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Stem cells reverse woman's diabetes - a world first

Reprogrammed stem cells from patients' bodies can reverse diabetes, exemplified by a woman who started producing insulin post-transplant.

Scientists Successfully Tested a New Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Stem cells, particularly reprogrammed fat cells, show promise for treating type 1 diabetes, reducing the need for insulin after treatment.

Stem cells head to the clinic: treatments for cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's disease could soon be here

Patient participation in clinical trials enhances understanding and treatment of debilitating diseases, exemplified by Andrew Cassy's involvement after his Parkinson's diagnosis.

Stem cells reverse woman's diabetes - a world first

Reprogrammed stem cells from patients' bodies can reverse diabetes, exemplified by a woman who started producing insulin post-transplant.

Scientists Successfully Tested a New Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Stem cells, particularly reprogrammed fat cells, show promise for treating type 1 diabetes, reducing the need for insulin after treatment.

Stem cells head to the clinic: treatments for cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's disease could soon be here

Patient participation in clinical trials enhances understanding and treatment of debilitating diseases, exemplified by Andrew Cassy's involvement after his Parkinson's diagnosis.
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#intermittent-fasting

Study Suggests Fasting Is Good for Weight Loss, Bad for Hair Loss

Intermittent fasting may lead to hair loss by impacting hair follicle stem cells, as shown in recent research involving both mice and humans.

Fasting can reduce weight - but also hair growth

Intermittent fasting may inhibit hair regrowth due to stress responses affecting hair follicle stem cells.

Study Suggests Fasting Is Good for Weight Loss, Bad for Hair Loss

Intermittent fasting may lead to hair loss by impacting hair follicle stem cells, as shown in recent research involving both mice and humans.

Fasting can reduce weight - but also hair growth

Intermittent fasting may inhibit hair regrowth due to stress responses affecting hair follicle stem cells.
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#neuroscience

Chinese scientists create Frankenstein robot that has a HUMAN BRAIN

Scientists created a robot with a lab-grown brain that functions similarly to a human brain, offering potential solutions for neurological disorders.

CRISPR helps brain stem cells regain youth in mice

Disabling a specific metabolism-related gene can rejuvenate neural stem cells, enhancing their ability to produce new neurons as organisms age.

A framework for neural organoids, assembloids and transplantation studies

The article proposes a framework to enhance reproducibility and utility in neural organoid and assembloid research.

Chinese scientists create Frankenstein robot that has a HUMAN BRAIN

Scientists created a robot with a lab-grown brain that functions similarly to a human brain, offering potential solutions for neurological disorders.

CRISPR helps brain stem cells regain youth in mice

Disabling a specific metabolism-related gene can rejuvenate neural stem cells, enhancing their ability to produce new neurons as organisms age.

A framework for neural organoids, assembloids and transplantation studies

The article proposes a framework to enhance reproducibility and utility in neural organoid and assembloid research.
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#centenarians

What's the secret to living to 100? Centenarian stem cells could offer clues

Creation of a cell bank from centenarians provides a valuable resource for research on longevity and aging.

Daily briefing: How to get to 100 - centenarian cells teach us about ageing

Stem cells from centenarians are key to understanding factors that contribute to longevity.

What's the secret to living to 100? Centenarian stem cells could offer clues

Creation of a cell bank from centenarians provides a valuable resource for research on longevity and aging.

Daily briefing: How to get to 100 - centenarian cells teach us about ageing

Stem cells from centenarians are key to understanding factors that contribute to longevity.
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#bone-marrow-transplant

Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers

Ossium Health is pioneering stem cell transplants from deceased donors, addressing the donor shortage for blood cancer patients, particularly minorities.

Blood stem cells grown in LAB could end need for bone marrow donors

Lab-grown blood stem cells offer new hope for leukemia treatments and other blood disorders.
The innovation could reduce the need for matched bone marrow donors in children with blood diseases.

Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers

Ossium Health is pioneering stem cell transplants from deceased donors, addressing the donor shortage for blood cancer patients, particularly minorities.

Blood stem cells grown in LAB could end need for bone marrow donors

Lab-grown blood stem cells offer new hope for leukemia treatments and other blood disorders.
The innovation could reduce the need for matched bone marrow donors in children with blood diseases.
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#regenerative-medicine

The Breakthroughs of Vision Restoration - The New Importance of Stem Cells

Stem cell research is revolutionizing healthcare by offering innovative treatments for conditions such as limbic stem cell deficiency and diabetes.

Animal Tests Show Promise for Restoring Heart to More Youthful Condition, Even After Heart Attack

Promising research aims to regenerate damaged heart tissue, offering hope for heart disease treatment.
Early animal trials indicate potential for therapies to restore heart function post-damage.

Stealthy stem cells to treat disease

Researchers can create specialized cell types from stem cells to treat diseases.
Immune-edited stem cells, via gene therapy like CRISPR-Cas, could lead to mass-produced cell therapies without immune suppression.

The Breakthroughs of Vision Restoration - The New Importance of Stem Cells

Stem cell research is revolutionizing healthcare by offering innovative treatments for conditions such as limbic stem cell deficiency and diabetes.

Animal Tests Show Promise for Restoring Heart to More Youthful Condition, Even After Heart Attack

Promising research aims to regenerate damaged heart tissue, offering hope for heart disease treatment.
Early animal trials indicate potential for therapies to restore heart function post-damage.

Stealthy stem cells to treat disease

Researchers can create specialized cell types from stem cells to treat diseases.
Immune-edited stem cells, via gene therapy like CRISPR-Cas, could lead to mass-produced cell therapies without immune suppression.
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World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people

Stem cell transplants using reprogrammed stem cells demonstrate substantial and lasting improvements in vision for patients with damaged corneas.
#cancer-research

Study reveals the benefits and downside of fasting

Low-calorie diets and intermittent fasting can enhance stem cell regeneration but may also increase cancer risk after refeeding.

Daily briefing: Three unique Wikipedia curiosity styles revealed

Donor stem cell recipients do not face increased risk of cancer-causing mutations, suggesting safe transplantation.
Wikipedia user behavior showcases three primary curiosity styles: hunter, busybody, and dancer.

Study reveals the benefits and downside of fasting

Low-calorie diets and intermittent fasting can enhance stem cell regeneration but may also increase cancer risk after refeeding.

Daily briefing: Three unique Wikipedia curiosity styles revealed

Donor stem cell recipients do not face increased risk of cancer-causing mutations, suggesting safe transplantation.
Wikipedia user behavior showcases three primary curiosity styles: hunter, busybody, and dancer.
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#aging

Scientists Use Human Stem Cells to Restore a Monkey's Vision

Stem cells can effectively patch a monkey's retinal hole, suggesting a promising treatment for age-related vision loss.

Biden-created agency to swap aging brains with young lab-grown tissue

US funding supports controversial brain transplant research aiming to combat aging using embryonic stem cells, with mixed reactions from the scientific community and public.

Scientists Use Human Stem Cells to Restore a Monkey's Vision

Stem cells can effectively patch a monkey's retinal hole, suggesting a promising treatment for age-related vision loss.

Biden-created agency to swap aging brains with young lab-grown tissue

US funding supports controversial brain transplant research aiming to combat aging using embryonic stem cells, with mixed reactions from the scientific community and public.
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#embryo-models

They Were Made Without Eggs or Sperm. Are They Human?

Stem cell-derived embryo models resemble human embryos closely, enabling crucial insights into early human development despite ethical concerns.

Guidelines on lab-grown embryo models are strong enough to meet ethical standards - and will build trust science

The UK code of practice for stem-cell-based embryo models aims to reassure the public and guide researchers.

They Were Made Without Eggs or Sperm. Are They Human?

Stem cell-derived embryo models resemble human embryos closely, enabling crucial insights into early human development despite ethical concerns.

Guidelines on lab-grown embryo models are strong enough to meet ethical standards - and will build trust science

The UK code of practice for stem-cell-based embryo models aims to reassure the public and guide researchers.
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#medical-breakthrough

Diabetes took over her life, until a stem cell therapy freed her

Amanda Smith no longer needs insulin after receiving lab-grown islet cell transplants for type 1 diabetes, marking a significant medical breakthrough.

Scientists discover 'pause button' for human life

Scientists have developed a technique to pause human embryo growth, potentially enhancing IVF success by allowing for better assessment before implantation.

Diabetes took over her life, until a stem cell therapy freed her

Amanda Smith no longer needs insulin after receiving lab-grown islet cell transplants for type 1 diabetes, marking a significant medical breakthrough.

Scientists discover 'pause button' for human life

Scientists have developed a technique to pause human embryo growth, potentially enhancing IVF success by allowing for better assessment before implantation.
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Daily briefing: Carbon bond that uses only one electron seen for first time

A single-electron covalent bond between carbon atoms has been observed for the first time, potentially revolutionizing our understanding of chemical bonds.
Stem cells from a diabetes patient show promise in treating type 1 diabetes without the need for immunosuppressants.
#clinical-trials

Stem Cell Treatment Worked on One Patient's Type 1 Diabetes

Stem cell therapy shows promising results in reversing type 1 diabetes, leading to sustained insulin independence and improved glycemic control.

Study Suggests Fasting's Benefits Might Start When It Stops

Fasting has potential health benefits, particularly related to fat metabolism and intestinal repair, yet may also carry risks like increasing precancerous cells.

Stem Cell Treatment Worked on One Patient's Type 1 Diabetes

Stem cell therapy shows promising results in reversing type 1 diabetes, leading to sustained insulin independence and improved glycemic control.

Study Suggests Fasting's Benefits Might Start When It Stops

Fasting has potential health benefits, particularly related to fat metabolism and intestinal repair, yet may also carry risks like increasing precancerous cells.
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Engineering Human Heart Tissue for Scientific Study - News Center

Northwestern Medicine scientists created engineered heart tissues for real-time monitoring of heart contraction and electrical activity, enhancing heart disease research.

Children with Down's syndrome are more likely to get leukaemia: stem-cells hint at why

Children with Down's syndrome have a significantly increased risk of leukaemia linked to genomic changes in fetal liver stem cells.
#fasting

The surprising cause of fasting's regenerative powers

Breaking a fast offers significant health benefits, particularly in enhancing stem cell activity for repair, but also poses risks such as potential cancer development.

Daily briefing: It's not the fasting, it's the eating

Breaking a fast enhances gut stem cell regeneration but may also increase cancer risks according to a study in mice.

The surprising cause of fasting's regenerative powers

Breaking a fast offers significant health benefits, particularly in enhancing stem cell activity for repair, but also poses risks such as potential cancer development.

Daily briefing: It's not the fasting, it's the eating

Breaking a fast enhances gut stem cell regeneration but may also increase cancer risks according to a study in mice.
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Can Better Biotech Finally Replace Lab Animals?

Itzy Morales Pantoja transitioned from animal testing to developing lab-grown models to advance neurodegeneration research and reduce reliance on animal studies.

Human organoids with an autologous tissue-resident immune compartment - Nature

Organoids are crucial in modeling human physiology but lack key immune system components vital for comprehensive disease study.

Advanced 'Parkinson's in a dish' model accelerates research- Harvard Gazette

Could result in personalized models to test diagnostic and treatment strategies

The Real Reason Studying Menstrual Blood Is So Important

The discovery of adult stem cells in the endometrium opens up potential for treating women's health conditions.

Secret to eternal youth? John Cleese extols virtues of stem cell treatment

Stem cells are a popular treatment choice among celebrities for potential anti-aging effects and healing benefits.

Scientists Found a Way to Supercharge Cancer-Fighting Cells

Bioengineered CAR T cells can be rejuvenated by engineering high levels of a specific protein, resembling stem cells, enhancing cancer-fighting abilities.

One year, three researchers, millions of cells: how a small team created the largest mouse-embryo atlas so far

Single-cell resolution tracking of 12.4 million mouse cells reveals development process.
Technique enables creation of embryonic mouse cell atlas at lower cost and smaller team size.
#de-extinction

Company that plans to bring back the mammoth takes a key step

DNA editing and stem cells used to restore extinct species like the thylacine and dodo.
Colossal faces practical hurdles, like the slow reproductive biology of mammoths' closest living relatives.

Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth

De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences aims to create 'functional mammoths' by genetic editing of Asian elephant cells.
Scientists at Colossal have achieved reprogramming of Asian elephant cells to an embryonic-like state, potentially facilitating the creation of elephant sperm and eggs in the lab.

Company that plans to bring back the mammoth takes a key step

DNA editing and stem cells used to restore extinct species like the thylacine and dodo.
Colossal faces practical hurdles, like the slow reproductive biology of mammoths' closest living relatives.

Scientists Are Inching Closer to Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth

De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences aims to create 'functional mammoths' by genetic editing of Asian elephant cells.
Scientists at Colossal have achieved reprogramming of Asian elephant cells to an embryonic-like state, potentially facilitating the creation of elephant sperm and eggs in the lab.
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Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth

Woolly mammoth's stem cell milestone reached by biotech company
Mammoths may walk among humans again through genetic engineering techniques

Scientists Grow Teeny Tiny Testicles in Laboratory

Lab-grown testicles can potentially treat male infertility.
Previous success in growing testicles from stem cells.

Hope for MS sufferers as doctors 'cautiously very excited' about stem cell therapy in brain

Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) that could stop its progression.
Stem cell injections in the brain of patients with secondary MS showed no worsening of the illness a year later.
The stem cell transplant reduced inflammation and may stabilize disability progression in MS patients.

Newly discovered stem cell offers clues to a cancer mystery

Scientists have discovered a new type of stem cell in the spine that may explain why more cancer cells spread to the spine than other bones in the body.
The discovery of these vertebral skeletal stem cells could have implications for cancer treatment, spine fusion surgery, and osteoporosis.
The cells make a protein that is a signal to tumor cells, raising new treatment possibilities.

Doctors encouraged by early-stage trial of MS stem cell therapy

Injecting stem cells into the brains of multiple sclerosis patients was found to be safe and potentially protective against further damage from the disease.
The therapy reduced inflammation and may have a long-lasting, beneficial impact on patients with secondary progressive MS.
Further research is needed to determine the full potential of this treatment for multiple sclerosis.

MS breakthrough could lead to treatments that halt disease's progression

Injecting stem cells into the brains of patients with progressive MS could potentially stop the disease advancing.
The procedure was found to be safe, well tolerated, and had a long-lasting effect that protected the brain from further damage.
This study provides hope for the development of a cell therapy for treating MS.

IV infusion enables editing of the cystic fibrosis gene in lung stem cells

The development of gene editing techniques faces challenges in targeting specific cells and tissues affected by genetic diseases, requiring innovative approaches for effective treatment.
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