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Newswise Following is a tipsheet of story ideas from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. To arrange interviews, please contact the individual listed. Grant funds research into cardiac stem cells as treatment for heart disease related to Duchenne muscular dystrophy Newport Beach-based nonprofit Coalition Duchenne has awarded a $150,000 grant to a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute team investigating whether an experimental cardiac stem cell treatment could be used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients who have developed heart disease. CONTACT: Sally Stewart, 310-248-6566; Email: sally.stewart@cshs.org Physician innovator of heart valve repair receives Cedars-Sinai Heart Institutes Corday Prize in Heart Research Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute is honoring the physician widely known as the leading pioneer in modern mitral heart valve repair, Alain Carpentier, MD, PhD, with the second annual Eliot Corday, MD, International Prize in Heart Research. CONTACT: Sally Stewart, 310-248-6566; Email: sally.stewart@cshs.org Cedars-Sinai physician groups receive top scores from leading managed-care organization For the fourth year in a row, Cedars-Sinai Medical Group (CSMG) and Cedars-Sinai Health Associates (CSHA) have been awarded the highest possible designation for quality care recognized by the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG). CONTACT: Duke Helfand, 310-248-6608; Email duke.helfand@cshs.org Long-term study reports deep brain stimulation effective for most common hereditary dystonia … Continue reading →

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Scientists in Japan said they had grown human liver tissue from stem cells in a first that holds promise for alleviating the critical shortage of donor organs. Creating lab-grown tissue to replenish organs damaged by accident or disease is a Holy Grail for the pioneering field of research into the premature cells known as stem cells. Now Takanori Takebe of the Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine and a team reported Wednesday in the journal Nature that they grew tissue "resembling the (human) adult liver" in a lab mouse. They first created induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells which they mixed with other cell types and coaxed into "liver buds" -- the precursor clusters that develop into a liver. The buds, each about five millimeters (0.2 inches) big, were then transplanted onto a mouse brain, where they were observed transforming into a "functional human liver" complete with blood vessels, the scientists wrote. "To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the generation of a functional human organ from pluripotent stem cells," said the report. The technique has yet to be tested in humans, but serves as an important proof of concept, it added. Stem cells are infant cells that … Continue reading →

Scientists have for the first time created a functional human liver from stem cells derived from skin and blood - suggesting organs could be grown in labs in another 10 years. The research could alleviate an acute shortage of donor organs across the world for patients with liver, heart, kidney and other organ failure. Japanese scientists, based at the Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, said they grew tissue "resembling the (human) adult liver" in a lab mouse. The team used induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which are often taken from blood and skin, to make three different cell types that would normally combine in the natural formation of a human liver. These were then mixed to see if they would grow into three-dimensional structures called "liver buds" - the precursor clusters that develop into a full liver organ. The buds were then transplanted onto a mouse brain, where they were observed transforming into a "functional human liver" complete with blood vessels, the scientists wrote in the journal Nature. "To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the generation of a functional human organ from pluripotent stem cells," said the report. Takanori Takebe, who led the study, said … Continue reading →

Featured Article Academic Journal Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Transplants / Organ Donations;Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 05 Jul 2013 - 0:00 PDT Current ratings for: Human Liver Tissue Grown From Stem Cells 5 (2 votes) In a 3 July online issue of Nature, Takanori Takebe of the Yokohama City University (YCU) Graduate School of Medicine and colleagues, write: "To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the generation of a functional human organ from pluripotent stem cells." To achieve the feat, the team first grew tiny "liver buds" from a type of human stem cells (hiPSCs) in a culture, then transplanted them into live mice. The cells produced functional human liver tissue, complete with blood vessels. Although efforts must now be made to ensure these techniques will work in human patients, the scientists say their study is "proof- of-concept" that "organ-bud transplantation provides a promising new approach to study regenerative medicine". There is now a belief that it is essentially impractical to try and replicate in a test tube, the complex interactions that take place among different types of cells and tissues when an organ develops. However, with their new study, Takebe and colleagues challenge … Continue reading →

Dan Roman - High School Stem Cell Research Intern June 2013 The CIRM Creativity Awards support summer internship programs that introduce high school students to stem cell science and foster the next generation of scie... By: California Institute for Regenerative Medicine … Continue reading →

Charlotte Hayward - High School Stem Cell Research Intern June 2013 The CIRM Creativity Awards support summer internship programs that introduce high school students to stem cell science and foster the next generation of scie... By: California Institute for Regenerative Medicine … Continue reading →

Ami Thakrar - High School Stem Cell Research Intern June 2013 The CIRM Creativity Awards support summer internship programs that introduce high school students to stem cell science and foster the next generation of scie... By: California Institute for Regenerative Medicine … Continue reading →