Stem cell advance has scientists buzzing: What does it mean?

From HealthPop.com by Ryan Jaslow (CBS/AP) Scientists are buzzing about a new stem cell breakthrough that they think could lead to personalized treatments for major diseases. What’s the breakthrough? Scientists say they’ve successfully cloned a human embryo that can create customized stem cells. For the study – published in the October 5 issue of Nature– detailed … Read more

#1000 – from the Eretz

Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world  Tel Aviv University‘s Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine isolated oral mucosa cells and manipulated them into stem cells.  These cells do not seem to age along with the rest of our bodies,researchers say.  Read … Read more

What goes on in Vegas, doesn’t necessarily stay in Vegas – uh oh!!!!

Research into the collection and use of dental stem cells are in the early phase,but already some are saying the future is promising. In Las Vegas,a couple of dentists will pull children’s teeth to ship them off so the stem cells could be harvested. “It’s a pretty easy process,” dentist Joshua Saxe said. “We just … Read more