Adult Stem Cell Researchers May have Found Baldness Cure
27th Aug 10
Researchers working at the forefront of stem cell technology may have stumbled upon a cure for baldness. They changed one cell type into a completely different one, but in the process ended up with skin cells complete with working hair follicles.
A treatment for baldness was not the goal when they started tinkering with cells from the thymus, a small but critical organ that helps run the body’s immune system to fight disease.
Rather, they wanted to see how stem cells from the thymus would perform if transplanted into growing skin as a way to help burns victims. The research teams from Switzerland and Scotland were more than surprised when they transplanted thymus cells into the skin of lab rats. They discovered that the cells forgot they were from the thymus and...
U.S. Judge Halts Obama Stem Cell Policy
27th Aug 10
A federal judge has blocked President Obama’s 2009 executive order that expanded funding for embryonic stem cell research, saying it violated a ban on federal money being used to destroy embryos.
The ruling came as a shock to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and at universities across the country, which had viewed the Obama administration’s new policy and the grants...
Groundbreaking Adult Stem Cell Operation Gives Surgeons Hope
26th Aug 10
Surgeons are hoping that the recent groundbreaking surgery carried out on an 11-year-old Irish boy will lead to a revolution in regenerative medicine. Ciarán Finn-Lynch received a transplanted trachea in London in March and was recently released from hospital.
This marked a huge step...