There's a New Place Stem Cells Might Be Lurking in the Human Body

Human embryos might be the gold standard for scientists seeking stem cells that still have the ability to turn into any other human cell, but a new discovery of stem cells in adult organisms could provide another option in the future for therapeutic medicine and research.

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Identifying Factors Contributing to Successful Stem Cell Transplants

Infants who received transplants within the first 3.5 months of life had the best outcomes.

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Transplantation Shown to Be Highly Effective in Treating Immune Deficiency in Children

Babies who are born with severe combined immunodeficiency can be successfully treated with a transplant of blood-forming stem cells, according to experts led by Memorial Sloan Kettering's Richard J. O'Reilly, MD, a pioneer in the development of transplant protocols.

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Key to Aging Immune System is Discovered

... PhD, a professor of medicine and a member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF. Passegu, an expert on the stem cells that give rise to the blood and immune system, led a team that published the ...

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Recent advances in stem cell biology

Advances in stem cell research will provide enormous opportunities for both biological and future clinical applications.

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Expansion of newborn screening could improve early detection, treatment of 'bubble boy' disease

Children born with so-called "bubble boy" disease have the best chance of survival if they undergo a hematopoietic stem cell transplant as soon after birth as possible, according to a detailed analysis of 10 years of outcome data by researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.

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Characterizing Human Stem Cell-derived Sensory Neurons at the...

Characterizing Human Stem Cell–derived Sensory Neurons at the Single-cell Level Reveals Their Ion Channel Expression and Utility in Pain Research Correspondence: Gareth T Young, Pfizer Neusentis, The Portway Building, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6GS, UK.

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