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Stem Cells

Alternative News:

• Supplement your stem cells - Science Daily, 4/7/10 - "supplement, containing a cocktail of green tea, astralagus, goji berry extracts, 'good' bacteria Lactobacillus fermentum, antioxidant ellagic acid, immune enhancer beta 1,3 glucan and vitamin D3, was able to increase the number of stem cells circulating in the blood ... Hematopoietic stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells increased after taking the nutritional supplement, suggesting that the supplement may be a useful stimulator for both types of stem cells. In this study, the levels of these stem cells peaked at 2-7 days and started to drop at 14 days, suggesting that this supplement could be used for continuous treatment for conditions associated with decreases in these stem cells such as Alzheimer's Disease ... it may be possible that our supplement could be beneficial in conditions associated with reduced progenitor cells such as diabetes"
• Citrus surprise: Vitamin C boosts the reprogramming of adult cells into stem cells - Science Daily, 12/29/09 - "The researchers found that adding vitamin C, an essential nutrient that is abundant in citrus fruits, enhanced iPSC generation from both mouse and human cells. Vitamin C accelerated gene expression changes and promoted a more efficient transition to the fully reprogrammed state. Somewhat to their surprise, they found that other antioxidants do not have the same effect, but vitamin C does seem to act at least in part through slowing cell senescence ... It is also of interest that a vitamin with long-suspected anti-aging effects has such a potent influence on reprogramming, which can be considered a reversal of the aging process at the cellular level" - See vitamin C products at iHerb.

News & Research:

• Obstacles to stem cell therapy cleared - Science Daily, 6/8/10
• New type of human stem cell may be easier to manipulate - Science Daily, 6/8/10
• Stem Cells Repair Heart Attack Damage - WebMD, 12/1/09
• New stem cell technology provides rapid healing from complicated bone fractures - Science Daily, 11/30/09
• Placenta: New Source For Harvesting Stem Cells - Science Daily, 6/23/09
• Stem Cells Used To Reverse Paralysis In Animals - Science Daily, 1/28/09
• New Stem Cell Method Could Ease Ethical Concerns - New York Times, 11/21/07
• Rejuvenated Skin Cells Make Stem Cells - WebMD, 11/20/07
• Stem Cells Found in Amniotic Fluid - WebMD, 1/9/07
• Scientists Discover New, Readily Available Source Of Stem Cells - Science Daily, 1/8/07
• Breakthrough In Stem Cell Research - Science Daily, 5/20/05
• Patients Who Undergo Stem Cell Transplant May Exhibit Subtle Signs of Delirium - Doctor's Guide, 1/10/05
• Stem Cell Cloning Breakthrough - WebMD, 2/12/04
• Harvard researcher to make new stem cell lines available - USA Today, 10/30/03
• Artery Newest Stem Cell Source - WebMD, 10/27/03
• A new way to produce stem cells? - MSNBC, 9/23/03
• Stem-Cell Transplant Restores Sight to Blind Man - WebMD, 8/25/03
• Baby Teeth Hold Valuable Stem Cells - WebMD, 4/21/03
• Stem Cell Study Repairs Multiple Sclerosis-like Nerve Damage - WebMD, 4/16/03
• Stem Cells May Hold Key To Treating Brain Disorders - Psychiatric News, 3/21/03
• Cord Blood Is Alternative To Bone Marrow In Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - Doctor's Guide, 3/18/03
• Trying To Stem Heart Disease - CBS News, 3/6/03
• Two Stem Cell Studies Show Heart Tissue Regeneration Following Infarcts - Doctor's Guide, 1/2/03
• Stem Cell Study May Aid Diabetics - Intelihealth, 11/19/02
• Stem Cells May Help Parkinson's - WebMD, 11/7/02
• Hopes Raised For Using Stem Cells For Treating Muscular Dystrophy - Intelihealth, 9/10/02
• Study On Adult Blood Stem Cells - Intelihealth, 9/6/02
• Possible setback for stem cell transformation - USA Today, 9/5/02
• Embryonic Stem Cell Treatments on the Way - WebMD, 7/8/02
• Stem Cell Progress Reported On Parkinson's Disease - Intelihealth, 6/21/02
• Stem Cells Save Another Lupus Patient - WebMD, 6/5/02
• Relapsed, Resistant Hodgkin's Disease Responds To Stem-Cell Transplant - Doctor's Guide, 5/22/02
• High-Dose Total Body Radiotherapy with Stem Cell Transplantation Is Effective Treatment for Some Patients with Chemo-Resistant Lymphoma - Doctor's Guide, 5/2/02
• Stem Cell Advance - WebMD, 5/2/02
• Blood Vessels Made From Stem Cells - Intelihealth, 3/26/02
• Questioning Stem Cells' Abilities - WebMD, 3/13/02
• Study Suggests Stem Cells In Bloodstream Can Build Tissue In Other Parts Of Body - Intelihealth, 3/6/02
• Technique might quell stem-cell research concerns By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Scientists say they - USA Today, 2/1/02
• Researchers Make Stem Cells From Embryo Created Without Sperm - Intelihealth, 1/31/02
• Monkey Stem Cells Offer Hope for Parkinson's - WebMD, 1/29/02
• Stem Cells Give 'Bubble Kids' New Life - WebMD, 1/25/02
• Stem cell treatment eases Parkinson's symptoms - USA Today, 1/7/02
• Researchers Develop Human Blood Cells - Intelihealth, 9/4/01
• The Stem Cell Debate - CNN, 7/30/01
• Stem cells may help in brain repair - USA Today, 7/26/01
• Stem Cells May Help In Brain Repair - Intelihealth, 7/27/01
• A Transplant to Repair Urinary Incontinence?, Stem Cells May Provide Permanent Solution to Common Problem - WebMD, 6/4/01
• Skeletal stem cells may save ailing hearts - CNN, 5/29/01
• Scientists hope bone marrow can supply stem cells - USA Today, 5/3/01 - "The universal cell, technically known as a pleuripotent stem cell, was thought to reside only in embryos and fetuses where they are called into service during life's earliest moments to construct hearts, lungs, brains and other vital organs and tissues ... But a team of scientists from three leading institutions report in today's Cell that they have found embryonic-like stem cells in the bone marrow of adult mice and reason that if the cells exist in mice they will be found in humans"
• Discovery: Bone Marrow Cell Can Morph Into Liver, Lung, Gut, Skin, More, Raises Hopes for Renewing Damaged Organs - WebMD, 5/3/01
• Scientists Progress On Stem Cells - Intelihealth, 4/27/01 - "researchers cultured stem cells from mouse embryos to form a complex that secreted insulin, potentially an important step toward a diabetes cure ... created a cloned mouse embryo and then cultured its stem cells into neurons that made dopamine, a brain chemical that is missing in patients with Parkinson's disease"
• Scientists make advances in stem cell research - USA Today, 4/26/01
• Study: Fat May Be Stem Cells Source - Intelihealth, 4/10/01
• Cord Blood Transplants Help Children With Immune Disorder - WebMD, 4/6/01
• Researchers Sniff Out New Source for Stem Cells, Cells From the Nose Could Be Used to Treat Nervous System Diseases - WebMD, 4/3/01 - "undeveloped cells taken from the lining of the nasal passage can be grown in a laboratory dish and coaxed into becoming specialized replacement cells for the central nervous system ... Stem cells are immature, underdeveloped cells that have the ability to turn into different cell types depending upon how they are manipulated in the body or in a lab dish. Neural stem cells, which are programmed to become the essential building blocks of the brain and central nervous system, hold the promise for repairing and/or replacing tissues damaged by trauma or by degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis ... the researchers' ultimate goal is to be able to retrieve cells from a person who has suffered a spinal cord injury or who has a degenerative disease such as multiple sclerosis, which is caused by degradation of the cells surrounding neurons. The harvested cells could then be grown in the laboratory, nudged into becoming the needed type of replacement cell, and then reimplanted into that person -- without the need for drugs that fight immune-system rejection of transplanted tissues, because the patient would be receiving only his or her own cells"