Adult stem cells are the way to go
Michigan is not only going to be the next battle ground in the presidential primaries, it is also going to be the battle ground for the controversial embryonic stem cell research issue. With the...
View ArticleAdult stem cells to treat spinal injuries in Australia
In Melbourne, Australia, adult stem cells will be used in a clinical study to see how effective they are at treating spinal injuries. SPINAL cord injury sufferers have been given fresh hope of improved...
View ArticleAdult stem cells to treat heart problems
Adult Stem Cell Research Network recently announced three ways to treat heart problems with adult stem cells. Adipose Derived Stem Cells Dr. Keith March of the Indiana University Medical Center,...
View ArticleReprogramming adult stem cells to act like embryonic stem cells
A recent discovery could lead towards scientists being able to reprogram adult stem cells to act like embryonic stem cells. In a paper released online today by the journal Cell Stem Cell, Konrad...
View ArticleBioTech company creates human adult stem cells from skin cells non-virally
PrimeGen Biotech announced today that it has successfully created human adult stem cells from normal somatic skin cells using non-viral methods. PrimeGen Biotech (http://www.primegenbiotech.com) today...
View ArticleAdult stem cells help treat Parkinson’s
More good news from the adult stem cell research centers! Resent studies now show that adult stem cells can help improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s. All of the patients with Parkinson’s disease who...
View ArticleAdult stem cells help Alzheimer’s
A recent study seems to show that stem cells derived from umbilical cords can help treat Alzheimer’s in mice. Next stem, humans. Scientists have found that targeted immune suppression using stem cells...
View ArticleAdult Stems Cells are safe in Gene Therapy
More good news from the stem cell front. It seems that using adult stem cells in gene therapy doesn’t cause problems such as cancer. “These data are critical for advancing stem-cell research leading...
View ArticleSenator McCaskill Votes to Ban Vote-Buying Earmarks
Though Senator McCaskill has been a very strong support of President Obama and the Democratic version of Health Care reform, her conscious wouldn’t allow her to vote against an amendment to ban the...
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