Opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration have never been more important if the development of effective regenerative therapies for heart disease is to be realised, according to the first paper in this week's Lancet Series on stem cells. The breaking down of traditional barriers between individual areas of specialisation, from cardiovascular medicine to device technology, and the creation of interdisciplinary teams from both academia and the private sector will be key.

The symptoms were hard to ignore. Katie Chong, 17, had just arrived home to Hamilton, Ont., from a sun-drenched summer spent working at Huntsville’s Camp Tawingo. She was readying for her final year at Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School as student council president.

It is not your everyday form of banking but is one that an increasing number of couples, particularly in WA, are undertaking on behalf of their children.

Stem cells taken from the back of a human eye have restored some vision to blind rats, according to researchers. They say the findings could help treat blindness, caused by glaucoma, if similar results can be repeated in humans. The study, published in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine, used the cells to form new nerves in the eye. These hooked up with the existing nerves, restoring sight.

Donating a kidney may save a person's life - but only if the conditions are precise. Kidney donors must be related and immunologically matched to their donors – and even then, the recipient must take a lifetime of anti-rejection medications, which don’t guarantee the organ won't be rejected.

A small pilot study indicates that following up an imperfectly matched organ transplant with an infusion of the donor's stem cells may free recipients from a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs.

Stem cells may soon be used to repair damaged corneas, say scientists after they claim to have for the first time successfully cultivated the same in laboratory in what`s being described as a pioneering research.

Researchers can use the method, called nanocombinatorics, to build enormous libraries of physical structures varying in size from a few nanometers to many micrometers for addressing problems within and outside biology.

As Highlighted in Goldman Research Report Nuvilex Stem Cell Technology Allows for Replication Without Rejection or Migration from Targeted Site

It turns out that mantra is not only the key to real-estate value, but also to the therapeutic value of stem cells. Researchers have been trying for years to coax various types of stem cells into areas throughout the body where they can help make repairs, but have had little success beyond bone-marrow transplants. One of the drawbacks has been getting enough of the right cells to the right place -- and getting them to stay put and thrive.

held from February 27 to March 1 in the year of Doha, capital of Qatar.

The San Bruno-based company is partnering with several research institutions to look into whether umbilical cord stem cells can be used to treat conditions affecting children.

University of Queensland scientists have developed a world-first method for producing adult stem cells that will substantially impact patients who have a range of serious diseases.

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report that early transplantation of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells into the lateral ventricles of neonatal rats with birth-related brain damage is possible, and that the donor cells can survive and migrate in the recipient's brain. The study was designed to have the rat's brain damage mimic brain injury in infants with very low birth weight.

Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), injected into knee joints following surgery, appeared safe and showed signs of speeding the healing process in a two-year pilot trial, a researcher said here.

Mothers from ethnic minority backgrounds are being urged to donate umbilical cord blood to save lives.

Intravenous stem cell therapy was safe and feasible in patients with stroke and may aid in functional recovery after stroke, according to two studies presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference.

The contracting by a commercial company of staff employed at hospitals operated or funded by the HSE to undertake the collection of umbilical cord blood on behalf of that company has been outside the cover provided under the Clinical Indemnity Scheme, it has emerged.

When using fat and stem cell transfer for facial volume enhancement, it's disingenuous to tell patients a stem cell face-lift is being performed, said Dr. Mark Berman.

U.S. researchers have begun a groundbreaking trial to test the potential of umbilical cord blood transplants, a kind of stem cell therapy, to treat and possibly reverse hearing loss in infants.

Researchers have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels—a step toward patches to repair infants’ hearts.

I guess I don't have to invest in the full-body shock-absorbing suit for my kid anymore. Breaking bones is never a fun experience. You have to entomb your limb in plaster, and can't move it for months. Even having all your friends sign your cast is hardly worth the pain and, oh, the itching. Stop the itching!

US scientists have grown brain nerve cells from skin to study a form of the ­debilitating ­condition linked to the parkin gene A stem cell experiment in Parkinson’s disease research may bring hope to sufferers. US scientists have grown brain nerve cells from skin to study a form of the ­debilitating ­condition linked to the parkin gene.

A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin. The work has implications in two areas. In cancer treatment, it is desirable to inhibit cell proliferation. But to grow adult stem cells for transplantation to victims of injury or disease, it would be desirable to sustain proliferation until a sufficient number of cells have been produced to make a usable organ or tissue.

University of Illinois researchers determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic techniques using these cells to rehabilitate injured muscle and prevent or restore muscle loss with age.

Successful testing in mice paves the way toward human trials for patients with osteoporosis A research team led by UC Davis Health System scientists has developed a novel technique to enhance bone growth by using a molecule which, when injected into the bloodstream, directs the body's stem cells to travel to the surface of bones. Once these cells are guided to the bone surface by this molecule, the stem cells differentiate into bone-forming cells and synthesize proteins to enhance bone growth. The study, which was published online today in Nature Medicine, used a mouse model of osteoporosis to demonstrate a unique treatment approach that increases bone density and prevents bone loss associated with aging and estrogen deficiency.

Benitec Biopharma (asx:BLT) and Medistem (pinksheets:MEDS) announced today the successful treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in preclinical models using Benitec Biopharma's patented gene silencing technology applied to stem cell-derived immune system cells called dendritic cells. The studies, which were led by Dr. Wei-Ping Min of the University of Western Ontario, were published in the "Journal of Translational Medicine" on the 31st January 2012(1). Benitec Biopharma's CEO Dr Peter French and Medistem's scientist Dr Rosalia De Nochea Champion were co-authors on the paper.

Chad Schollaert apprehensively eyes his 3-year-old daughter. "You don't want me to hold your hand?" Hailey, with her hands and feet wrapped in protective bandages, looks at her dad and then the two steps in front of her. "No," she says in a tiny voice.

The umbilical cord blood banking company, Virgin Health Bank, has announced a new partnership with Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Trust, the first such deal between a private cord blood bank and an NHS hospital in the UK.

Stem cell therapy has a nonsignificant effect on improving functional recovery after subacute ischemic stroke, and may have a role in regenerative therapy following stroke, according to two studies presented at the American Heart Association's International Stroke Conference, held from Feb. 1 to 3 in New Orleans.