Seaweed Extract May Be Used For Lymphoma Treatment

Seaweed Extract May Be Used For Lymphoma Treatment
DEAD SEA, Jordan — Seaweed extract may eventually emerge as a lymphoma treatment, according to laboratory research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, held here March 7-10, 2010.Lymphoma is a cancer of the immune [...]

In The Future Our Own Skin Cells Could Be Used To Repair Our Hearts

In The Future Our Own Skin Cells Could Be Used To Repair Our Hearts
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 [...]

Tissue Engineering: An Explanation of How Stem Cells Can be Used to Regrow Cartilage

The perpetual search for the Fountain of Youth has both fascinated as well as eluded human beings for centuries.
What has been particularly interesting has been the observation that other species (eg, earthworms, salamanders, etc.) can regenerate severed body parts… but human beings cannot.
The recent surge in interest in tissue engineering has been prompted by the [...]