Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells: a Promising Therapeutic Resource for Cell-Based Regenerative Therapy. Antonucci I, Pantalone A, Tetè S, Salini V, Borlongan CV, Hess D, Stuppia L. Abstract Stem cells have been proposed as a powerful tool in the treatment of several human diseases, both ...

Cell-replacement therapy and neural repair in the retina. Schmeer CW, Wohl SG, Isenmann S. Abstract Visual impairment severely affects the quality of life of patients and their families and is also associated with a deep economic impact. The most common pathologies responsible for visual im...

Exp Dermatol. ٢٠١٠ Aug;١٩(٨):٦٩٧-٧٠٦. Regenerative medicine in dermatology: biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cells, gene transfer and beyond. Dieckmann C, Renner R, Milkova L, Simon JC. Abstract The term 'regenerative medicine' refers to a new and expanding field in biomedical research tha...

J Neurosci Res. ٢٠١١ Oct ٤. doi: ١٠,١٠٠٢/jnr.٢٢٧٤٧. [Epub ahead of print] Müller glial cells induce stem cell properties in retinal progenitors in vitro and promote their further differentiation into photoreceptors. Simón MV, De Genaro P, Abrahan CE, de Los Santos B, Rotstein NP, Polit...

Int J Mol Med. ٢٠١١ Nov;٢٨(٥):٧٤٥-٥٢. doi: ١٠,٣٨٩٢/ijmm.٢٠١١.٧٣٢. Epub ٢٠١١ Jun ٢٧. Induction of dopaminergic neuronal-like cells from CD٤٤+ human amniotic fluids that are ameliorative to behavioral recovery in a Parkinson's disease rat model. Liu T, Guo L, Liu Z, Huang Y, Cheng W. Abstract Park...

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (٢٠١١ Mesenchymal stem cells engineered for cancer therapy Khalid Shah Recent pre-clinical and clinical studies have shown that stem cell-based therapies hold tremendous promise for the treatment of human disease. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are emerging ...

Virology ٤١١ (٢٠١١) ٢٦٠–٢٧٢ Stem cell-based anti-HIV gene therapy Scott G. Kitchen a,c, Saki Shimizu a,b,c, Dong Sung An a,b,c Human stem cell-based therapeutic intervention strategies for treating HIV infection have recently undergone a renaissance as a major focus of investigatio...

Int J Biochem Cell Biol. ٢٠١١ Jun;٤٣(٦):٨٤٣-٦. Epub ٢٠١١ Mar ٣١. Induced pluripotent stem cells: a new technology to study human diseases. Vitale AM, Wolvetang E, Mackay-Sim A. Abstract Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) are somatic cells that have been reprogrammed to a pluripotent stat...

Neurotherapeutics. ٢٠١١ Sep ٩. [Epub ahead of print] Cell-Based Therapy for Neural Disorders - Anticipating Challenges. Chiu AY, Rao MS. Abstract Neurological syndromes, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and...

Mol Cell Endocrinol. ٢٠١٠ Jul ٨;٣٢٣(١):٥٥-٦١. Epub ٢٠٠٩ Dec ٢١. Cell therapy for diabetes: stem cells, progenitors or beta-cell replication Gonez LJ, Knight KR. Abstract The cure for type ١ diabetes (T١D) will require either the replacement or regeneration of insulin-producing cells, together wi...

Mitochondrial gene replacement in human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitors. Iyer S, Xiao E, Alsayegh K, Eroshenko N, Riggs MJ, Bennett JP Jr, Rao RR. Abstract Human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor (hNP) cells are an excellent resource for understanding early neural d...

Pediatr Res. ٢٠٠٨ May;٦٣(٥):٤٦١-٦. Stem cells bioprocessing: an important milestone to move regenerative medicine research into the clinical arena. Polak JM, Mantalaris S. Abstract Regenerative Medicine is a new, multidisciplinary field that combines expertise in biology, chemistry, engineering,...

Stem Cell Res. ٢٠١١ Jan;٦(١):٦٠-٩. Epub ٢٠١٠ Aug ٢٧. Unrestricted somatic stem cells (USSC) from human umbilical cord blood display uncommitted epigenetic signatures of the major stem cell pluripotency genes. Santourlidis S, Wernet P, Ghanjati F, Graffmann N, Springer J, Kriegs C, Zhao X, Brands J...

Neurotherapeutics. ٢٠١١ Oct ٦. [Epub ahead of print] Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapy for Huntington's Disease: Technical, Immunological, and Safety Challenges. Nicoleau C, Viegas P, Peschanski M, Perrier AL. Abstract Intra-striatal transplantation of homotypic fetal tissue at the time of pea...

Rev Diabet Stud. ٢٠١٠ Summer;٧(٢):١٦٨-٨٢. Epub ٢٠١٠ Aug ١٠. Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells and islet-like cell clusters generated from these cells as a novel source for stem cell therapy in diabetes. Kadam S, Muthyala S, Nair P, Bhonde R. Abstract Placental tissue holds great prom...