Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Breakthrough In Stem Cell Culturing

Medical News Today, Article Date: 02 Jun 2010
For the first time, human embryonic stem cells have been cultured under chemically controlled conditions without the use of animal substances, which is essential for future clinical uses. The method has been developed by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and is presented in the journal Nature Biotechnology.  read more

Immune System Helps Transplanted Stem Cells Navigate in Central Nervous System

ScienceDaily (June 1, 2010) — By discovering how adult neural stem cells navigate to injury sites in the central nervous system, UC Irvine researchers have helped solve a puzzle in the creation of stem cell-based treatments: How do these cells know where to go?