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. 2010 Aug;19(8):697-706. 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. 2011 Oct 4. doi: 10.1002/jnr.22747. [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. 2011 Nov;28(5):745-52. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.732. Epub 2011 Jun 27. Induction of dopaminergic neuronal-like cells from CD44+ 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 (2011 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 411 (2011) 260–272 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. 2011 Jun;43(6):843-6. Epub 2011 Mar 31. 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. 2011 Sep 9. [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. 2010 Jul 8;323(1):55-61. Epub 2009 Dec 21. Cell therapy for diabetes: stem cells, progenitors or beta-cell replication Gonez LJ, Knight KR. Abstract The cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D) 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. 2008 May;63(5):461-6. 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. 2011 Jan;6(1):60-9. Epub 2010 Aug 27. 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. 2011 Oct 6. [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. 2010 Summer;7(2):168-82. Epub 2010 Aug 10. 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...

Odontology. 2011 Jul;99(2):105-11. Epub 2011 Jul 31. Potential feasibility of dental stem cells for regenerative therapies: stem cell transplantation and whole-tooth engineering. Nakahara T. Abstract Multipotent mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow are expected to be a somatic stem cell sourc...