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The recent findings of a placebo-controlled human clinical trial give new hope to spinal cord injury victims, as they clearly show that a combination of stem cells and physical therapy can partially restore both sensory and motor functions. The study was conducted by a team of researchers, led by Hatem E. Sabaawy, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.Full Story
El-Kheir WA, Gabr H, Awad MR, Ghannam O, Barakat Y, Farghali HA, Maadawi ZM, Ewes I & Sabaawy HE (2013). Autologous bone marrow-derived cell therapy combined with physical therapy induces functional improvement in chronic spinal cord injury patients., Cell transplantation, PMID: 23452836
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In a recent preclinical study on rabbits, researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway showed that administering allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) has the potential to speed up wound recovery in diabetic patients. The study may help one day help treat wounds of diabetic patients, especially the ones presenting with diabetic foot ulcers, which often lead to debilitating leg amputations.Full Story
O'Loughlin, A., Kulkarni, M., Creane, M., Vaughan, E., Mooney, E., Shaw, G., Murphy, M., Dockery, P., Pandit, A. & O'Brien, T. & (2013). Topical Administration of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells Seeded in a Collagen Scaffold Augments Wound Healing and Increases Angiogenesis in the Diabetic Rabbit Ulcer, Diabetes, DOI: 10.2337/db12-1822
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Read IUMB Life‘s Special Issue on Biointeractomics Filed under: Cell & Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Tagged: aside, Biointeractomics, Cell & Molecular Biology, Life Sciences
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Biologists from the University of Freiburg, Germany just made an announcement saying that they have identified, in a zebrafish model, a signalling molecule that activates the first cell movements in the embryo, explaining the deeper molecular mechanisms which transform the initially tightly connected embryonic stem cells so that their very first cell migration takes place.Full Story
Song, S., Eckerle, S., Onichtchouk, D., Marrs, J., Nitschke, R. & Driever, W. (2013). Pou5f1-Dependent EGF Expression Controls E-Cadherin Endocytosis, Cell Adhesion, and Zebrafish Epiboly Movements, Developmental Cell, 24 (5) 486-501. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.01.016
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An elderly woman presented for evaluation to the rheumatology service with arthritis and neuropathy. She was hypertensive and had microscopic hematuria with dysmorphic red cells on microscopy. Her creatinine was 1.6 which had not changed in the previous year. She had no history of diabetes. Her serology was notable for a positive ANCA, elevated CRP and ANA 1:640. The sense was that despite the presence of the ANCA, the likelihood of a vasculitis was low due to the indolent course but she went
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…from Tasha So last week I had a completely useless week work-wise. I got lots of little things done and had some big life events (I’m an Australian citizen now!!) but I really didn’t complete what I thought I would. The ironic thing is that last week I had finally felt like I had caught [...]
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Improving housing can improve health, particularly when interventions are targeted at those in the poorest health, according to a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. The authors say their review underscores the importance of targeting those most in need when devising programmes for housing improvement. Despite a wealth of research linking housing to health, … Continue reading »
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Michael J. Curtis of King’s College London, UK Appointed as Editor-in-Chief John Wiley & Sons, Inc., The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) and the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) announced today their partnership to publish the new open access, peer-reviewed journal, Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, which will open for submissions in April 2013. … Continue reading »
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As the world’s leading society publisher, Wiley–Blackwell has a long history of partnering with the eminent learned and professional societies, bringing you the most authoritative, and comprehensive Computer Science & IT, Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science, Physics and Astronomy, Statistics & Mathematics through an extensive portfolio of journals, books, reference works, databases in specialized subject … Continue reading »
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In this Urban Studies Update, we’re featuring a collection of research related to the Urban Affairs Association Conference as well as a free online trial for Urban Studies journals for 30 days. For future Urban Studies research, don’t forget to subscribe via email so you don’t miss out on new and important research in your … Continue reading »
