Madison company generates stem cells from blood
Cellular Dynamics International's disclosure Wednesday that its researchers have generated stem cells from ordinary human blood See article

Bone marrow cells improve cardiac function
An encouraging study presented at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s (CRF) Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium has shown that transplantation of bone marrow stem cells into the heart improves heart function and blood flow in Heart Attack patients for up to six months. See article

Researchers plan trial for Lou Gehrig's disease therapy: $5 million grant will develop the stem cell treatment.
The mice at the top of a column of stacked plastic bins at Q Therapeutics are shivering so hard they seem to be jumping. Their nonstop shivering and seizures are caused by a genetic defect that robs the mice of the crucial myelin sheath that surrounds nerve cells and helps them send signals. Because of the defect, the mice are soon paralyzed and die prematurely. See article

Scientists multiply blood stem cells
Bone marrow transplants that are delayed because of a lack of blood cells could benefit from a new way of multiplying the cells, scientists in Montreal say. If more bone marrow stem cells were available, it could help the nearly 4,000 people who wait in vain for a bone marrow transplant every year in North America. See article

Stem cell treatment gives hope to Crohn's disease sufferers
Sufferers from the debilitating bowel condition Crohn's disease may be cured using a groundbreaking stem cell treatment, according to the British doctor leading the research. Initial findings from the world's first controlled trial of the procedure have raised hopes that it could banish the disease's symptoms for many years in up to half of the patients who undergo it. See article

Stem Cells May Offer New Way to Treat Blocked Arteries
TUESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- Injecting bone marrow cells into the heart's muscular wall restored blood flow to hearts with blocked arteries for which conventional treatments had proven ineffective, Dutch physicians have reported. See article

Transplants help Type 1 diabetics skip insulin
CHICAGO (Reuters) – People with type 1 diabetes who got stem cell transplants were able to go as long as four years without needing insulin treatments, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. See article

Bone Growth Accelerated With Nanotubes And Stem Cells
ScienceDaily, Feb. 1, 2009 — Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have come up with a way to help accelerate bone growth through the use of nanotubes and stem cells. This new finding could lead to quicker and better recovery, for example, for patients who undergo orthopedic surgery. See article

Stem cell transplants show promise for MS: study
CHICAGO (Reuters), Jan 29, 2009 U.S. researchers have reversed multiple sclerosis symptoms in early stage patients by using bone marrow stem cell transplants to reset the immune system, they said on Thursday. See article

Stem cell treatment could fight Aids
Telegraph,UK, Jan 17, 2009 - Scientists have claimed a breakthrough in the fight against Aids with a pioneering stem cell treatment that protects the immune system from the virus that causes the disease. See article