Keywords: Stem Cells
04/28/2010
Global Use and Availability of Treatment Involving Transplantation of Blood Stem Cells
An examination of the world-wide use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), which involves transplantation of blood stem cells derived from the bone marrow or blood, …
10/27/2009
New horizons in Nuclear Medicine therapy
Radionuclide therapy has been rapidly developing for the last 20 years, due to the availability of new carrier molecules and radionuclides. For some years the clinical efficacy …
09/01/2009
The 12th American Association for Clinical Chemistry meeting
This years AACC, held in conjunction with the Canadian Society for Clinical Chemists, and the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, featured …
03/06/2009
"Theranostics" - the potentials of cell imaging
Thanks to cell therapy, researchers have found new ways to understand and potentially treat heart diseases and degenerative conditions such as Parkinson's and cancer. The role of …
02/20/2009
Nanotechnology to accelerate bone growth
In recent years, stem cells have become a hot topic of investigation with studies suggesting revolutionary medical benefits due to their ability to be converted into selected …
11/19/2008
Irelands Institute of Molecular Medicine
Since the completion of the 13-year human genome project in 2003, molecular scientists have been delving deeper into the world of cells. …
08/26/2008
SlideCollector simplifies single cell gene expression
The SlideCollector 48 enables the seamless integration of non-contact Laser Capture Microdissection (LCM) and single-cell AmpliGrid assay technology into one continuous, automated …
07/16/2008
Herceptin destroys breast cancer stem cells
The HER2 gene causes a very aggressive kind of breast cancer. It influences the number of cancer stem cells and therefore as well the spreading of metastases. The University of …
07/11/2008
Genes that controll ES-cell fate identified
Scientists have identified about two dozen genes that control embryonic stem cell fate. The genes may either prod or restrain stem cells from drifting into a kind of limbo, they …
07/03/2008
Secret disclosed about self-healing embryos
The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, is one of the world's top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions. Now a molecular genetics research team around Prof …
07/01/2008
Hair helps chronic wound healing
Hair follicles, long disregarded by researchers, except in the cosmetic industry, may turn out to be the fountain of youth, according to Andreas Emmendörffer, CEO of …
03/04/2008
MR contrast agents: A step up from compartmental to targeted imaging
Andrea Martini and Joerg Larsen, of the Institute for Roentgendiagnostics, Braunschweig Teaching Hospitals, Germany, discuss nanotechnology, hybrid imaging and the quest for a …
09/20/2007
Stem Cell therapy repairs lungs in mice
At the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), which took place in Stockholm, September 15-19, 2007, researchers from the Imperial College London, UK, presented …
09/17/2007
Progenitor Cell Transfer to Repair the Heart after Myocardial Infarction
By Stefan P. Janssens, MD, PhD Russian summary and complete article in English. …
08/13/2007
Screening for Chromosomal Defects
Chromosomal abnormalities are major causes of perinatal death and childhood handicap. Consequently, the detection of chromosomal disorders constitutes the most frequent indication …
01/03/2007
European initiative "TREAT-NMD" launched to aid neuromuscular disease patients
TREAT-NMD (Transnational Research in Europe - Assessment and Treatment of Neuromuscular Diseases) is a European Union funded Network of Excellence launched on January 1st 2007 …
11/17/2006
Molecular diagnostics
Human genetic testing centre gains international quality accreditation. …
08/07/2006
Stem Cells
By Professor Gustav Steinhoff MD, director of the Department for Cardiac Surgery, and Christof Stamm MD, co-ordinator of clinical studies, at Rostock University, Germany …
05/01/2006
Prenatal stem cell therapy
While today prenatal diagnostics provides a wide range of possibilities, prenatal therapy is still rather limited. …
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