Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists are seeking to restore complete cardiac function with the help of artificial cardiac tissue

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Silk from tasar silkworm used as scaffold for heart tissue

In diseases like muscular dystrophy [1] or a heart attack [2] , “ muscle [3] begins to die and undergoes its normal wounding processes,” said Engler, a bioengineering [4] professor at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. “This damaged tissue is fundamentally different from a mechanical perspective” than healthy tissue

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Need muscle for a tough spot? Turn to fat stem cells

24-01-2012 10:25 On January 17th, 2012, the CIRM Governing Board heard from scientists and a patient about the essential role of genomics in the development of stem cell based therapies.

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Craig Venter: Understanding Our Genes – A Step to Personalized Medicine | CIRM Spotlight on Genomics – Video

POWAY, CA– – Vet-Stem, Inc. today announced that over 8,000 animals have now been treated with Vet-Stem cell therapy.Vet-Stem began providing stem cells to veterinarians in 2004 and has now provided stem …

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Vet-Stem Announces Milestone of 8,000 Animals Treated With Vet-Stem Cell Therapy

Reporting in The Lancet, researchers write that a preliminary study shows embryonic stem cell therapy in two patients with macular degeneration was safe.

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Stem Cell Eye Therapy Shows Promise

19-01-2012 22:48 Stem cell research has the potential to yield groundbreaking new tools to understand and develop therapies for CP and related brain disorders.

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Professor Alan Trounson – World focus on stem cell research – Video

Some heart bypass patients are receiving cardiac stem cell transplants to try to repair damage.

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Heart patient's stem cells harnessed for healing

by JEAN ENERSEN / KING 5 News Bio [1] | Email [2] | Follow: @jeanenersen KING5.com Posted on January 26, 2012 at 5:31 PM Updated today at 5:47 PM Scientists believe stem cells could hold the key to the treatment and cure of more than 70 major diseases and conditions.      From broken hearts to severed spines to damaged brains, the hopes to heal them all could start from stem cells.

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Medicine's next big thing could just be skin deep

Brain cells from Alzheimer's patients have been grown in a highly purified form by San Diego and international scientists, producing models of the increasingly common neurodegenerative disease suitable for testing drugs.

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Alzheimer's brain cells grown from patients' skin cells could model disease

Researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that therapies for bone disorders could help in the treatment of leukemia.

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Leukemia cells are 'bad to the bone', research finds

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that therapies for bone disorders could help in the treatment of leukemia.

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Study finds leukemia cells are 'bad to the bone'

Officials at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital announced today that Doris Taylor, PhD, FAHA, FACC, one of the world’s leading cell thera

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World-Renowned Cell-Therapy Researcher, Doris Taylor, PhD, Joins Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital

( University of Rochester Medical Center ) University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that therapies for bone disorders could help in the treatment of leukemia.

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TORONTO – Doctors have performed Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant using cells from the patient's own bone marrow.

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Researchers hope cardiac stem cell transplants may help heart failure patients

Heart failure is a leading cause of death in Canada.

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Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant performed last week

Public release date: 26-Jan-2012 [ | E-mail [1] | Share [2] ] Contact: Erica DiMiao erica.dimiao@uhn.ca 416-340-4636 University Health Network [4] [3] Heart failure is a leading cause of death in Canada. As part of the ongoing IMPACT-CABG clinical trial to treat advanced heart failure, physicians at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre performed the first cardiac stem cell transplant in Ontario last week using stem cells derived from the patient's own bone marrow, isolated completely within the operating room, and implanted into the heart at the time of coronary bypass surgery. Researchers hope that stem cell therapy may be developed into a novel treatment for the 50,000 Canadians diagnosed each year with advanced heart failure

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Ontario's first cardiac stem cell transplant performed last week at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre

DURHAM, NC–(Marketwire -01/26/12)- Aldagen, Inc. today announced that a poster describing the homing properties of its cellular therapies was presented at the Seventh International Conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease

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Aldagen Presents Data Describing Cell Therapy Products' Mechanism for Homing to Ischemic Injury

A Cambridge University research team has for the first time discovered a method of generating different types of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) – the cells which make up the walls of blood vessels – using cells from patients' skin. This work could lead to new treatments and better screening for cardiovascular disease.

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Cambridge team first to grow smooth muscle cells from patient skin cells

Colorado man waiting to hear whether experimental treatment will help reverse the effects of his Type 1 diabetes.Salt Lake City (PRWEB) January 26, 2012 Researchers at Utah-based Optimum Clinical Research have completed a study to determine whether stem cells could reverse the effects of Type 1 diabetes.The primary aim of the three-year study was to research whether the infusion of mesenchymal …

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Stem Cell Researchers at Utah-based Optimum Clinical Research Conduct Diabetes Study That ‘Could Change the Course of …

Safety first: Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer of Advanced Cell Technology, says the two patients in an early stage of a stem-cell study have shown no negative side effects from the treatment. Advanced Cell Technology Eye Study Is a Small but Crucial Advance for Stem-Cell Therapy The results show that the treatment can be safe, but whether it can be effective is another question. Wednesday, January 25, 2012 By Karen Weintraub The first published clinical trial of stem-cell therapy is a tremendous boon to the company leading the experiment—but it's only a small step forward for the field

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Eye Study Is a Small but Crucial Advance for Stem-Cell Therapy