Sentences with phrase «use of stem cells»

Some of the earliest uses of stem cells in veterinarian medicine took place in horses.

Diabetes is due to the pancreatic beta cell destruction, and the notion of making use of stem cells as a way of fixing this deficiency in individuals with diabetes is certainly not new.

While most uses of stem cells are highly experimental, they are already used in cancer treatment.

Estrada began researching uses of stem cell therapy in Dobermans with asymptomatic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in December 2009 from a $ 72,000 grant from the National Doberman Research Foundation.

Research involving the derivation and use of stem cells from adult tissues is permissible, subject to the informed consent of the tissue donor.

However, with few exceptions, the stem cell and regenerative medicine industry has remained inadequately capitalized to carry out large - scale clinical trials independently, and major pharmaceutical firms have tended to show more interest in the use of hiPSCs as a source of large, pure populations of specific somatic cells for use in drug compound screening and toxicology tests, than they have in therapeutic uses of stem cells and their derivatives.

The ministry asked local health authorities to halt any unapproved clinical use of stem cells in their regions.

Research projects underway at UC San Diego include the potential use of stem cells in the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease, spinal cord repair, and other diseases that today are considered incurable.

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

A creative use of stem cells made from adult tissues may hasten drug development for debilitating diseases

Undeterred, advocates for the immediate use of stem cell therapy in human athletes point to successes with racehorses as the best evidence that the treatment works.

The experiments will also represent the first clinical trials of ES cells under regulations that China adopted in 2015, in an attempt to ensure the ethical and safe use of stem cells in the clinic.

We are encouraged by the new use of these stem cells to rapidly identify new treatments,» says co-senior author Dr. Jeffrey Rothstein, Director of the Brain Science Institute and the Robert Packard Center for ALS research at Johns Hopkins University.

Cadwalader earned her Ph.D. at the University of Utah in developmental biology, but it was seeing her undergraduate advisor, James Thompson, the first person to derive a human embryonic stem cell, advise the Bush administration about proper use of stem cells that sparked an interest in politics.

Building on years of clinical excellence focused on the effective treatment of complex, life - threatening diseases, the Maharaj Institute is at the forefront of advancing Immune Regenerative Medicine; the effective use of stem cell treatment and preservation with the goal of restoring health and optimizing the effectiveness of the human immune system (the body's natural defense system).

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.

Insights into the self - driven regeneration process of the hair follicles might lead to better understanding of other regenerative organs like the skin and liver or even novel uses of stem cells and regenerative medicine.

The therapeutic use of stem cells is a promising area of medicine for the decades ahead and researchers are examining why stem cells function in certain types of niches, microenvironments, and pockets of activity.

Writing in the Transplantation, the researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions warned clinical use of stem cells was still a long way off.

Research involving the derivation and use of stem cells from cadaveric foetal tissues is permissible, subject to the informed consent of the tissue donor.

Critical issues include: (i) heterogeneity in stem cell populations (ii) regulation of cell fate choices; (iii) declining tissue performance with age and exposure to environmental injuries; (iv) the use of iPS and Embryonic Stem (ES) cells, and reprogramming methods for phenotyping disease states and potential use of these stem cells in the clinic.

If we are against the use of stem cell research on the basis of embryonic destruction, shouldn't we also be against in - vitro fertilization clinics because there are always excess embryos that get discarded?

Many of these marketing tactics are used by Medela worldwide, and the information about the Family Larrson - Rosenquist Foundation's lack of arms length status is also important, since Medela has funded research to explore the use of stem cells in breastmilk as medicine.

As well as allowing the use of stem cells grown from established cell lines, the technology could enable the creation of improved human tissue models for drug testing and potentially even purpose - built replacement organs.

The fourth theme addresses the ethical, legal, social, and policy issues related to the origins and use of stem cells.

No, we mean people who, through genetic manipulation, the use of stem cells, or other biointervention, have had their ability to remain healthy and active extended beyond what we would consider normal.

The use of stem cells as orthopedic therapies in the U.S. is becoming more commonplace and has drawn the attention of elite athletes, most notably NFL players, who have been vocal about receiving stem cell treatments and their successful recoveries.

New research from Uppsala University shows promising progress in the use of stem cells for treatment of spinal cord injury.

«This shows not only that the use of stem cell research in the clinical treatment of childlessness is unrealistic but also that clinics should focus on using the eggs that women have had since birth in treating infertility,» says Professor Kui Liu.

Others tackle bigger issues, such as drug and vaccine safety and the use of stem cells for drug discovery.

The use of stem cells in the treatment of feline chronic kidney disease, however, has been the exception.

So the time is ripe for renewed discussion of the uses of stem cell technologies.

Further to your coverage of the use of stem cells to recover mobility in dogs with damaged spines (24 November,...

In the July 2012 issue of Equine Disease Quarterly, Wesley Sutter of Lexington Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine in Kentucky cautioned: «To date, no published controlled clinical studies show efficacy in use of stem cell treatment for any of the conditions being treated.»

Carol Gillis, a longtime veterinarian and researcher who specializes in soft - tissue injuries in racehorses, says that the more than 22,000 ultrasound images she has captured in her studies and clinical practice have convinced her that with a tightly regimented exercise program, tendons and ligaments will heal, producing strong, well - organized fibers — all without the use of stem cells.

«At some point you get to the use of stem cells, and personalized medicine becomes very affordable.»

Other AMAs addressed the science of drug abuse and addiction; the use of stem cell - derived «mini-brains» to aid research on addiction and toxicology; and the hunt for the sterile type of neutrinos, the universe's most abundant particle of matter.

Ayami Yoshimi, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Freiburg, Germany, and colleagues examined the use of peripheral blood stem cells and bone marrow as stem cell sources for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with bone marrow failure worldwide and factors associated with the use of each stem cell source.

Recent advances have raised expectations that diseases of the CNS may be improved by the use of stem cell therapies.

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.

The oHSV loaded stem cells are ultimately killed by oHSV mediated oncolysis, preventing the engineered cells from persisting within the brain, which is an important safety component in the therapeutic use of these stem cells.

It was reasoned that if some of the cells in the periphery could represent stem - like cells, then the use of a stem cell marker might indicate their presence.

This model, he said, could have important implications for the therapeutic use of stem cells to rejuvenate damaged tissues.

Srivastava, who pioneered the use of stem cells for heart disease, is director of the Roddenberry Stem Cell Center and a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes.

Through the use of stem cell - based organoids researchers are making big strides in the study of neurodevelopmental diseases such as schizophrenia and autism.

Lanza's research focuses on the use of stem cells and regenerative medicine including nuclear transfer and stem cells in human transplantation.

Efforts to prevent mitochondrial diseases have led to the development of various techniques, and a team of researchers have described one such technique in the journal Nature based on the use of stem cells, though it has not yet been trialed in animals.

The FDA has approved the use of stem cell - based products, including cord blood - derived hematopoietic progenitor cells (blood forming stem cells) for many diseases.