Category Archives: Stem Cell Transplant

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The advance could lead to tissue-transplant operations for a range of debilitating disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and spinal cord injuries. Last year, a team created stem cells from the skin cells of babies, but it was unclear whether it would work in adults. However, a team of scientists from the Research Institute for Stem Cell Research at CHA Health Systems in Los Angeles and the University of Seoul said they had achieved the same result with two men, one aged 35, the other the 75-year-old. "The proportion of diseases you can treat with lab-made tissue increases with age. So if you can't do this with adult cells it is of limited value," said Robert Lanza, co-author of the research, which was published in the journal Cell Stem Cell. The technique works by removing the nucleus from an unfertilised egg and replacing it with the nucleus of a skin cell. An electric shock causes the cells to divide until they form a "blastocyst", a small ball of a few hundred cells. In IVF, a blastocyst is implanted into the womb, but with the new technique the cells would be harvested to create other organs or tissues. … Continue reading →

Marie McCullough, Inquirer Staff Writer Last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 8:51 AM Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 4:05 PM Mason Shaffer was seven months old when doctors treated him for a fatal genetic bone disorder by destroying his blood and immune systems and rebuilding them with donated blood stem cells. That's when his parents, Sarah and Marc Shaffer of Lansdowne, learned about a fairly unsung medical trend: public, nonprofit facilities that collect, store, and distribute blood from donated umbilical cords. The stem cells that saved Mason, now a healthy 5-year-old, were in cord blood. Nonprofit cord-blood banking is a complicated, costly network, but it has been growing steadily, thanks to federal support, stem-cell research - and families like the Shaffers. Sarah and Marc discovered that in the Philadelphia area, even if parents realized umbilical cords were more than just waste products of childbirth, there was no easy way to donate the tissue. So they established the Mason Shaffer Foundation to change that. This month, Temple University Hospital launched a program in collaboration with the foundation and the New Jersey Cord Blood Bank to educate expectant parents and enable them to donate in a convenient way - at no charge … Continue reading →

Clinical Trials Shaping the Use of Stem Cell Transplant for Myeloma Patients who participate in clinical trials not only have an opportunity to receive the latest treatments, but allow research to move forward for everyone. I... By: Patient Power … Continue reading →

About a stem cell transplant for auto immune diseases (HSCT) All about a stem cell transplant for crohns and auto immune diseases such as RA, IBD, Arthitis, Crohn's, MS, and others. (HSCT) Done by Doctor Richard Burt o... By: jocelynprenee … Continue reading →

Pre-Transplant Procedures for Stem Cell Transplant for auto immune disease. Pre-Transplant Testing for stem cell transplant for crohns and auto immune diseases such as RA, IBD, Arthitis, Crohn's, MS, and others. Done by Doctor Richar... By: jocelynprenee … Continue reading →

28 11 2011 Parkinson hope in stem cell transplant By: Staysure … Continue reading →

However a team at the Research Institute for Stem Cell Research at CHA Health Systems in Los Angeles and the University of Seoul said they had achieved the same result with two men, one aged 35 and one 75. "The proportion of diseases you can treat with lab-made tissue increases with age. So if you cant do this with adult cells it is of limited value, said Robert Lanza, co-author of the research which published in the journal Cell Stem Cell The technique works by removing the nucleus from an unfertilised egg and replacing it with the nucleus of a skin cell. An electric shock causes the cells to begin dividing until they form a blastocyst a small ball of a few hundred cells. In IVF it is a blastocyst which is implanted into the womb, but with this technique the cells would be harvested to be used to create other organs or tissues. However, the breakthrough is likely to reignite the debate about the ethics of creating human embryos for medical purposes and the possible use of the same technique to produce cloned babies which is illegal in Britain. Although the embryos created may not give rise to a … Continue reading →

Several years ago, as the therapeutic potential of stem cells was first being recognized, the only way to create them was to harvest cells from an early embryo. That embryo could come from the large collection of those that weren't used during in vitro fertilization work. But to get one that was genetically matched to the person who needed the therapy, researchers had to create an embryo that's a genetic duplicate of that individualmeaning they had to clone them. With the development of induced stem cells, work on this approach largely fell by the waysideinduced cells were easier to create and came without the ethical baggage. But there are some lingering doubts that the induced cells are truly as flexible as the ones derived from an embryo, leading a number of labs to continue exploring cloning for therapeutic purposes. Now, a collaboration of US and Korean researchers have succeeded in creating early embryos from two adult humans and converted the embryos to embryonic stem cells. The method used is called somatic cell nuclear transplant. It involves taking an unfertilized egg and removing its nucleus, thereby deleting the DNA of the egg donor. At the same time, a nucleus from the … Continue reading →

Mandela Monday - Leukemia Awareness (14 April 2014) Every year thousands of South Africans of all ages and races are diagnosed with diseases such as Leukaemia, Aplastic anaemia or some rare genetic disorders. ... By: ExpressoSABC … Continue reading →