Category Archives: Mesenchymal Stem Cells

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Stem cells taken from a patients own body fat may one day be used to treat a deadly brain cancer, based on some promising but still preliminary research. The brain tumor known as glioblastoma occurs mostly in men, and most patients dont live much more than a year after being diagnosed. Most of the cancer can be removed by surgery, but unfortunately we just cant cure the cancer, and we have to rely on other techniques to be able to do it, says Johns Hopkins University neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiones-Hinojosa. He and his colleagues are trying to improve a treatment aimed at the cancer cells left behind after most of the tumor is cut away in surgery. In recent years, doctors have focused on a kind of adult stem cell called mesenchymal stem cells, which are drawn to these cancer cells. They can track those cells that are migrating in the human brain, and they can actually deliver a treatment. We can use them as Trojan horses, Quiones said. The mesenchymal stem cells now used on patients come from donor bone marrow. Quiones new idea is to get them from the patients own fat tissue, a procedure which is cheaper and … Continue reading →

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Public release date: 15-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Ivanka Moerkerken i.moerkerken@uroweb.org 31-026-389-0680 European Association of Urology Arnhem, 11 March 2013 - Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells cultivated on the surface of nanofibrous meshes could be a novel therapeutic strategy against post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction (ED), conclude the authors of a study which is to be presented at the 28th Annual EAU Congress later this week. The study was conducted by a group of Korean scientists and will be awarded 3rd prize for best abstract in non-oncology research on the opening day of the congress. During their investigation, the group aimed to examine the differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells cultivated on the surface of nanofibrous meshes (nano-hMSCs) into neuron-like cells and repair of erectile dysfunction using their transplantation around the injured cavernous nerve (CN) of rats. "The objectives of the study reflect a very pertinent need in today's urology practice," said the lead author of the investigation Prof. Y.S. Song of Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine in South Korea. "Post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction results from injury to the cavernous nerve that provides the autonomic input to erectile tissue. It is a common complication after radical prostatectomy which decreases the … Continue reading →

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COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (OSIR), the leading stem cell company focused on developing and marketing products to treat medical conditions in inflammatory, cardiovascular, orthopedic and wound healing markets, announced today that C. Randal Mills, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the 2013 Canaccord Genuity Musculoskeletal Conference on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. ET (8:30 a.m. CT) in Chicago. A live webcast of the presentation may be accessed through the Investors page of the Companys website at http://www.Osiris.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for one week following the conference. Also, if in Chicago, please visit Osiris at booth 207 of McCormick Place for the Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 20-22. About Osiris Therapeutics Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., having developed the worlds first approved stem cell drug, Prochymal, is the leading stem cell company. The company is focused on developing and marketing products to treat medical conditions in inflammatory, cardiovascular, orthopedic and wound healing markets. In Biosurgery, Osiris currently markets Grafix for acute and chronic wounds, and Ovation and Cartiform for orthopedic applications. Osiris is a fully integrated company with capabilities in research, development, manufacturing and … Continue reading →

Featured Article Academic Journal Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Stem Cell Research;Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 13 Mar 2013 - 3:00 PDT Current ratings for: Patient's Own Fat Cells May Help Fight Deadly Brain Cancer 5 (1 votes) 5 (2 votes) Study leader Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa and colleagues, from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, write about their findings in the 12 March issue of the online open access journal PLOS ONE. The current standard treatments are chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, but even when patients receive all three they rarely live more than 18 months after diagnosis. Glioblastomas are not easy to remove. While the surgeon may remove as much of the tumor as possible, there is a risk that some stray cancer cells are left behind in areas that are difficult to reach. These particularly nimble cancer cells migrate across the entire brain and form new tumors. This ability to migrate rapidly to other parts of the brain is thought to be the main reason for the low rate of cure in this type of cancer. In a 2012 issue of PloS Biology, researchers report finding a protein that may reveal how glioblastoma … Continue reading →

Washington, March 13 (IANS) A new study has found that stem cells from the patient's own body fat could help seek out and destroy cancer cells in a type of brain tumour. Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found the stem cells from body fat may have the potential to deliver new treatments directly into the brain after the surgical removal of a glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain tumour. According to investigators, the mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have an unexplained ability to seek out damaged cells, such as those involved in cancer, and may provide clinicians a new tool for accessing difficult-to-reach parts of the brain where cancer cells can hide and proliferate anew. The researchers say harvesting MSCs from fat is less invasive and less expensive than getting them from bone marrow, a more commonly studied method, reports Science Daily. Results of the Johns Hopkins proof-of-principle study are described online in the journal PLOS ONE. "The biggest challenge in brain cancer is the migration of cancer cells. Even when we remove the tumour, some of the cells have already slipped away and are causing damage somewhere else," says study leader Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, professor of neurosurgery, … Continue reading →

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