There is exciting progress being made as researchers explore the potential of
different types of stem cells to slow MS activity and to repair damage to the nervous system.
The science is still too new to know for sure
which types of stem cells will be best suited to which kinds of research and treatments.
But
many types of stem cells also have a unique ability to seek out cancer cells, making them potential agents of cell death as well.
To the best of your knowledge, which, if any, of the
following types of stem cells have actually resulted in a cure or treatment for any diseases?
There are two
main types of stem cell: one produces bone, cartilage, marrow fat and other connective tissues, to repair and maintain the skeletal system.
Now those early results are pointing researchers toward
other types of stem cells that may be better suited to help repair cardiac muscle.
Lütolf's lab is now researching other
types of stem cells in order to extend the capacities of their hydrogel into other tissues.
Cambridge, UK (Scicasts)-- Scientists have identified a
new type of stem cell in the brain which they say has a high potential for repair following brain injury or disease.
Hans - Peter Kiem, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, on the other hand, has been able to extract a certain
type of stem cells from monkey's blood, modify the cells with CRISPR, and put them back into the animals.
The cells, which
include types of stem cells, are then isolated and administered intravenously at a dose depending on the patients» weight, either 6 million or 10 million cells per kilogram.
«We have developed a special protocol to purify groups of
specific types of stem cells taken from the patient's own blood, and transplant them into the pancreas to allow for...
All formed the
same types of stem cells, which give rise to «progenitor» cells that, in turn, divide into neurons and eventually organize themselves in six layers of brain tissue.
A
particular type of stem cell found in muscle can give rise to new muscle tissue, so a team led by geneticist Luis Garcia of Généthon, a nonprofit biotechnology firm in Évry, France, investigated whether these cells could be used to reverse the dystrophin problems.
Lanza experiments with
several types of stem cells, but he feels human embryonic stem cells offer the most potential, at least in the short term.
Today, Jang and her team of scientists are able to convert a human liver cell into a
certain type of stem cell, which can then be used to generate more liver cells — a first - in - the - world discovery for the Johns Hopkins researcher.
Liu's team also found that the same chemical cocktail can rewind other
types of stem cell back to the same primordial state as EPSCs.
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have for the first time shown that it is possible to derive from a human embryo so - called «naïve» pluripotent stem cells — one of the most
flexible types of stem cell, which can develop into all human tissue other than the placenta.
As she explains in for CNN, the two
types of stem cells begin to «talk to each other» and «respond by turning on particular developmental gene circuits or by physically changing shape to accomplish some architectural remodeling.»
Pluripotent stem cells are the most
potent type of stem cells; they have the ability to differentiate into any human cell type and to reproduce indefinitely.
That ability may come in the next frontier of organoid development, as researchers look to culture
various types of stem cells together to create organoids that incorporate additional features.
The scientist found that human liver cells can be coaxed to generate the
iPS type of stem cell, which could in turn lead to opportunities to treat cirrhosis and liver cancers.
But even before the cash spigot opens, the government may close it — or even try to limit research on human embryonic stem cells, the more promising and
controversial type of stem cell.
«So, if we are studying colon crypts and looking at, for example, how cancer develops in mice, we are only taking one
type of stem cells into the equation, not the interplay of both ASCL - 2 and BMI - 1,» said Vanamala.
Salk Institute scientists discover
new type of stem cell that could potentially generate mature, functional tissues
The Karlssons were referred to the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, where physicians proposed a radical strategy: Harvest a specific
type of stem cell from the liver of an aborted fetus and infuse it through the umbilical vein into the fetus that Madeleine was carrying.
The stem cells that Zika targets in the brain of a developing fetus are the
same types of stem cells that make glioblastoma so hard to treat.
According to the scientists» work, when a calorie - restricted mouse is subjected to radiation, a
particular type of stem cell in the intestines, known as reserve stem cells, can survive and quickly rebuild intestinal tissues.
However, the ways in which the different
types of stem cells came to be accepted into the stem cell family is itself an interesting story, and one that can help paint a useful bigger picture.
«I think it's a mistake to cast the
different types of stem cells as competing priorities,» George Daley, associate director of the Stem Cell Program at Children's Hospital Boston, said at the hearing.