The science presented in the film is well - explained and even though the focus of the film is on medical breakthroughs accomplished using stem cells, the scientists interviewed do not try to over-hype current
stem cell applications.
The sooner the better with
the stem cell application.
Not exact matches
As they point out, there's plenty of room for optimism about the eventual therapeutic
applications of
stem cells, but clinics offering to cure Parkinson's or to fix broken spinal cords are not just misleading but seriously dangerous.
In addition, there may be
applications where the use of one's own
stem cells are needed, even if
stem cells from an identical twin are available.
The relevant patents involve the positioning of differentiated retinal
cells in the eye and not the creation of these
cells and would potentially be exempt from the ruling; his team wrote its patent this way to distinguish it from other
stem -
cell - based
applications — they felt that describing the placement of
cells rather than the creation of the
cells was likely to be more novel.
Three of these themes represent the key scientific steps in moving
stem cells from the laboratory into the clinic — the bioengineering and biology of
stem cells, and the clinical
applications of that research.
The Third International Congress on Responsible
Stem Cell Research, scheduled for 25 - 28 April, was to focus on clinical applications of adult and reprogrammed stem ce
Stem Cell Research, scheduled for 25 - 28 April, was to focus on clinical
applications of adult and reprogrammed
stem ce
stem cells.
The UK also offers a favorable funding and regulatory climate, says Minger, whose lab works on the therapeutic and clinical
applications of
stem cell research.
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.
CellNet and its
application to
stem cell engineering are described in two back - to - back papers in the August 14 issue of the journal C
cell engineering are described in two back - to - back papers in the August 14 issue of the journal
CellCell.
Sun is currently conducting collaborative research with hydrogels for
applications and efficiency with anticancer drugs screening and delivery,
stem cells and wound healing, as well as being used in vaccines for H1N1 influenza and animal diseases, such as the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, or PRRS.
But some Italian
stem cell scientists remain squarely opposed to the study — and they're hopeful that recent news about alleged flaws in a patent
application filed by Vannoni will help their case.
The use of bone marrow - derived
stem cells is well established in the treatment of human cancer patients, and veterinary
applications for bone marrow - and adipose - derived
stem cells are being evaluated.
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.
In the paper, the scientists report that their method produced more than twice the yield of potential bone - makers (9 percent) compared to their best
application of another method: sorting
cells based on surface proteins presumed to indicate that a
cell is a
stem cell (4 percent).
«We're excited about the
application of CombiGEM to probe complex multifactorial phenotypes, such as
stem cell differentiation, cancer biology, and synthetic circuits,» Lu says.
«It is imperative to better understand the biology of hMSCs, to best expand them and use them in future therapeutic
applications,» noted Dr. Jan Nolta, Editor in Chief of
STEM CELLS.
As for next research steps, the investigators will seek to exploit the SRY database and its evolutionary linkages to other SOX transcription factors to explore
applications to
stem -
cell biology and cancer.
Such a system could have several
applications, including
stem cell manipulation.
Understanding the mechanisms that regulate the self - renewal and differentiation of
stem cells is important, in order that
stem cells can be effectively and safely utilised in medical
applications in the future.
Professor Knight added: «Super resolution microscopy is a major step forward and we are looking forward to using this technology in a wide range of
applications from
stem cell behaviour to understanding arthritis or the development of nanomedicine.»
The current and most important
applications of
stem cell research are related to disease diagnostics and treatment.
The scientists see potential
applications in bone marrow and
stem cell transplants, for both donors and recipients.
Reprogramming holds great potential for new medical
applications, because reprogrammed pluripotent
stem cells (or induced pluripotent
stem cells) can be made from a patient's own
cells and embryos will not be needed.
«Because the hematopoetic
stem cell niche is so important for the creation of bone marrow and blood
cells and because Del - 1 is a soluble protein and is easily manipulated, one can see that it could be a target in many potential
applications,» said George Hajishengallis, the Thomas W. Evans Centennial Professor in the Department of Microbiology in Penn's School of Dental Medicine and a senior author on the work.
«This type of analysis is likely to become a gold standard for quality controlling
stem cells, including induced pluripotent
stem cells, whether they are to be used solely in research or envisioned for clinical
applications,» he says.
«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.
The Japanese newspaper that published what turned out to be false news of the first clinical
application of
cells derived from induced pluripotent
stem cells has detailed the lessons it learned and the steps it is taking to prevent a recurrence.
The authors emphasise that the possible therapeutic
applications of their work are still distant, but they admit that, without doubt, it might mean a change of direction for
stem cell research, for regenerative medicine or for tissue engineering.
Many
stem cell scientists who believe the ruling will discourage investment in the therapeutic
applications of ES
cell research reacted with dismay to the ruling, but the ultimate implications are far from clear.
The
application is on hold, the agency has told him, as NIH reconsiders its rules for the kind of experiments he wants to do: mixing human
stem cells into very early animal embryos and letting them develop, a strategy that could produce tissues or organs for transplantation.
To explore the potential for
application, the group then attempted a similar experiment using human blood
stem cells taken from umbilical cords, which they transfected with a vector encoding human Id3.
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.
Center for Induced Pluripotent
Stem (iPS)
Cell Research and
Application, Institute for Integrated
Cell - Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
These are important steps towards future
applications in regenerative medicine, which would require the use of
stem cells to create specialised
cells, tissues or organs to maintain normal function.
Injecting the TRAIL - expressing
stem cells into the carotid artery, a likely strategy for clinical
application, led to significantly slower tumor growth and increased survival, compared with animals receiving unaltered
stem cells or control injections.
It took approximately 25 years between discovery and routine clinical
application of adult
stem cell therapy.
Exciting clinical
applications of gene editing include correcting the mutation in the bone marrow
stem cells of patients with sickle
cell disease or hemophilia.
Despite the hubbub about pluripotent
stem cells» potential
applications, when it comes time to introduce products into patients, the
stem cells are actually impurities that need to be removed.
However, the need for the rapid point - of - care clinical
application of BM
stem cells for bone defect repair will not allow for the purification of hMSCs from the BM, and so, the authors assessed the effect of transient BIO exposure to whole BM samples.
To the Editor: In their Clinical Review, Dr Burt and colleagues1 assessed clinical
applications of adult
stem cell therapies for nonmalignant diseases.
In addition, the molecular beacons technique http://www.lependart.com could have broad
applications across regenerative medicine, because it could be used with other types of
cells produced from
stem cell cultures, such as brain
cells or insulin - producing islet
cells.
Thus, neural derivatives of disease - specific human pluripotent
stem cells constitute a relevant biological resource for exploring the impact of adult - onset HD mutations of the HTT gene on the division of neural progenitors, with potential
applications in HD drug discovery targeting HTT - dynein - p150Glued complex interactions.
Dr. Ding has pioneered the development and
application of innovative chemical approaches to
stem cell biology and regeneration.
harnessing the differentiation potential of pluripotent
stem cells to derive interspecies chimera with potential clinical
applications.
In an
application for a prestigious «Pioneer Award» from NIH this year, he proposed injecting human pluripotent
stem cells into pig embryos whose genes for specific organs had been knocked out.
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To summarize such a wealth of research, research that has been going on for over half a century, the film tells the story of a few key
stem cell discoveries and
applications.
This blog has strived to explore the different
stem cell types in detail, including their biology, history, potential, clinical
applications, and numerous remaining questions.