Stem cells from patients with a rare form of muscular dystrophy have been successfully transplanted into mice affected by the same form of dystrophy, according to a new study published today in Science Translational Medicine.
Exercise Program Boosts Health After Lung Transplant: Study
WEDNESDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) — A structured exercise program boosted the overall health of lung transplant patients and reduced their risk of cardiovascular problems, a new study reports.
Moderate Coffee Consumption Lowers Heart Failure Risk – TIME
TIMEModerate Coffee Consumption Lowers Heart Failure RiskTIMEHaving a daily cup of coffee or two may actually be good for heart, according to latest research. Pooling the results from five studies of coffee consumption and heart failure risk, published…
Quality Of Response Following Stem Cell Transplant May Predict … – The Myeloma Beacon
Quality Of Response Following Stem Cell Transplant May Predict …The Myeloma BeaconFollow-up results from a long-term study conducted in Italy indicate that quality of response may be the most significant predictor of long-term survival in newly …
Diabetes breakthrough as experts learn how to completely reverse the condition in mice
The research from the University of British Columbia is the first to show that human stem cell transplants can successfully restore insulin production and reverse diabetes in mice.
Monkey gets pig heart – Deccan Herald
Monkey gets pig heartDeccan HeraldKnown as xenotransplantation, it is seen by some as a way to end the chronic shortage of human organs available for transplants. Before the … Hindu Brahmins, sitting inside huge pots filled with water and flower peta…
Stem Cell Breakthrough Significant For Degenerative Diseases – Medical News Today
Stem Cell Breakthrough Significant For Degenerative DiseasesMedical News TodayAnother part of their paper discusses the stringent criteria they imposed for releasing batches of cell lines. These criteria included "DNA-fingerprinting and HLA- typin…
Weston teen Will Corcoran needs a liver transplant
With the end of the school year now here, many Weston children are looking forward to spending their summer vacations on the beach or perhaps at a sleepaway camp. But not Will Corcoran. The 15-year-old Weston teen is at home fighting for his life while…
Diabetes Reversed In Mice Thanks To Stem Cell Transplant
Diabetic mice were able to go off insulin after receiving a pancreatic stem cell transplant, which restarted the cycle in which insulin production rises or falls based on blood sugar levels.
Diabetes Reversed In Mice Thanks To Stem Cell Transplant – International Business Times
International Business TimesDiabetes Reversed In Mice Thanks To Stem Cell TransplantInternational Business TimesCanadian scientists were able to reverse diabetes in mice with a human stem cell transplant, igniting hopes for a cure for the widespread di…