Stem Cells Make Eye Contact
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Stem cells from human eyes can generate various cell types required for sight, a finding that marks an important step towards regenerative treatments for eye diseases.
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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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A new discovery about a cellular control mechanism could lead to drugs for both stem cell-driven tissue regeneration and cancer. American researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina
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Stem cells taken from human embryos were coaxed into becoming motor neurons in an experiment that might one day help scientists repair damaged nervous systems, researchers reported Sunday.
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CAMBRIDGE Dec 14, 2004 - Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used rat cells to grow dime-sized swatches of heart tissue that twitch like a beating heart when an electrical current passes through.
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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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It may sound unbelievable, but Japanese researchers have been able to restore vision in people with damaged and clouded corneas by using cells taken from the patient&#39;s cheek tissue.
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Pioneering research is to test if stem cells can repair heart muscle damaged by a heart attack.
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Scientists have identified a cardiac stem cell that could be the basis for new heart therapies
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Genetic breakthroughs and an unlikely drug offer hope for a disease ravaging the eyes of an aging population.
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FRIDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have discovered that bone marrow stem cells attracted to an area of cancer growth frequently take on the outward appearance of the cancer cells around them.
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New procedure lets adult mouse cells mimic stem cells, bringing hope to anticloning activists.
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Science & environment: Hopes boosted by experiments showing that human embryonic stem cells could be turned into a variety of brain cells
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Scientists have succeeded in growing outside the body the special stem cells that direct the remarkably prolific process of sperm production.
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Scientists discover what could be cardiac master cells capable of becoming different tissues in the heart.
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Cells in the hair follicles of the skin appear to be stem cells that may offer potential new ways to treat burn wounds and other skin injuries, as well as hair loss.
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British scientists have launched an ambitious project to cure the most common cause of age-related blindness by growing human eye tissue from stem cells.