Embryonic Signal Drives Pancreatic Cancer And Offers A Way To Kill It

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Pancreatic cancer is a particularly challenging one to beat; it has a tendency to spread and harbors cancer stem cells that stubbornly resist conventional approaches to therapy. Now, researchers reporting in the November issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, have evidence to suggest there is a way ...

Potential Use Of Adult Stem Cells For Human Gene Therapy

Monday, October 17th, 2011

This research, published on the Nature review website, provides evidence of a major concept could pave the way for the future use of these stem cells to treat humans, through perspective gene therapies. For several years now, scientists have been able to produce cells with stem cell properties, by using ...

New Gene Therapy Methods Accurately Correct Mutation In Patient’s Stem Cells, Bringing Personalized Cell Therapies One Step Closer

Friday, October 14th, 2011

For the first time, scientists have cleanly corrected a human gene mutation in a patient's stem cells. The result, reported in Nature, brings the possibility of patient-specific therapies closer to becoming a reality. The team, led by researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge, targeted ...

New stem cell method makes viable liver cells

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

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New stem cell method makes functioning liver cells

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

* Scientists correct gene mutation, grow new liver cells in mice Find more info about New stem cell method makes functioning liver cells photos videos pictures. read more