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Using own skin cells to repair hearts on horizon: Biomedical scientist brings stem cell research to university
A heart patient's own skin cells soon could be used to repair damaged cardiac tissue thanks to pioneering stem cell research of the University of Houston's newest biomedical scientist, Robert Schwartz. His new technique for reprogramming human skin cells puts him at the forefront of a revolution in medicine that could one day lead to treatments for Alzheimer's, diabetes, muscular dystrophy and many other diseases.
Tool to measure severity of chronic graft-vs.-host disease symptoms
Researchers have developed a new assessment tool to measure the severity of symptoms that can complicate stem cell transplantation. The tool assesses symptoms resulting from chronic graft-vs.-host disease (cGVHD).
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Wide variety of genetic splicing in embryonic stem cells identified
Like homing in to an elusive radio frequency in a busy city, human embryonic stem cells must sort through a seemingly endless number of options to settle on the specific genetic message, or station, that instructs them to become more-specialized cells in the body. Now researchers have shown that this tuning process is accomplished in part by restricting the number of messages, called transcripts, produced from each gene.
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