obtained by Afsaneh Gaillard's team and that Pierre Vanderhaeghen at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in Human and Molecular Biology show, for the first time, using mice, that pluripotent stem cells differentiated into cortical neurons make it possible to reestablish damaged adult cortical circuits, both neuroanatomically and functionally.

Exploiting the same pre-clinical model used for their studies, the researchers are testing the efficacy of this kind of drug candidates against cancer stem cells, and the possibility of identifying combination regimens with standard chemotherapies with minimized toxic effects, with the perspective of their possible application for the treatment of human breast cancer.

Today the brain's serotonin system is already a known target for the treatment of depression, and according to researchers it should be possible to use time signals in pharmaceutical development based on stem cells.

«Use of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology» — which involves taking skin cells from patients and reprogramming them into embryonic - like stem cells capable of turning into other specific cell types relevant for studying a particular disease — «makes it possible to model dementias that affect people later in life,» says senior study author Catherine Verfaillie of KU Leuven.

This feature would be critical for clinical uses, such as transplanting stem cells — with their defects corrected — back into patients, but the researchers emphasize that years of further study remain before such treatments might be possible.

This method, if it proves viable, would be an alternative to far more complicated but established methods of deriving stem cells, which are prized for possible use in regenerative medicine.

A possible solution to this problem would be the use of so - called «induced neural stem cells (iNSCs)» — these cells can be generated by taking an adult's skin cells and're - programming» them back to become neural stem cells.

«The advances in transplant techniques and the range of available cell sources that can be used to optimize the treatment of aberrant corneal wound healing can give reassurance to patients with corneal injuries that preserving vision may be possible in the near future,» wrote the authors of the Stem Cells review.

April 2011 - European Court of Justice patenting case Stem cell scientists have raised serious concerns about the impact of a possible ban on patents for techniques using human embryonic stem ceStem cell scientists have raised serious concerns about the impact of a possible ban on patents for techniques using human embryonic stem cestem cells.

A possible solution to this problem would be the use of so - called «induced neural stem cells (iNSCs)» — these cells can be generated by taking an adult's skin cells and «re-programming» them back to become neural stem cells.

Scientists studied the progression of the disease using mice and human stem cells and surmised that a cure for the fatal disease may be possible.

The centre aims to integrate, coordinate and promote research at the University of Milan on the biology of both adult and embryonic stem cells and their possible applications in medicine, pharmacology, toxicology and veterinary use.

It's impossible to know every possible medical use of stem cells because scientists haven't been able to conduct extensive research with them, but researchers claim that they may be the key to treating a host of diseases and conditions, including Parkinson's disease, diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, baldness and spinal cord injuries.

There has been much publicity about the use of mature stem cells for research and possible treatment for many diseases in human medicine.