Fat tissue stem cells used to grow bone
122020
Stem cells from fat tissue have been used to help grow bone to repair the damaged skull of a 7-year-old German girl, according to a report in a German medical journal.
300473
Scientists have identified a cardiac stem cell that could be the basis for new heart therapies
589148
Scientists have developed a way to produce a pure source of muscle cells, a technique that might one day prove useful for treating muscle-related diseases.
63167
Scientists in Japan claim to be able to increase the size of a woman's breasts using fat and stem cells.
295591
A drug used to treat bone marrow cancer may also help treat osteoporosis by stimulating stem cells, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
168489
Donor hearts could make good scaffolding for new organs.
768729
Scientists are preparing for a large  clinical trial in 2008 which aims to use stem cells to help 400  patients with spinal cord injuries in Hong Kong, mainland China  and Taiwan grow new cells and nerve fibers.
165724
Scientists have discovered a new type of embryonic stem cell in mice and rats that should speed up research into regenerative medicine and help in the hunt for cures to a range of diseases.
333329
Embryonic stem cells may not have to actually grow replacement body parts to be useful. New research suggests these cells also secrete healing molecules powerful enough to reverse a lethal birth defect in mice.
302871
Aastrom Biosciences Inc. on Monday said it uses adult, not embryonic, stem cells to produce cells that are being tested to see if they can repair severe bone fractures.
514178
German scientists have repaired the severely damaged skull of a 7-year-old girl using stem cells derived from body fat. The wound in the child&#39;s skull was too large to treat with conventional bone grafts.
148078
Graduate students at the University of Toronto have boosted hopes for an effective diabetes treatment after growing insulin-producing tissue from the single cell of a mouse pancreas.
65474
Bone marrow-derived side population stem cells appear to have limited potential for regenerating injured cardiac and skeletal muscle, says a University of Chicago study in the Dec.
527212
Scientists are preparing for a large clinical trial in 2008 which aims to use stem cells to help 400 patients with spinal cord injuries in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan grow new cells and nerve fibers.
471159
Stem cells have become famous for their ability to heal, spurring hopes that they might one day cure Parkinson&#39;s disease, spinal cord injuries, and a wide variety of ailments.
620757
Scientists studying mice said they have found what may be a master cardiac stem cell -- able to change into the three major cell types in a mammal's heart -- in a finding that could help guide heart repair in people.
725058
Austrian researchers say they have successfully used their female patients&#39; own stem cells to treat urinary incontinence. The therapy is a potentially long-lasting one, with patients remaining continent one year after treatment, HealthDay reported.