Stem Cell: Stem cell stimulation by Yam (the vegetable)

Monday, September 8, 2008

Dear manoj kumar valluru,

An interesting patent (#7,419,690) issued last week teaches the use of Yam extracts for stimulation of hematopoiesis. The specification has some pretty impressive post-5FU hematopoietic recovery data.

Another patent from last week (#7,419,825) revealed that CD15 is a useful molecule for selecting neural stem cells.

In the news, a report from Spain demonstrated that neural stem cells, are similar to hematopoietic stem cells in the sense that chronic inflammatory stimuli mediate inhibition of function. This is part of a growing trend of papers examining the qualitative nature of various types of inflammatory stimuli and how they effect various stem cells in different ways.

Method for enhancing proliferation of bone marrow cells or spleen cells with an ethanol-insoluble extract of dioscorea

Patent Number: 7,419,690

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There has been a great interest in patenting natural compounds and plant derivatives for manipulation of the stem cell compartment. For example, there is an issued patent covering seaweed extract for mobilization of stem cells, pine cone extracts for dendritic cell...[Read More]

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Chronic Inflammation Inhibits Endogenous Neural Stem Cells

Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 @ 15:17:43 EST

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Mesenchymal stem cells are widely known to possess anti-inflammatory and immune modulatory activity. The regenerative and trophic functions of this type of stem cell may actually be less important than their ability to block pathological cytokine...[Read More]

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