Bone marrow therapy may help treat chronic heart disease
Alicia Chung
Bone marrow cells injected directly into patients' heart muscles result in better blood flow and function
Published online: 04 June 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.79
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Stem-cell transplant wipes out HIV
Heidi Ledford
But the treatment is too risky to help most who are infected with the virus.
Published online: 11 February 2009; doi:10.1038/news.2009.93
Green light for UK stem-cell trial
Helen Pilcher
Stroke patients to be treated with tailor-made brain cells.
Published online: 19 January 2009; doi:10.1038/news.2009.41
How different progenitor cells are called from the bone marrow
Alicia Chung
VEGF prompts cells to get out and help
Published online: 29 January 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.20
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Stem cells and neurodegenerative disease: cool science and scepticism
Monya Baker
Three recent papers and questions for clinical translation
Published online: 09 April 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.54
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Stem cell–studded scaffolding fills holes left by simulated strokes in rat brains
Monya Baker
Nanoparticles coated with stem cells aid cell delivery
Published online: 09 April 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.55
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Human interneurons engraft in a rat model of Lou Gehrig's disease
Monya Baker
Electron microscopy reveals functioning synapses
Published online: 09 April 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.56
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Stem cells delay disease onset in mice with neurodegenerative disease
Monya Baker
Transplanted cells from biotech company detoxify poisoned brains, at least for awhile
Published online: 10 September 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.119
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Melissa Carpenter: making stem cells for many, safely
Monya Baker
Barriers must be overcome to move cell therapies from the laboratory to the clinic
Published online: 27 August 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.113
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Building bones from stem cells
Simone Alves
An analysis finds tissue-specific stem cells make chemically and functionally different bone than embryonic ones
Published online: 13 August 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.108
Irving Weissman: creating a standard for stem cell therapies and culturing the unorthodox
Monya Baker
The new president of the ISSCR says that to move forward, the field must think outside the box
Published online: 13 August 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.107
Heart, heal thyself
Monya Baker
A mouse study finds that, surprisingly, heart muscle can be made to proliferate.
Published online: 30 July 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.101
Mother of all heart cells
Monya Baker
Clues about how human hearts form hint at routes to cell-based therapies.
Published online: 30 July 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.102
Gene therapy combined with reprogramming makes disease-free cells
Monya Baker
Cells containing mutations for Fanconi anaemia can be repaired and reprogrammed
Published online: 11 June 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.81
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The cell that might save sight
Amber Dance
Why stem-cell therapy could start with the eyes
Published online: 11 June 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.82
Diabetes stem-cell treatment looks to cell capsules
Amy Coombs
Finding the right way to protect cells, and intellectual property, will be key for getting cell therapy to patients
Published online: 28 May 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.78
Full Text - Diabetes stem-cell treatment looks to cell capsules
Getting blood stem cells to the heart
Simone Alves
Improving engraftment increases survival in a mouse model
Published online: 16 April 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.59
Bone marrow stem cells, surgery assessed for spinal cord injury
Monya Baker
Eight patients report improvement after surgery that included infusions of their own bone marrow stem cells
Published online: 09 April 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.57
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Carbon dating shows humans make new heart cells
Monya Baker
The cold war helps settle a hot debate about how hearts grow
Published online: 09 April 2009; doi:10.1038/stemcells.2009.58
