stem cell news 110627-0705

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+ x4 S; O8 U% l“Blastocyst complementation across species had never been tested before, but we have now shown that it can work.”--Professor Hiromitsu Nakauchi, director of the centre for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the University of Tokyo in Japan.
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8 }6 W* {+ v! s6 K; {“Our dream was to make a better tool, a viral vector to pop these genes into cells and do the equivalent of the University of Kyoto experiment that was better, safer, more efficient, and allowed translation to human beings in a way that was very simple and elegant.”--Pulmonary specialist Darrell Kotton, a MED associate professor of medicine.7 O  K. J& k/ U
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"The future for stem cell applications is indeed promising, although there are no assurances that cures will be found. However, there is scientific consensus that time and innovation, combined with a dose of serendipity, will lead to the cures people deserve."-- Dr. John Sladek, a professor of the University of Colorado College of Medicine's Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics.
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: z" Q5 i3 @4 L. z8 C* o"We already knew that enriching environments are neurogenic, but ours is the first report that neural stem cells, currently thought of as 'quiescent,' can accumulate in the live animal. Since this was revealed simply by changing the animal's living conditions, we think that it is an adaptation to stressful environments. When conditions turn more favorable, the stockpiled stem cells have the opportunity to produce more neurons—a form of 'neurons on demand."--Alex Dranovsky, MD, PhD, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center.3 b" X& e$ |. Y0 P3 h: N

2 g7 G' j( ^5 W) R1 U! H3 f“By understanding and identifying the tumour-initiating cells and how they differ from the rest of the body, as well as from the rest of the cancer, companies can design drugs that are more effective at getting at the roots of the disease.”--Elaine Fuchs of Rockefeller University.! J; R  }) j0 ?1 h

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