Research marks giant step in potential of using stem cells to treat human disorders
...ne. "If they can be safely used in transplant, the promise for effective treatment perhaps even cure of dev... work is confined to non-human primates. "With the promise of curing devastating disease and reversing injuries that cause so much human suffering, isn't it a ...National Institute on Aging awards UCI $9 million to continue Alzheimer's disease research
...are judged on past research performance and future promise to contribute to the advancement of science related to Alzheimer's disease. Only the best organized and productive centers, such as UCI's center, survive these competitions." Over the next five years, the new NIA grant will support three key researc...$10 million gift establishes Helen L. & Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology
...sic biology of stem cells before their therapeutic promise can be realized. The Center for Stem Cell Biology will help fill the gap in the understanding of the basic biology of stem cells and their application to human disease....Double triumph in stem cell quest
...re work to prove his claim. While ESCs show great promise for treating many diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and Parkinson's, non-matching ESCs would be rejected by patients' immune systems unless they take immunosuppressant drugs. This is why many stem cell researchers are trying to create ESCs th...Applied NeuroSolutions biomarker may predict Alzheimer's disease progression
...d in its Alzheimer's diagnostic assay, shows great promise in predicting brain atrophy in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a group of researchers in the US, Canada, and Europe led by Dr. Harald Hampel and published this month in the Archives of Neurology. According to Dr. John DeBernardis, Pr...Stem cell research in New York City receives pivotal boost from The Starr Foundation
...tem cell research, fields of study that hold great promise for understanding normal human development and for providing insights into treatment of an array of diseases, including cancer," said Harold Varmus, President of MSKCC. "Given the novel and evolving nature of some types of stem cell research, the gov...Partnership focuses on compounds to protect against radiation exposure
...ialize nutritional supplements and drugs that show promise in boosting the immune system to protect against challenges from exposure to radiation. The primary aim of the program is to screen, develop and test compounds that could protect from dangerous radiation levels associated with a nuclear incident or t...Scientists use gene transfer technology and common virus to block neuropathic pain
...s system is a novel approach that shows tremendous promise for the treatment of neuropathic pain." In future research, the scientists plan to conduct the first phase I safety trial of a related HSV vector in patients with pain caused by terminal cancer, which has spread to bone....JCI table of contents June 1, 2005
...reventing these regulatory abnormalities holds the promise of eliminating the contribution of anorexia to the development of cachexia." TITLE: Role of leptin and melanocortin signaling in uremia-associated cachexia AUTHOR CONTACT: Robert Mak Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA Phone: 503-49...Novel combination overcomes drug-resistant myeloma cells
...ng resistant cells from patients' bone marrow. The promise is particularly exciting, scientists say, because many patients don't respond to Velcade, a drug approved just two years ago that's been an important new therapy for multiple myeloma, a disease which caused an estimated 11,000 deaths in 2004, accordi...A radical solution for environmental pollution
...e groundwater. Bacteria such as T. aromatica hold promise for use in cleaning up environmental pollutants because they not only can break down hazardous chemicals, but they can also do it underground, in oxygen-scarce environments---just the sort of places where toluene could be causing problems. Marsh woul...Mount Sinai Hospital researcher develops Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines
...d of function cells in adult bodies holds enormous promise for these cells to regenerate damaged tissues that cause incurable diseases." The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Stem Cell Oversight Committee (SCOC) determined that Dr. Nagy derived these new stem cells lines in a manner consistent with th...Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU
...s for life on Earth. "Deep sea ecosystems hold the promise of huge potential contributions to future human we...ll purely scientific, the report predicts that the promise of important new products will lead to an increase in commercial exploration. The report cites the n...Discovery offers promising lead in prostate cancer diagnosis
...prostate cancer patients tested. This result shows promise for prostate cancer diagnosis. Intriguing correlations of ERG overexpression features also have been noted for PSA recurrence-free survival of prostate cancer patients after radical prostatectomy. Due to the previously established oncogenic functions...For first time, brain cells generated in a dish
...hers describe a cell culture method that holds the promise of producing a limitless supply of a person's own brain cells to potentially heal disorders such as Parkinson's disease or epilepsy. "It's like an assembly line to manufacture and increase the number of brain cells," said Bjorn Scheffler, M.D., a neu...Stem cell training program to make its Stanford debut
...ter the field of stem cell research-spurred by the promise of $3 billion in state funds from Proposition 71 and the belief that someday treatments for a host of diseases will involve using these cells to replace the damaged adult cells. Yet for scientists now wishing to start out in this area, it isn't as si...Columbia University launches multi-year campaign to support stem cell research
...his revolutionary health technology that holds the promise to benefit people suffering from a wide variety of debilitating health problems." Federal restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research funding and lagging state funds have limited available government support for this emerging and promising res...JCI table of contents, July 1, 2005
...n of one's own germ cells after chemotherapy holds promise for restoring fertility, a major hurdle has been the risk of contamination by leukemic cells, which may induce relapse. Now, in a study appearing online on June 16 in advance of print publication in the July 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investi...Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to develop into eggs and sperm in the laboratory
...here was still a lot of work to be done before the promise of these early results could be translated into reality. "Embryoid bodies can differentiate into all sorts of tissue types, so we need to choose the cells that are going to develop into PGCs and then work out how we can encourage them to grow into ga...Chemical Society announces EPA awards for environmentally friendly technologies
...ch projects today for creative chemistry that show promise for improving the environment. The award winners include scientists at Metabolix, Inc., BASF Corp., Archer Daniels Midland Company, Merck & Co., Inc., the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and Novozymes North America, Inc. Since 1996, the Presiden...