Stem Cell Experiments Slow Vision Loss in Rats
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Researchers will report today that cells grown from human embryonic stem cells slowed vision loss when injected into the eyes of rats with a disease similar to macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people older than 55.
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Transplanting brain cells produced from human embryonic stem cells helped fix stroke damage in the brains of rats, according to scientists who hope to test the same thing in people within about five years.
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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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Daniel Kerner's parents knew the experimental brain surgery was risky, but without it the 6-year-old surely would die. Last month in Portland, Ore., doctors for the first time transplanted stem cells from aborted fetuses into his head in a desperate bid to reverse, or at least slow, a rare genetic disorder called Batten disease. The so-far incurable condition normally results in blindness and paralysis before death.
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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.
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A treatment for muscular dystrophy may be within view after US scientists reported Sunday they used stem cell transplants to improve muscle function in mice afflicted with the disease.
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Monkey stem cells can repair the brain damage caused by Parkinson's disease, researchers have shown.
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Scientists who incited controversy last month over a stem cell paper published in Nature now show their stem cells can repair damaged retinas. In Bodyhack.
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Korean researchers, using stem cells isolated from umbilical cord blood, succeeded in reversing the paralysis of the lower limbs caused by spinal cord injury, of a 37-year-old female patient.
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NEW YORK  - Stem cells transplanted into  the eyes of mice with retinal disease restored and improved the  animals' vision, a finding that may yield benefits for patients  with eye disease, researchers report.
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Researchers at MIT are one step closer to creating patches for damaged hearts: They've used rat cells to construct a beating slice of cardiac tissue about the size of a dime. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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NEW YORK  - Scientists may be closing in on a remedy for a common degenerative condition of the retina called retinitis pigmentosa.
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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.
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Corrects paragraph 1, to add that antibody can help prevent vision loss from "wet" age-related macular degeneration.
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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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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.
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A Canadian-led research team has shown it is not only possible but relatively easy to harvest stem cells from human eyes that could help fight blindness and degenerative eye disorders.