Blood vessels in rats made from stem cells: study
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Stem cells taken from muscle tissue can be used to build new blood vessels for transplants, researchers reported on Friday.
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Scientists have used stem cells and a potion of nerve-friendly chemicals to not just bridge a damaged spinal cord but actually re-grow the circuitry needed to move a muscle, helping partially paralyzed rats walk.
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Scientists identify rare stem cells in newborns' hearts, which could be used to treat those with cardiac problems.
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Embryonic stem cells, proto-cells that become the different cells in a baby, have a safety mechanism to prevent passing on damaged DNA, US scientists report.
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Scientists have identified a type of stem cell that appears to fuel the growth of brain tumours. The Canadian and American researchers say their discovery could lead to new ways of targeting cancer cells.
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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.
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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.
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported yesterday that by using cells harvested from rats, they have grown dime-size swatches of
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Medical researchers in Brazil say they have found that patients with diseased hearts can apparently regrow heart muscle and arteries after being injected with bone marrow stem cells.
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have identified the growth factors essential to allow spermatogonial stem cells -- the continually self-renewing cells that produce sperm -- to exist in culture indefinitely.
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Scientists are developing an artificial vein for use in patients with circulation problems.
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Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.
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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.
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"Nearly everyone has some fat tissue they can spare, and this tissue could be a source of cells for cancer treatment that can be adapted into specific vehicles for drug transport."  July 03, 2007 July 3, 2007 PHILADELPHIA - Researchers in Slovakia have been able to derive mesenchymal stem cells from human adipose, or fat, tissue and engineer them into "suicide genes" that seek out and ... via Wisconsin Advanced Technology Advocat...
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Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia -- the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, potentially fatal disease.
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Scientists discover what could be cardiac master cells capable of becoming different tissues in the heart.
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Creating a bank to store a new type of  stem cell produced from donors' ordinary skin cells could help  reduce time and money for treating patients with regenerative  medicine in the future, a Japanese researcher said on  Wednesday.