Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don’t lead to longer survival, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, study shows
U.S. scientists used a cloning technique to create the type of customized stem cells that show promise for treating disease. But the first-of-its-kind result comes with a big hitch.
It is unclear at exactly what point the phrase “stem cell” entered the vernacular, one of very few scientific terms that achieve the status of, say, DNA in not requiring a detailed explanation every time it is written down or spoken.
UC Davis Vascular Center researchers have embarked on a highly anticipated study that involves using a patient’s own stem cells to increase blood circulation to the lower leg with the hope of preventing amputation due to severe arterial disease or diabetes.
Northwestern Medicine researchers for the first time have transformed a human embryonic stem cell into a critical type of neuron that dies early in Alzheimer’s disease and is a major cause of memory loss.
Human stem cells transformed into key neurons lost in Alzheimer’s
Among stem cell biologists there are few better-known proteins than nestin, whose very presence in an immature cell identifies it as a “stem cell,” such as a neural stem cell. As helpful as this is to researchers, until now no one knew which purpose nestin serves in a cell.
Researchers discover that stem cell marker regulates synapse formation
Know anyone with a stroke? Adult Stem Cells Work!!!
~ Uncle Russ
Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., a leader in adult allogeneic stem cell manufacturing, research and development announced today that it has received IRB approval from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to initiate a Stemedica clinical study entitled, “A Phase I/II, Multi-Center, Open-Label Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of a Single Intravenous Dose of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Bone Marrow Cells to Subjects With Ischemic Stroke”. This study will enroll approximately 35 subjects with a clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke. These patients have significant functional or neurologic impairment that confines them to a wheelchair or requires home nursing care or assistance with the general activities of daily living and have received the ischemic stroke diagnosis at least six months prior to enrollment in this study.
Michael Levy, MD, PhD, FACS Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital San Diego (CHSD) and Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of California, San Diego is the principal investigator of the study. Dr. Levy looks forward to enrolling patients, and reinforces the importance of clinical stem cell research. “This is an important step forward in translational medicine. This study may help pave the way for a new therapeutic category of treatment for ischemic stroke.”
Lev Verkh, PhD, Stemedica’s Chief Regulatory and Clinical Development Officer, commented, “We are pleased and delighted to be working with UCSD and Dr. Levy. We believe that progressing rapidly down the regulatory pathway may eventually provide treatment options for the 800,000 Americans who suffer a stroke each year.” According to the American Heart Association, stroke is the fourth leading cause of death, costing an estimated $73.7 billion in 2010 for stroke-related medical cost and disability.
The safety of stem cell treatment is of paramount concern to all stake holders in this emerging industry. Nikolai Tankovich, MD, PhD, President of Stemedica, highlights the Company’s relentless attention to this area. “As a cGMP government-licensed manufacturer of adult stem cells, we have also received an investigational new drug (IND) approval from the FDA for this clinical trial. Very few companies have this unique dual capacity. Our cells have gone through rigorous testing to make certain they are free from infectious agents and are not tumorigenic.”
Maynard Howe, PhD, Vice Chairman and CEO of Stemedica notes, “The medical and scientific community has much work to do in the prevention and treatment of stroke. Too many patients and family members have to cope with the aftermath of this disease. It is our hope that stem cell treatment may eventually ease the burden faced by patients and caregivers as well as curtail the extensive healthcare and rehabilitation costs.”
Information on enrolling in the study can be found at http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=stemedica.
About Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc.
Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company that is committed to the manufacturing and development of best-in-class allogeneic adult stem cells and stem cell factors for use by approved research institutions and hospitals for pre-clinical and clinical (human) trials. The company is a government licensed manufacturer of clinical grade stem cells and is approved by the FDA for its clinical trials for ischemic stroke. Stemedica is currently developing regulatory pathways for a number of medical indications using adult allogeneic stem cells. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California.
ScienceDaily (Dec. 13, 2010) — For the first time, scientists have created functioning human intestinal tissue in the laboratory from pluripotent stem cells.
Stem Cells Turned Into Complex, Functioning Intestinal Tissue in Lab
Embryonic stem cells cause cancer and do not work at high cost; they are a tax payer subsidized RIP OFF. Adult stem cost less and work without side effects.
~ Uncle Russ
Bob Klein founded the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the biggest state-run research project in US history. What legacy will he leave behind?
Suppose you could repair tissue damaged by a heart attack by magically turning other cells into heart muscle, so the organ could pump effectively again.
Doctors have injected stem cells into a man’s brain as part of the world’s first clinical trial of the cells in stroke patients.
Stem cells injected into the brain of a stroke patient in world first
Plants cure, drugs kill.
~ Uncle Russ
A popular cancer drug could be produced cheaply and sustainably using stem cells derived from trees, a study suggests. Researchers have isolated and grown stem cells from a yew tree whose bark is a natural source of the anticancer compound paclitaxel.
Plant stem cells could be fruitful source of low-cost cancer drug
Read THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DRUG COMPANIES by Dr. Marcia Angell, MD, Editor and Chief of The New England Journal Of Medicine for 21 Years, as well as SCIENCE AS A CONTACT SPORT in my technical reading section of this web site.
HARVARD LIED and continue to do so on this subject!
Like I have told you, and why embryonic stem cell Federal funding was cut, is they are a FRAUD!
There are no safe and/or effective embyronic stem cells, PERIOD!
Want results, at lower cost, with no adverse side effects, adult stem cells work, and the most efficacious supply is from STEMEDICA in CA.
~ Uncle Russ
Harvard researchers have retracted a far-reaching claim they made in January that the aging of stem cells might be reversible.
3 Harvard Researchers Retract a Claim on the Aging of Stem Cells
Adult stem cells, work, without adverse side effects at low cost; embryonic stem cells do not work, with huge adverse side effect including cancer and death, and are not economical.
Here is an article by the defeated and failed LIARS of the embryonic stem cells lobby, trying to say they are still somewhat viable, it is not true.
~ Uncle Russ
Scientists reported more progress Thursday with a method of creating stem cells without using embryos.
The question of stem cells is currently the dominant subject in the debate over biotechnology and human genetics: Should we use embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells for future medical therapies?
The Case for Adult Stem Cell Research
Embryonic stem cells DO NOT WORK, cause severe adverse side effects including cancers and death, as well as being prohibitively expensive. Adult stems work and are low cost and do not have adverse side effects. New lines or not as listed in the attached article, they do not work.
~ Uncle Russ
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 3 (UPI) — University of Michigan researchers said Sunday they have created a line of human embryonic stem cells that will spur the state’s medical research industry.
Michigan says it developed stem cell line
Adult stem cells are proven to work across the board at low cost and no side effects. Embryonic stem cells do not work plus cause cancer, and are outrageously expensive. These are the FACTS, not FICTION.
PS – Drugs Kill, Plants Cure.
GOT ZIJA®?!
~ Uncle Russ
Six months ago, Roche Holding AG scientists disrupted the rhythmic beating of heart muscle made from stem cells by adding a cancer drug to it, duplicating in the laboratory a side effect previously only seen in patients.
This bought and paid for lobby group objecting for embryonic stem cell proponents feebly tries to continue to perpetrate a BIG LIE that embryonic stem cells work; they do not.
Embryonic stem cells cause cancer, do not work, and are vastly higher in cost than adult stem cells already proven to work with no ill side effects and lower cost.
~ Uncle Russ
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBM) expressed its disapproval and disappointment in response to the August 23, 2010, ruling in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that granted a preliminary injunction barring federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research.
ASBM Expresses Supreme Disappointment with Stem-cell Ruling
Adult stem cells work do not have adverse side effects and are low cost. Embryonic stem cells are costly, cause severe adverse sides effects including cancer and death, and do no work.
~ Uncle Russ
ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2010) — Human pluripotent stem (hPS) cells can generate any given cell type in the adult human body, which is why they are of interest to stem cell scientists working on finding therapies for spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s disease, burns, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and other ailments.
Chemical for Keeping Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Alive Identified
WASHINGTON — Sen. Arlen Specter on Monday initiated a drive to legalize federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, superseding conflicting court decisions that he said are slowing critical work to find cures for crippling diseases.
You just can’t make this up, a guy name ‘FAUST’ supporting embryonic stem cells that do not work, are expensive, and cause cancer, when adult are lower in cost, work, and have no ill side effects.
~ Uncle Russ
A temporary restraining order last month that blocked federal funding for certain kinds of stem cell research was viewed by many as a blow to cutting-edge science that already is yielding clues to cures for a number of fatal illnesses and chronic diseases.
President Faust issues statement supporting federal funding of stem cell research
Newswise — Kansas State University has been a issued a patent for a plentiful and noncontroversial source of stem cells from a substance in the umbilical cord.
K-State Receives Patent for Noncontroversial Source of Stem Cells
Adult stem cells not only work are lowest cost, but embryonic stem cells are proved to harm at higher costs.
~ Uncle Russ
(PhysOrg.com) — Large scale, cost-effective stem cell factories able to keep up with demand for new therapies to treat a range of human illnesses are a step closer to reality, thanks to a scientific breakthrough involving researchers at The University of Nottingham.
Scientific breakthrough to pave the way for human stem cell factories
Embryonic Stem Cells cause cancer and KILL; adult stem cells work and are much less expensive.
~ Uncle Russ
US district-court ruling suspends federal funding for research involving human embryonic stem cells.
More embryonic stem cell spin and propaganda. Increased or better claims off of something that does not work and give cancers is hardly an improvement. Adult stem cells work, with no ill side effects at much lower costs.
~ Uncle Russ
A study published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (19:1) has found that using the FDA-approved contrast agent Indocyanine Green (ICG) to label human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) substantially improved efforts to optically track stem cells after transplanting them into heart tissues.
Adult stem cells work without adverse side effects at lower cost and are abundant in supply, while embryonic cause cancer and disease and DO NOT WORK.
~ Uncle Russ
Stem cell research gets a lot of media interest.
There has been much talk about stem cell therapies revolutionising medicine. This is because they have the ability to turn into some, or all, of the 200 or more different cell types in the body.
NEW YORK — A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn’t heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man’s own body.
Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic
More propaganda suggesting embryonic stem cells work; THEY DO NOT with massive adverse cancer and adverse side effects.
Adult stems cells are vastly superior, work at much lower cost, with no adverse side effects.
~ Uncle Russ
ScienceDaily (Aug. 7, 2010) — UCSF researchers are reporting the first success in very rapidly purifying one type of embryonic stem cell from a mix of many different types of embryonic stem cells in the culture dish. The technique, which avoids the need to genetically alter the cells to distinguish them, is a key advance, the researchers say, for obtaining the appropriate cells for repairing specific damaged tissues.
I told you so.
~ Uncle Russ
(NaturalNews) 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 repair organs, tissues and skin.
Like I have been saying adult works, embryonic causes cancer and massive adverse harmful side effects, including DEATH.
~ Uncle Russ
A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn’t heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man’s own body.
Avoid cardiovascular and heart disease to begin with by not consuming HFCS and get some daily B-3 vitamin.
~ Uncle Russ
A medical research team led by University of Miami doctors injected stem cells into the hearts of pigs that had been damaged by heart attacks. Within two months, the doctors said, the stem cells made the pigs’ hearts good as new.
Stem-cell experiment on pigs seen as step forward in repairing heart damage
Adult stem cells work and are safe, embryonic are dangerous and cause adverse side effects including cancer and death.
~ Uncle Russ
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Within 24 hours of culturing adult human stem cells on a new type of matrix, University of Michigan researchers were able to make predictions about how the cells would differentiate, or what type of tissue they would become. Their results are published in the Aug. 1 edition of Nature Methods.
New insights into how stem cells determine what tissue to become
I Told You So!
~ Uncle Russ
A few months ago, Dr. Thomas Einhorn was treating a patient with a broken ankle that wouldn’t heal, even with multiple surgeries. So he sought help from the man’s own body.
Adult stem cell research far ahead of embryonic
Embryonic stem cells cause cancer and severe adverse side effects, at high cost, they DO NOT WORK.
~ Uncle Russ
The world’s first authorized test in people of a therapy derived from human embryonic stem cells has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration.
A total spin piece to try to gather financial support for embryonic stem cells that DO NO WORK and cause cancer.
Adult stem do work with no adverse side effects.
Anyone telling you differently that the 2 above facts is a liar, or employed by the embryonic stem cell cabal.
~ Uncle Russ
(NaturalNews) 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 many different treatment applications.
“Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy & wise” Benjamin Franklin
~ Uncle Russ
Stem cells in the brain remain dormant until called upon to divide and make more neurons. However, little has been known about the molecular guards that keep them quiet. Now scientists from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified the signal that prevents stem cells from proliferating, protecting the brain against too much cell division and ensuring a pool of neural stem cells that lasts a lifetime.
Embryonic Stem Cells, irrespective of line CAUSE CANCER…a total waste of US Taxpayer dollars. Adult Stem Cells work, NOT Embryonic!
~ Uncle Russ
The most widely used line of human embryonic stem cells can once again be studied with federal dollars. Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) approved four stem cell lines submitted by WiCell, the nonprofit associated with the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The lines include H9, which has been used in over 500 published studies.
F D A = Fraud Deceit Always
~ Uncle Russ
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) – Costa Rica is cracking down on an unauthorized stem cell clinic that has attracted hundreds of foreigners seeking relief from degenerative diseases and serious injuries.
This PR spin piece is empirically wrong.
Embryonic stem cells cause cancer and are proven to be ineffective or dangerous; however adult stem cells are already proven to work in arrest and reversal in several categories of disease, without adverse sides effects, for pennies on the dollar.
~ Uncle Russ
Stem cell research holds promise for improving the quality of human life ― especially embryonic stem cells, which can potentially develop into any tissue in the human body. However, basic scientific problems still remain unresolved –– but Tel Aviv University researchers are leading the way to inventive solutions. “In order to use embryonic stem cells as a reliable and safe therapeutic tool, we have to find strategies to control their differentiation so we get exactly the type of cells we desire,” says Dr. Yechiel Elkabetz of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine.
Nature Knows Best.
~ Uncle Russ
ScienceDaily (June 7, 2010) — The timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth should be delayed just a few minutes longer, suggest researchers at the University of South Florida’s Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair.
Adult stem cells work, embryonic cause cancer.
~ Uncle Russ
ScienceDaily (May 31, 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.
