Sentences with phrase «stem cell therapy applications»

Zernicka - Goetz's research could also lead to important advancements in the study of embryonic stem cell therapy applications.

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The present and potential clinical applications of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in cats are explored in a state - of - the - art review article published this month in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

«For the broad application of stem cell - derived pituitary cells in the future, cell replacement therapy may need to be customized to the specific needs of a given patient population,» Zimmer says.

Hydrogels, noted for their biomimetic properties, are the leading materials for biomedical applications, such as drug delivery and stem cell therapy.

For these cells to be as useful as embryonic stem cells, «we have to find a way to avoid retroviruses before application in cell therapy», Yamanaka says, as they could result in tumours.

It took approximately 25 years between discovery and routine clinical application of adult stem cell therapy.

To the Editor: In their Clinical Review, Dr Burt and colleagues1 assessed clinical applications of adult stem cell therapies for nonmalignant diseases.

In parallel to this cell therapy application, keratynocytes and melanocytes derived from pluripotent stem cells will be used for pathological modelling of genodermatoses allowing identification of new disease - specific pharmacological treatments

The symposium brings together leaders in biology, medicine, and industry to present on the latest advances in technology development, mechanistic understanding, and therapeutic application of stem cells for both drug development and cell - based therapy.

Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are currently the most common adult stem cell type used for cell therapy applications due to their regenerative properties and ability to differentiate into multiple cell lineages (adipocyte, chondro ¬ cyte, and osteocyte).

While pluripotent stem cell - based therapies are an exciting option, this approach has several barriers to its application, although Iqbal Ahmad (University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA) has now proposed the use of a «non ‐ cell autonomous» reprogramming strategy as a new and improved therapeutic approach [2].

Embryonic stem (ES) cells are important tools in the study of gene function and may also become important in cell therapy applications.

San Diego, California, October 29, 2013 — ViaCyte, Inc., a leading regenerative medicine company focused on developing new approaches to treat major diseases through the application of a stem cell - derived cell therapy, announced today that the Company was granted over 20 patents worldwide in 2013 thus far, three U.S. and twenty foreign.

Cell therapy can improve breathing and repair damaged airways through the application of clinically demonstrated mechanisms of adult stem cells.

The ASTEP course includes an inclusive array of primary care, specialty and subspecialty topics that were chosen through an assessment of current and future therapeutic applications of stem cell therapies.

Allogeneic cell therapies involving primary cell types such as bone marrow mesenchymal stromal / stem cells (BM - MSCs), hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), and T and natural killer (NK) cells for immunotherapy applications are especially challenging because of the vigorous process of screening...

Researchers demonstrate that the application of low oxygen concentrations may make adipose stem cell - based therapies safer and more effective

«Having a very efficient and practical way of generating patient - specific stem cells, which unlike human embryonic stem cells, wouldn't be rejected by the patient's immune system after transplantation brings us a step closer to the clinical application of stem cell therapy,» says Belmonte, PhD., a professor in the Gene Expression Laboratory and director of the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Spain.

A promising clinical application for stem and progenitor cell transplantation is in rescue therapy for degenerative diseases.

«Finding this population of stem cells in a human source represents a major breakthrough for us because it brings us much closer to a clinical application of this therapy,» said Dr. Huard, the Henry J. Mankin Professor and vice chair for Research in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

It is conceivable the techniques being developed might have some application in future stem cell therapies in humans where a cloning process was used to generate particular tissues for transplantation.

Developing methods to deliver cells and to reduce contamination of hESC - derived product preparations are major concerns impacting the development and application of stem cell therapies,» said Emmanuel Baetge, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Novocell.

Specifically, application of a prefabricated cardiac tissue patch to prevent dilation and to improve pumping efficiency of the infarcted heart offers a promising strategy for making stem cell therapy a clinical reality.

The advent of human induced pluripotent stem cells has been heralded as a major breakthrough in the study of pluripotent stem cells, for these cells have yielded fundamental insights into the reprogrammability of somatic cell fates, but also because of their seemingly great promise in applications, including potential uses in cell therapy.

Initially founded in 2011 as a Heart Institute, our treatment protocols were later expanded to include adult stem cell therapy for patients with severe and chronic medical needs that, per scientific research, clinical trials and application, can be safely and potentially efficaciously treated with patients» own stem and regenerative cells.

Repopulation of the immune system is carried out via cell transplants that are by now a safe and proven application of stem cell medicine, little different from the many varieties of first generation stem cell therapy.

These two properties (self - renewal and pluripotency) confers human pluripotent stem cells a unique interest for clinical applications since they could allow the production of infinite quantities of cells for disease modelling, drug screening and cell based therapy.

NeuroStemcell, which comprises 13 academic partners and 2 SMEs and 1 Research Enterprise from 6 European countries and the United States of America, is formed to create a world - leading consortium that can develop stem cell based therapies for Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease toward clinical application... Read more»

«The proposed experiments, if successful, will address an important unmet need in bringing stem cell therapies to clinical use and provide the foundation for a wide range of additional applications,» Clegg said.

Stem cell therapy is an innovative application of cutting - edge technology to help dogs and cats with diseases including osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia.

In a review published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, Jessica M. Quimby, DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio State University, and Dori L. Borjesson, DVM, MPVM, Ph.D., Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures at the University of California, Davis, consider both the current and potential clinical applications of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in cats.

Preparation and global prosecution of patent applications directed to diagnostic and therapeutic products including antibodies, gene therapies, vaccines, stem cells, pharmaceutical formulations, nanotechnology, nucleic acid molecules, biologics, medical devices, mouse platforms for antibody development, and methods of treating diseases.

That said however, if you have been diagnosed and been able to demonstrate that through stem cell therapy that you no longer suffer from myelofibrosis, we would be happy to «submit» your life insurance application to multiple insurance companies to see if their underwriting guidelines have changed.