Tag Archives: regenerative medicine
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
One of the basic processes happening during tissue regeneration is transformation of epithelial cells into mesenchymal and the other way around, mesenchymal cells into epithelial. The term is epithelial-mesenchymal transition. The picture above shows the difference between these two basic … Continue reading
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First tissue-engineered urethras grown from patients’ own cells
Surgeon Anthony Atala of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center used lab-grown urethras to treat patients with damaged urinary tracts. Five boys aged 10 to 14 were involved in the study and it took place at the Federico Gomez Children’s … Continue reading
Stem cells used to grow functioning human intestine
Researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have recently made functional human intestinal tissue from pluripotent stem cells. The researchers project that this will push the boundaries of research into how the intestines develop and work. It will also … Continue reading
Filed under Regenerative medicine, Stem Cell Research
New hope for repairing Multiple Sclerosis damage
Researchers at Cambridge and Edinburgh have discovered a way for stem cells in the brain to regenerate myelin, which is needed to protect nerve fibers. The studies, performed on rats, are exciting because they offer new hope that in the … Continue reading
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Researchers Create ‘Immortal’ Adult Stem Cells
Researchers at the State University of Buffalo, New York have come up with a way to grow adult stem cells continuously, offering a way to speed development of regenerative therapies. The research team, led by prof. Techung Lee, have engineered … Continue reading
Paradigm shift needed
Considering the success of the moon race, why isn’t there a comparable race against aging and its terrible diseases? Why is there so much opposition to promising developments such as therapeutic cloning or stem cell research? Why is modern medicine, … Continue reading
Filed under Immortalism
The New America Seminar on Radical Life Extension
Yesterday, the New American Foundation and Arizona State University with help from the IEET’s Sean Hays and with Aubrey de Grey as a main speaker, sponsored a conference on the future of life extension and its global ramifications: economic, social, … Continue reading
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TEDMED 2010 illustrated
Last week I arrived in Moscow from one of best and most inspiring conferences in the world – TEDMED. I’d love to share some pictures and exiting ideas I learned during those fascinating four days in San Diego. So, here … Continue reading
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Canadian Scientists Make Blood from Human Skin
Scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to transform human skin into blood. The researchers had previously used chemicals to transform mouse skin cells into neurons, but this is the first time human cells have been altered in this manner. … Continue reading
Filed under Reprogramming
