Source: Time. For the researchers at UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye Institute who launched the first-ever study to show that human embryonic stem cells may help reverse patients’ disease, the history-making day began at 4:30 a.m. It was an early morning wake-up call, to be sure, but a necessary one to prepare for the groundbreaking work that lay ahead. On July 12, 2011, the scientists injected retinal cells derived from embryonic stem cells [...]
Source: Floating University. In What’s Up Doc: Is Biomedical Research Really Close to Curing Anything?, Professor Douglas Melton introduces the astounding advances being made today to unlock the powerful potential hidden within our own cells. Cloning, regeneration, “man-made” stem cells, [...]
Source: The Wall Street Journal. Researchers have used stem cells obtained from human embryos to successfully treat Parkinson’s disease in mice and rats, a key step in the quest to develop a similar approach for people. In a study published Sunday in the journal Nature, scientists described how they converted human embryonic stem cells into nerve cells that produced the brain chemical dopamine.
Source: Forbes. A decade after George Bush set the clock back for stem cell research, the science is showing signs of regeneration. Stem cells are mother cells that give rise to other cell types in the body. One of the more visible and vocal proponents of human embryonic stem cells (ES), Stephen Minger, says that the number of trials that are currently on suggests that the field is [...]
Source: The Guardian. British surgeons are to take part in the first trial in patients of a human embryonic stem cell therapy to gain approval from regulators in Europe. Surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London will inject cells into the eyes of 12 patients with an incurable eye disease called Stargardt’s macular dystrophy, one of the main causes of blindness in young people.
Source: wzzm13.com. In just a few months Julia Bauer’s daughter is getting married. The room fills with laughter and smiles while chatting about their future. It’s a much different from the future that lies ahead for Julia. She’s been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS. The first symptom came in the spring of 2007 while talking on the phone. “I realized I had skipped a word,” said Julia. [...]
Source: The Washington Post. In the six months since scientists announced they had infused a drug made from human embryonic stem cells into a partially paralyzed patient’s spine, the identity of the recipient has been shrouded in secrecy. Now, a 21-year-old Alabama nursing student who was paralyzed from the chest down in a car crash in September has come forward to identify himself as the volunteer.
Source: Independent. A fledgling biosciences industry that promises to revolutionise medicine in the 21st century could be destroyed by a French judge who has declared it immoral to patent inventions based on cells derived from human embryos. Some of Britain’s leading biomedical scientists – including Sir Ian Wilmut who cloned Dolly the sheep – have expressed their horror over a legal opinion by Yves Bot, [...]
Source: The Guardian. Scientists have made dishes of human brain cells that could speed up the search for drugs and lead to new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating and incurable neurodegenerative disorder.
Source: Agence France-Presse. US biotech company Advanced Cell Technology has been cleared by government regulators to start its second trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat blindness, this time in older people. The trial will examine the therapy’s ability to safely treat people with a condition known as dry age-related macular degeneration, the most common form of irreversible [...]
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