Cells equipped with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIOs) can be directed to a specific location by an external magnetic field, which is beneficial for tissue repair. Researchers have now ...

Several studies have demonstrated that SPIO-labeled stem cells migrate into a brain or spinal cord lesion after transplantation; MRI detection was confirmed by histological analysis with iron staining ...

Figure 1: Contrasting predictions regarding stem cell labelling on the basis of the immortal strand model versus random chromosome segregation. To address the possibility that the HSCs in the above ...

A Southern Baptist seminary president has termed findings that embryonic stem cell treatments might have improved the vision of two blind patients "downright ominous." Might is the key word, said ...

(Nanowerk News) An EU-funded project has investigated the potential of stem cell-based replacement therapy for prevention of end stage renal disease. The work involved the design of a new type of ...

Nanomedicine. 2008;3(4):567-578. Tracking of stem cell migration is not limited to NSCs/progenitor cells. It is also possible to study the migration of stem cells labeled with SPIONs in other systems, ...

This press release is also available in French. October 3, 2005 –Using an animal model, a research team led by Yann Barrandon at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) and the CHUV ...

A research team led by Yann Barrandon at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) and the Lausanne University Hospital has discovered that the hair follicle contains true multipotent stem ...

Stem cells hold the promise of of healing injuries and defects in humans and animals, but scientists are still trying to determine the best way to get the stem cells to the defects, and how to ...

In the brain of adult mammals neural stem cells ensure that new nerve cells, i.e. neurons, are constantly formed. This process, known as adult neurogenesis, helps mice maintain their sense of smell. A ...

Some of the most spectacular discoveries about stem cells lately have come from the dawning realization that embryos are not the only source of these biological miracle workers. Just about everywhere ...