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Glossary

Embryonic stem cell

A type of stem cell found in early embryos, which is capable of developing into all (multipotent) or a wide range of (pluripotent) different body tissues.



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Human embryonic stem cells created via cloning

20 May 2013 - by Dr Rosie Morley

Embryonic stem cells have been created from human skin cells for the first time by US scientists using a cloning technique... [Read More]

Brain cells from human embryonic stem cells restore mouse memory function

29 April 2013 - by Siobhan Chan

Stem cell therapy has improved memory and learning in brain-damaged mice, according to a study in Nature Biotechnology... [Read More]

Scientists skip stem cell stage to make myelin in mice

22 April 2013 - by Anna Cauldwell

Skin cells have been directly converted into the types of cells destroyed in patients with myelin disorders like multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy in a pair of studies on mice... [Read More]

Tooth grown from human gum and mouse stem cells

18 March 2013 - by Dr Rosie Morley

For the first time, teeth have been grown from human gum cells, in combination with stem cells from mouse embryos... [Read More]

Ireland: Genetic mother wins surrogacy case

11 March 2013 - by Ruth Retassie

The Irish High Court has ruled in a landmark case that a woman who is the genetic mother of twins born through a surrogate can be recognised as the legal mother of the children.... [Read More]

Stem cells in space

04 March 2013 - by Greg Ball

Mouse embryonic stem cells are being transported to the International Space Station (ISS) to investigate the impact of long-term space flight on human health.... [Read More]

US sperm and egg donors may be unconsenting contributors to stem cell science

25 February 2013 - by Maria Sheppard

Human embryonic stem cell lines approved for federal funding in the USA, may have been derived from sperm or eggs of unconsenting donors... [Read More]

Human stem cells treat nerve disorder in mouse study

11 February 2013 - by Richard Fadok

Brain cells engineered from human skin tissue have successfully treated laboratory mice with a deadly nerve disorder with similarities to multiple sclerosis... [Read More]

3D printing technique uses human embryonic stem cells

11 February 2013 - by Michelle Downes

For the first time human embryonic stem cells have been used in a 3D printing process and retained the properties that make them unique... [Read More]

Safety of stem cells supported by mouse study

14 January 2013 - by Anna Cauldwell

Tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells causes 'limited or no immune response' in mice, a study published in Nature has found... [Read More]

Pee-brain: cells in urine converted to neurons

17 December 2012 - by Alison Cranage

Scientists have converted kidney cells from human urine into brain cells, bypassing the need for embryonic stem cells... [Read More]

German Brüstle decision puts spotlight on national patent guidelines

17 December 2012 - by Julian Hitchcock

In November the case of Brüstle v Greenpeace was remitted to the German Federal High Court. How would a national court interpret the controversial ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union which held that patent rights could not be granted in the EU for the use of any entity 'capable of commencing the process of development of a human being'?... [Read More]

Drug companies and universities team up to create European stem cell bank

10 December 2012 - by Paola Quattroni

Ten drugs companies and 23 European universities will work to develop a stem cell bank that researchers will use in fundamental disease research and to test potential new medicines... [Read More]

German court upholds Brüstle patent as valid

03 December 2012 - by Antony Blackburn-Starza

The German Federal Court of Justice has ruled that a disputed patent held by Dr Oliver Brüstle, and the subject of a ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against the patentability of human embryonic stem cells, is valid in its revised form.... [Read More]

Preventing transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease: new developments

19 November 2012 - by Professor Mary Herbert

The energy required for our cells to function properly is mainly produced by mitochondria. Mitochondria are tiny structures within our cells, which contain their own DNA. The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes a small number of the many proteins required to produce energy efficiently. Mutations in mtDNA cause a broad spectrum of diseases and degenerative disorders, which can be fatal.... [Read More]

£13 million investment for UK pluripotent stem cell database

12 November 2012 - by Dr Rachael Panizzo

The Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council have announced a £12.75 million investment to create a database of induced pluripotent stem) cells.... [Read More]

Embryonic stem cell pioneers receive offer for abandoned programme from former executives

22 October 2012 - by Anna Cauldwell

Two former CEOs of US drug company Geron are bidding to revive its stem cell assets... [Read More]

What Gurdon and Yamanaka's Nobel Prize means to the stem cell community

15 October 2012 - by Dr Dusko Ilic

It took 50 years for the Nobel committee to acknowledge one of the key developments in biology... [Read More]

Viable mouse eggs made from stem cells

08 October 2012 - by Sarah Guy

A team of Japanese researchers has created mouse eggs from stem cells and has fertilised them using IVF to produce baby mice. It is the first time scientists have reported producing properly functioning eggs using this type of stem cell.... [Read More]

Professors Gurdon and Yamanaka awarded Nobel Prize for work on stem cells

08 October 2012 - by Antony Blackburn-Starza

Professor Sir John Gurdon of the University of Cambridge has been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on stem cells. He shares the prize for medicine or physiology with Professor Shinya Yamanaka from Japan... [Read More]

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Events using this Glossary Item

 

Twin Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine and Stem Cell Biology and Technology
23 September 2009  Razi International Conference Centre, Tehran, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Hemmat Highway 14496, Tehran, Iran
The Royan Institute's 10th Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine and 5th Congress on Stem Cell Biology and Technology... [Read More]


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