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Friday, June 26
Richer Source for Stem Cells = Placentas?
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All About MS
on Fri 26 Jun 2009 11:24 AM CST
The human placenta could be an important source of stem cells for curing leukemia, sickle cell disease and other blood-related disorders, a new study reveals. These stem cells appear to have distinct advantages over the techniques currently used to fight such diseases, and they more »
Tuesday, June 16
Stem Cell Clinical Trials, Questions
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All About MS
on Tue 16 Jun 2009 01:00 AM CST
Many readers have been wishing to know how they can be part of clinical trials for stem cell research. I have researched stem cell research trials for some time now. I cannot find even one clinical trial for stem cell research more »
Tuesday, April 21
embryonic stem cell research limits eased in USA
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All About MS
on Tue 21 Apr 2009 08:11 AM CST
"We think this will be a huge boost for the science," said acting NIH director Raynard Kington. "This was the right policy for the agency at this point in time." The limit will disappoint some researchers who wanted to use a broader variety of cells. But it still means that perhaps more »
Thursday, January 1
Researchers able to direct stem cells to create certain progeny
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All About MS
on Thu 01 Jan 2009 09:46 AM CST
Canadian researchers have found a way to control embryonic stem cells so they give rise to only one category of cell, a first step in medicine's quest to generate specific tissues to repair or replace parts of the body that are more »
Tuesday, September 9
Human Embryonic Stem Cells Reduce Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Symptoms
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All About MS
on Tue 09 Sep 2008 07:21 AM CST
Hadassah University Hospital and Hadasit, the technology transfer company of Hadassah Medical Organization, announced today that scientists at Hadassah University Hospital have discovered a new application for human embryonic stem cells. They have more »
Monday, July 7
Adult Stem Cells Reprogrammed In Their Natural Environment
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All About MS
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 08:27 AM CST
In recent years, stem cell researchers have become very adept at manipulating the fate of adult stem cells cultured in the lab. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies achieved the same feat with adult neural stem cells still in place in more »
Thursday, June 12
Study of Stem Cell Transplantation
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All About MS
on Thu 12 Jun 2008 08:10 AM CST
"The aim of the study was to assess the clinical and patient-reported outcomes in patients who underwent early, conventional, and late transplantation more »
Monday, March 31
Gabapentin
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All About MS
on Mon 31 Mar 2008 09:33 AM CST
Gabapentin is, primarily, an anticonvulsant drug used, most often, in the treatment of epileptic seizures, although it has been shown to relieve spasticity and painful muscle spasm in MS. more »
AAN supports embryonic stem cell research
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All About MS
on Mon 31 Mar 2008 07:51 AM CST
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is one of many medical groups that believe the use of human embryonic stem cells in biomedical research may have enormous potential to more »
Stem cell research
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All About MS
on Mon 31 Mar 2008 12:00 AM CST
Stem cells are cells that can renew themselves over long periods by division and have the capacity to develop into individual or different cell types with specific characteristics (differentiation). Under suitable conditions more »
Saturday, December 8
Neural Stem Cells Are Long-Lived
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All About MS
on Sat 08 Dec 2007 08:30 AM CST
Neural Stem Cells Are Long-Lived New studies in mice have shown that immature stem cells that proliferate to form brain tissues can function for at least a year — most ... more » Saturday, November 24
Stem Cell Transplantation for Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis
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All About MS
on Sat 24 Nov 2007 09:00 AM CST
Immune Ablation and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis: Presented at ECTRIMS By Chris Berrie PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Immunoablative therapy ... more »
Cell transplant hope for blood diseases
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All About MS
on Sat 24 Nov 2007 12:00 AM CST
Cell transplant hope for blood diseases
"Bone marrow transplantation has been used for sickle cell anaemia with good results in children, but ... more » Wednesday, August 29
The use of stem cells for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
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All About MS
on Wed 29 Aug 2007 01:00 AM CST
The use of stem cells for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. |
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