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MU Scientists Successfully Transplant, Grow Stem Cells in Pigs

By Guest PostSeptember 13, 2014Healthanne zimmer, blogarena, diesel steuerpolitik, dieselautos, energy solutions, eu steuervorteile, grow, human diseases, immunodeficiency, ottmar edenhofer, pigs, r michael roberts, stem cell therapies, stem cells, tests, transplant, treatments, university of missouri

New line of pigs do not reject transplants, will allow for future research on stem cell therapies

COLUMBIA, Mo. – One of the biggest challenges for medical researchers studying the effectiveness of stem cell therapies is that transplants or grafts of cells are often rejected by the hosts. This rejection can render experiments useless, making research into potentially life-saving treatments a long and difficult process. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have shown that a new line of genetically modified pigs will host transplanted cells without the risk of rejection. (more…)

How a Silly Putty ingredient could advance stem cell therapies

By Guest PostApril 23, 2014Sciencecell replacement therapies, embryonic stem cells, spinal cord cells, stem cell therapies, stem cells

ANN ARBOR — The sponginess of the environment where human embryonic stem cells are growing affects the type of specialized cells they eventually become, a University of Michigan study shows. (more…)

Photoreceptor Transplant Restores Vision in Mice

By Guest PostApril 19, 2012Scienceblindness, brain, central nervous system, cones, degenerate retina, degenerative eye diseases, degenerative eye disorders, diabetes, embryonic stem cells, institute of ophthalmology, macular degeneration, mice, photoreceptor transplantation, photoreceptors, rachael pearson, retinitis pigmentosa, rob buckle, robin ali, rods, stem cell therapies, transplanting photoreceptors, ucl, vision, visual information, visually impaired

Scientists from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology have shown for the first time that transplanting light-sensitive photoreceptors into the eyes of visually impaired mice can restore their vision.

The research, published in Nature, suggests that transplanting photoreceptors – light-sensitive nerve cells that line the back of the eye – could form the basis of a new treatment to restore sight in people with degenerative eye diseases. (more…)

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MU Scientists Successfully Transplant, Grow Stem Cells in Pigs

How a Silly Putty ingredient could advance stem cell therapies

Photoreceptor Transplant Restores Vision in Mice