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Stem Cell Research News From Medical News Today

1. Regulation Of Telomerase In Stem Cells And Cancer Cells
   Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have gained important insights for stem cell research which are also applicable to human tumours and could lead to the development of new treatments...
2. Transplant Of Stem Cells May Beat Back Type 1 Diabetes
   University of British Columbia scientists, in collaboration with an industry partner, have successfully reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells, paving the way for a breakthrough treatment for a disease that affects nearly one in four Canadians...
3. Patient-Derived Stem Cells Successfully Transplant Into Mice With Muscular Dystrophy
   Stem cells from patients with a rare form of muscular dystrophy have been successfully transplanted into mice affected by the same form of dystrophy, according to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine...
4. New Cancer Stem Cell Mechanism Identified
   Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have uncovered a link between two genes which shows how stem cells could develop into cancer. The research, published in the online journal PLoS ONE, found a novel mechanism which could be the catalyst for stem cells changing into a tumour...
5. Huntington's Research Tool Developed Using Stem Cells
   New "disease in a dish" model offers step forward in understanding fatal inherited disorder and ways to test therapies for it Cedars-Sinai scientists have joined with expert colleagues around the globe in using stem cells to develop a laboratory model for Huntington's disease, allowing researchers for the first time to test directly on human cells potential treatments for th...
6. Magnet Helps Target Transplanted Iron-Loaded Cells To Key Areas Of Heart
   Optimal stem cell therapy delivery to damaged areas of the heart after myocardial infarction has been hampered by inefficient homing of cells to the damaged site. However, using rat models, researchers in France have used a magnet to guide cells loaded with iron oxide nanoparticles to key sites, enhancing the myocardial retention of intravascularly delivered endothelial progenitor cells...
7. Future Hearing Loss Therapies May Be Impacted By Stem Cell Transplantation Into Mouse Cochlea
   Researchers in Japan who evaluated the risks and efficacy of transplanting two varieties of stem cells into mouse cochlea have concluded that both adult-derived induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells demonstrate similar survival and neural differentiation capabilities...
8. Stem Cell Breakthrough Significant For Degenerative Diseases
   Researchers in Israel have achieved a significant global milestone in stem cell technology: they have created the first human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines that are free of animal contamination and whose production complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)...
9. Metformin Shows Promise For Pancreatic Cancer Patients
   According to the results of some preclinical trials, low doses of metformin, an antidiabetic drug, may effectively eliminate cancer stem cells, a group of cells believed to be responsible for tumor initiation, as well as tumor relapse, given that these cells are resistant to standard chemotherapies...
10. Predicting Treatment Response In Central Nervous System Diseases
    The commonly-used epilepsy drug, valproic acid (VPA), can have a highly beneficial effect on some babies born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the number one genetic killer during early infancy. But in about two-thirds of such cases it is either damaging or simply has no effect...