Stem Cell News & Research

Articles Released in 2006

12.05.06	Infant Cord-Blood Storage Gains Some Momentum The Arizona Republic/USA Today
10.31.06	Liver Cells Grown from Cord Blood BBC News Online
10.30.06	'Biological Insurance Policies' Via the Umbilical Cord The New York Sun
10.30.06	Senator Jackie Speier Promotes New State Law to Save Lives and Prevent Birth Defects
10.10.06	Patients' Own Stem Cells May Treat Coronary Disease Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
09.18.06	Pope Endorses Adult Stem-Cell Research Catholic News Service
07.10.06	Adult Stem Cell Research Breakthrough Produces Insulin for Diabetics LifeNews.com Editor
04.14.06	Regenerative Medicine Fox News Channel
04.10.06	Breakthrough in Autoimmune Disease Research ABC News
04.06.06	Stem Surgery Miracle - Australian Breakthrough to End Painful Bone Grafts Daily Telegraph
04.04.06	US Doctors Use Stem Cells to Replace Organs TV World News Transcripts
03.20.06	Cord Blood Stem Cells Clonogenic Capacity Not Impaired by Cryopreservation Stem Cell Week Study Summary: Current storage methods for cord blood stem cells do not appear to limit the ability of these cells to reproduce or their potential for expansion (amplification). The expansion of a small number of stem cells may someday allow families to use their banked samples for more than one treatment.
03.16.06	Prostate Cancer; Prostate UCB Injection Delays Onset of Prostate Cancer and Improves Survival Blood Weekly Study Summary: Findings from this study revealed that when injected into the prostate of mice, human umbilical cord blood delayed the onset of prostate cancer and improved survival rates.
03.16.06	Peripheral Vascular Disease; Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells Improve Chronic Limb Ischemia Blood Weekly Study Summary: Chronic limb ischemia is a condition that occurs when blood flow is restricted in the limbs, potentially resulting in wounds that don't heal properly. Findings from this study discuss how a man's own bone marrow stem cells were used to treat this condition.
03.10.06	First Clinical Trial to Begin on Injecting Stem Cells into Brain Associated Press
03.06.06	Stem Cell Research; Cord Blood-Derived MSCs Can Be Chemically Transformed into Cardiomyocytes Cardiovascular Week Study Summary: The type of stem cells found in umbilical cord blood can be transformed into cardiomyocytes, the muscle cells of heart tissue. A loss of these heart muscle cells has been demonstrated to lead to defects in heart function
02.09.06	Subpopulation of Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Have Potential to Become Neural Cells Blood Weekly Study Summary: Researchers demonstrated that a sub-population of umbilical cord blood stem cells have the potential to become neural cells, which could be used in the development of therapies for brain injuries and diseases.
02.01.06	Stem Cell Procedure May Help Ease Lupus Los Angeles Times
01.31.06	South Korean Researchers Test Adult Stem Cells to Treat Lung Disease Yonhap English News
01.12.06	Cord Blood; UCBT Cures Severe Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Infection After Double HSCT Failure Blood Weekly
01.12.06	Cord Blood; Unrelated Cord Blood Transplant Successful in Children with Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Blood Weekly
08.01.06	Patients Knowledge of Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Journal of Reproductive Medicine Study Summary: While few patients receive umbilical cord blood banking education, most expect their obstetrician to be able to answer questions about the procedure. The authors suggest that greater educational opportunities should be pursued for both patients and obstetricians.

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