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WASHINGTON – Identifying a master regulator gene for early embryonic development of the pancreas and other organs, scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have moved a step closer to coaxing stem cells into pancreatic cells as a possible cure for type1 diabetes.

Writing about their findings in the journal Developmental Cell, the researchers have revealed [...]

Ever since she cloned a molecule early in her career, Linda Shapiro has had a mission: Figure out what it does.

WASHINGTON – For the very first time, US scientists have shown that neural stem cells can rescue memory in mice with advanced Alzheimer’s disease.

The findings raise hopes of a potential treatment for the leading cause of elderly dementia.
Mice genetically engineered to have Alzheimer’s performed markedly better on memory tests a month after mouse neural stem [...]

Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Conferences ; Women’s Health / Gynecology Article Date: 21 Jul 2009 – 2:00 PDT WHAT: Johns Hopkins Medicine is co-sponsoring the 2009 World Stem Cell Summit to be held in Baltimore this September.

The Obama administration’s new rules will allow many older stem cell lines to be eligible for federally financed research.

Researchers have managed to reverse some of the damage caused by a heart attack using stem cells that were induced from connective tissue cells, according to a study published Monday.

The proof-of-concept study on mice is the first attempt to use induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to treat heart disease.
The goal is to one day be [...]

Although many of the more than 49,000 comments received by the National Institutes of Health on their draft guidelines for embryonic stem-cell research are repetitive, some offer a poignant glimpse into the lives of Americans who don’t want to see embryos destroyed in an effort to cure diseases.