Adult Cells Steal Trick from Cancer to Become Stem Cell-Like [News]
Scientific American Thu, 15 May 2008 12:57 PM PDT
In a boon to cancer treatment and regenerative medicine, scientists have discovered that a trick used by tumor cells that allows them to migrate around the body can cause normal, adult cells to revert into stem cell–like cells. [More] |
Embryonic pathway delivers stem cell traits
EurekAlert! Thu, 15 May 2008 9:06 AM PDT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (May 15, 2008) – Studies of how cancer cells spread have led to a surprising discovery about the creation of cells with adult stem cell characteristics, offering potentially major implications for regenerative medicine and for cancer treatment. |
Embryonic Pathway Delivers Stem Cell Traits
Newswise Thu, 15 May 2008 9:24 AM PDT
Cells that undergo an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) show properties of stem cells, including the ability to self-renew. In addition, stem cells exhibit properties of cells that undergo EMT. Strikingly, both normal and cancer stem cells can be generated from differentiated cells by EMT. Understanding the role of EMT in adult stem cell creation may lead toward the development of ... |
UC Captures $20 Million Stem Cell Grant
Berkeley Daily Planet Thu, 15 May 2008 9:51 AM PDT
UC Berkeley and 11 other California institutions will share $271 million in state bond funds slated for construction of stem cell research labs, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine announced last week. |
PENN Medicine News: Free Public Stem Cell Symposia
University of Pennsylvania Health System Thu, 15 May 2008 8:22 AM PDT
PHILADELPHIA –The Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine , the School of Medicine Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, and the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) are hosting a free Workshop and Evening Public Symposium on Stem Cell Biology on June 10. |
Embryonic Pathways Induce Stem Cell Traits
HealthDay via Yahoo! News Thu, 15 May 2008 9:02 AM PDT
THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found that normal cells and cancer cells that acquire the ability to use long dormant pathways to migrate through the body may gain properties of adult stem cells, including the ability to self-renew. |
Geron stem-cell test put on hold
San Jose Mercury News Thu, 15 May 2008 2:02 AM PDT
Geron suffered a setback Wednesday when regulators put the brakes to its quest to become the first company to test people with a treatment developed from human embryonic stem cells. |
World Renowned Spinal Cord Specialist, Dr. Martin Grumet, from Rutgers University, to Visit BrainStorm Cell ...
Centre Daily Times Thu, 15 May 2008 8:51 AM PDT
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB:BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies and therapeutics, is pleased to announce that the world renowned Spinal Cord specialist Dr. Martin Grumet, Director of the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, at Rutgers University, will visit company headquarters next week in Petach Tikva, Israel. |
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