Health Problems 

Cancer study may accidentally help researchers create usable blood stem cells

January 16, 2020 accidentally, Blood, cancer, cells, create, help, may, Researchers, stem, study, usable

A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make personalized blood stem cells for use

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A simple method to improve heart-attack repair using stem cell-derived heart muscle cells

August 6, 2019 A, cell-derived, cells, heart, Heart attack, improve, method, muscle, repair, simple, stem, to, Using

The heart cannot regenerate muscle tissue after a heart attack has killed part of the muscle wall. That dead tissue

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Enzyme responsible for dangerous properties of brain tumor stem cells

July 11, 2019 brain, cells, Dangerous, enzyme, for, of, properties, responsible, stem, tumor

The relapse of brain tumors after therapy is driven by cancer stem cells that were not affected by the treatment.

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Shingles vaccine safely prevents outbreaks among stem cell transplant patients

July 10, 2019 among, cell, outbreaks, patients, prevents, Safely, Shingles, stem, transplant, vaccine

A newer form of shingles vaccine reduced outbreaks of the painful rash among patients who were transplanted with their own

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Stem cells reprogrammed into neurons could reveal drugs harmful to pregnancy

June 17, 2019 cells, Could, Drugs, harmful, into, neurons, pregnancy, reprogrammed, reveal, stem, to

Pregnant women are often advised to avoid certain drugs because of potential risks to their unborn infant’s growing brain cells.

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Intranasal stem cell therapy restores smell in mice

May 30, 2019 cell, in, Intranasal, mice, restores, smell, stem, therapy

A stem cell therapy delivered into the nose can restore the sense of smell in a mouse model of olfactory

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How ‘sleeper cell’ cancer stem cells are maintained in chronic myelogenous leukemia

March 21, 2019 'sleeper, Are, cancer, cell, cells, chronic, How, in, leukemia, maintained, myelogenous, stem

Most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia can be treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. These drugs are highly effective and lead

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Researchers demonstrate the efficiency of producing stem cells from the tissues of the umbilical cord

February 21, 2019 cells, cord, demonstrate, efficiency, From, of, Producing, Researchers, stem, the, tissues, umbilical

RUDN researchers have proposed freezing parts of human umbilical cord, among other things, to obtain stem cells. Unlike conserved umbilical

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First US patient in novel stem cell trial for stroke disability enrolled at UTHealth

January 26, 2019 at, cell, Disability, enrolled, First, for, in, novel, Patient, stem, Stroke, trial, US, UTHealth

The first U.S. patient to participate in a global study of a stem cell therapy injected directly into the brain

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Health News 

Stem Cell Therapy Shows Early Promise Against Macular Degeneration

January 17, 2019 against, cell, degeneration, early, macular, promise, shows, stem, therapy

THURSDAY, Jan. 17, 2019 — Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in seniors, and existing treatments

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