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Yet another stem cell scientist discredited as research claims unravel

1/14/2015 - A Japanese stem cell scientist whose most recent work in the field was believed to be a major game-changer has officially resigned from her post following the discovery that she fabricated her research findings. Dr. Haruko Obokata claimed to have come up with a method of creating customized stem...

Secret to long life found in 115-year-old woman's blood

4/29/2014 1:37:46 PM - In 2005, 115-year-old Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper passed away to old age healthy and disease-free. At the time of her death, Schipper became the oldest person to have her body donated to science. Longevity researchers were interested in understanding why a healthy person suddenly dies of old age. A...

Stem cell breakthrough: Scientists discover way to 'grow your own'

2/10/2014 - One of the most ethically sensitive issues in American society, save abortion, has been the issue of stem cells and, in particular, the harvesting of them from human embryos, a process which results in the embryo's destruction. Now, however, scientists believe that they have discovered a "game-changer"...

Beneficial effects of AFA on adult stem cells make it the anti-aging algae

11/24/2013 - Studies have revealed that the consumption of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA) has beneficial effects on adult stem cells. That's great news for those concerned about the effects of aging, because stem cells are incredibly important to our health, playing a major role in the ability of the body to age...

Stem cell scientists grow human teeth from urine

8/7/2013 - Could you imagine going to the dentist's office and handing them a urine sample so they could grow you a new tooth? Within weeks, stem cells from your urine could be birthing a tooth right in your own mouth. This is exactly what Chinese researchers are onto. Using cells generated from urine, researchers...

Can dental stem cell technology make root canals obsolete?

7/9/2013 - Stem cell technology is promising in many respects and nowhere is that more evident than in the field of dentistry where painful root canals could become a thing of the past if promising advances in treating tooth decay pan out. According to The Wall Street Journal, scientists have made advances...

NASA advances stem cell therapy science

6/22/2013 - Regenerating organs and damaged tissues has long been the dream of forward-thinking biologists and medical researchers. But it wasn't until advances in stem cell technology in the 1990s that such a dream became a reality. Stem cells hold a unique role in human physiology being as yet undifferentiated...

Will scientists soon be able to regrow organs and injured tissue in patients?

6/21/2013 - Regenerating organs and damaged tissues has long been the dream of forward-thinking biologists and medical researchers, but it wasn't until advances in stem cell technology in the 1990s that such a dream became a reality. Stem cells hold a unique role in human physiology being as yet undifferentiated...

Genetics have little influence over health, top stem cell biologist asserts

4/17/2013 - Bruce Lipton believes 98 percent of all illness is environmental, while a mere two percent of disease can be traced to genetic disposition. Working as a stem cell researcher at Stanford University, Lipton uncovered a startling truth: Our genetic composition has very little influence on health whereas...

Omega-3 fat in fish oil could provide a cure for leukemia

1/17/2012 - Scientists from the medical sciences division at Penn State University have discovered that a compound in fish oil appears to target leukemia stem cells and could lead to a cure for the disease. The compound is a natural extract from EPA, the Omega-3 fat component found most commonly in fish and fish...

The answer to cancer is found in the cancer stem cell

10/12/2011 - Cancer stem cells are what drive cancer growth and spread. To heal cancer you must cause the cancer stem cells to differentiate back into normal cells. This can only be accomplished if the proper internal environment is produced. This environment must address both physical and mental/emotional factors....

Chemotherapy is not the answer to cancer

9/20/2011 - Chemotherapy will never be the cure of cancer. Cancer will only heal when the toxic load is decreased and an internal biochemical environment is achieved that only produces health and not disease. When you get the chemicals and toxins out of the body and the proper nutrients in, along with living a...

Man cured of AIDS after receiving stem cell transplant

5/19/2011 - In what many in the mainstream media and medical community have now dubbed their first known case of cured AIDS, Timothy Ray Brown's miraculous healing from the deadly syndrome is sending shock waves throughout the world. After receiving a bone marrow stem cell transplant back in 2007, Brown inherited...

Costa Rica now following FDA orders and shutting down stem cell treatment facilities

10/12/2010 - The government of Costa Rica has ordered a clinic to stop offering experimental stem-cell treatments, claiming that the treatments have never been tested for safety or effectiveness. "If [a treatment's] efficiency and safety has not been proven, we don't believe it should be used," said Dr. Ileana...

Adult stem cells treat a host of diseases, say doctors

8/4/2010 - Doctors and researchers are hailing the successes of adult stem cell treatments, which are treating everything from heart disease and diabetes, to leukemia and blindness. Adult stem cells -- the kind harvested from adult bone marrow and other tissues -- can be injected into the body to help regrow and...

Stem cell therapy becoming more widely accepted

7/21/2010 - Scientists, media pundits, academics and researchers often speak of stem cell therapy as a potentially revolutionary technology in the field of medicine, but according to Professor David Warburton from the Saban Research Institute at Los Angeles Children's Hospital, stem cells are already viable in...

Breast cancer breakthrough: broccoli component zaps cells that fuel tumor growth

5/19/2010 - University of Michigan (U-M) Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists say they've found a compound that could help prevent and potentially treat breast cancer. It's not a drug or a new radiation treatment but a natural component of broccoli and broccoli sprouts. And it has the remarkable ability to target...

Adult Stem Cell Therapy Nearing Time for Human Testing

9/25/2008 - Imagine the possibilities for a moment. Doctors may soon have the ability to regrow injured muscles, tendons, and bones without resorting to surgery. All that will be needed is to inject a patient's own stem cells into the injury site. Veterinarians are already using these techniques with injured...

High-Dose Chemotherapy, Stem Cell Transplants Found Useless for Breast Cancer Patients

7/21/2008 - A controversial breast cancer treatment consisting of a combination of high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant does not extend the lives of patients, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and presented at the San...

New Stem Cell "Breakthrough" Actually Results in Growth of Cancer Cells

12/12/2007 - A new technique for producing stem cells that has been hailed as "breakthrough" actually produces stem cells that cause cancer in organisms that grow from them. Two different teams of scientists announced a new technique for developing stem cells in the same month. In an article published in the...

Experimental stem cell treatment caused brain tumors in rats

10/27/2006 - A new treatment that involves injecting stem cells into the brains of rats appeared to significantly reduce the symptoms some rats were experiencing that mimicked Parkinson's disease -- but the treatment also caused tumors in the rodents' brains, according to scientists. The researchers said the...

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