Stem Cell Biology

Results from the first small scale human trials to use the heart's own stem cells to battle heart failure have been found to be promising. Published in the Lancet on Monday, the study showed that Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) - the measurement of how much blood is being pumped out of the left ventricle of the heart (the main pumping chamber) with each contraction after the patient received an infusion of one million cardiac stem cells (CSCs) via a balloon catheter increased from 30·3% before the procedure to 38·5% four months later.

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Ultimately, every cell in the human body can be traced back to a fertilized egg that came into existence from the union of ovum and sperm. But the body is made up of over 200 different types of cells, not just one.

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Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M -- Carlos III University) are participating in research to study how to make use of the potential for auto regeneration of stem skills from skin, in order to create, in the

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For the first time, scientists have cleanly corrected a human gene mutation in a patient's stem cells. The result, reported Oct. 12 in the journal Nature, brings the possibility of patient-specific therapies closer to becoming a reality.

The team, led by researchers

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Scientists have improved upon their own previous world-best efforts to pluck out just the right stem cells to address the brain problem at the core of multiple sclerosis and a large number of rare, fatal children's diseases. Details of how scientists isolated and directed

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