Specialized cells that conduct electricity to keep the heart beating have a previously unrecognized ability to regenerate in the days after birth, a new study in mice by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. The finding, published online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could eventually lead to treatments for heart rhythm disorders that avoid the need for invasive pacemakers or drugs by instead encouraging the heart to heal itself.
Neural crest progenitor cells were differentiated into smooth muscle cells (green; nucleus of cells stained in pink). Loss of factors underlying genome folding impairs neural crest differentiation into smooth muscle cells.
Australian researchers are developing a new gene therapy which they hope will switch on sight by regenerating light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the retina at the back of the eye. Billy Morton, the face of this years Hope in Sight Giving Day, was first diagnosed with the rare genetic disease choroideremia in his early teens and has experienced a progressive loss of night and peripheral vision. He hopes gene therapy might one day make a difference for people with the same condition
Express News Service CHENNAI: Doctors at the Stem Cell Research Centre, Government Stanley Medical College Hospital (GSMCH), are in the process of recruiting patients for conducting phase I and II clinical trials of Stem Cell Therapy for end-stage liver disease to assess its safety and efficacy. The clinical trial comes as a significant move as presently, liver transplant is the only treatment available for end-stage liver disease, but scarcity of donor organs necessitates alternative modalities. The Stem Cell Research Centre in July 2020 received approval from the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDCSO) to conduct clinical trials after animal trails showed promising results, said Dr S Jeswanth, Director, Institute of Surgical Gastroenterology and Principal Investigator, Stem Cell Research Centre, GSMCH
Cell therapy plays an important role in vascular and hematopoietic, neural, skeletal, pancreatic, periodontal, and mucosal tissue regeneration. Platelet-derived growth factors and bone morphogenetic factors are gaining high demand for diabetic neuropathic ulcers and periodontal defects, and tissue regeneration at sites of tibia fractures. Increasing demand for transforming growth factors in regenerative medicine is expected to propel market growth substantially over the coming years.
Published: Oct. 4, 2021 at 4:02 PM EDT|Updated: 9 hours ago ORLANDO, Fla., Oct
NEW YORK A new company called Secondcell Bio plans to make a cell engineering method that can create diverse cell lines that more accurately mimic human biology widely available to the research community. According to the developer, the method, called Chromovert, works faster and more efficiently than current cell line development approaches, which took off in 1951 when the first immortal human cell line was established from a cervical cancer sample taken from Henrietta Lacks.
Key research finding Most strokes happen when an artery in the brain becomes blocked. Blood flow to the neural tissue stops, and those tissues typically die. Because of the locations of the major arteries in the brain, many strokes affect motor function.
Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the stem cell and gene therapy biological testing market will exhibit a CAGR of around 14.87% for the forecast period of 2021-2028.
The links between smoking and various forms of cancer have been well established over the years.
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