Testing Drugs with Stem Cells
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Researchers are using human embryonic stem cells to determine the toxicity of potential pharmaceuticals.
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Medical researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered potential stem cells in the pancreas, a finding that could lead to new treatments for diabetes.
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Stem cell research could provide a new treatment for incontinence, a new study has suggested. Research featured in the New Scientist suggests that it may be possible to use a patient&#39;s own stem cells to rebuild weak bladder muscles.
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The prospect of using human embryonic stem cells to treat disease appears a small step closer as the result of two new experiments with the cells, which are mired in political controversy because they are derived from human embryos.
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A major trial of one of a new generation of "smart" drugs that selectively attacks cancer cells is launched.
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New research is casting doubts on the usefulness of the human embryonic stem cells available under the White House&#39;s research policy.
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A technique would let scientists use a patientâs skin cell to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells that might be transplantable.
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In the lab, multiple myeloma cells are killed by drugs similar to existing anti-diabetes drugs like Avandia or Actos, according to researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York.
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Scientists are working on a technique to repair fractures using a patient's own stem cells.
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Embryonic stem cells, valued by researchers for their ability to become any kind of tissue that a body might need, also produce druglike compounds that can help ailing organs repair themselves, scientists are reporting today.
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British scientists are reportedly working on how they can use stem cells to treat cirrhosis of the liver. A team of researchers at London&#39;s Hammersmith Hospital are testing a process which uses the patient&#39;s
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Researchers have taken ordinary skin cells from a mouse and reprogrammed them to look and act like embryonic stem cells in a long-promised experiment that provides an alternative way to get the valued and controversial cells.
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The biotech firm advances to next stage of clinical studies in stem cell research.
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More than a decade ago, a howl went up about the way new drugs were tested. Virtually all trials were limited to white males, even though some medical differences based on race are widely acknowledged.
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Platforms have the potential to develop multiple drugs for a company.
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Nov. 4, 2004 -- Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have successfully grown stem cells that make sperm, which could eventually lead to new treatments for male infertility.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be. One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if