New technology May Raise the quality of stem cells Found in regenerative medicine Kumar Jeetendra | July 8, 2020 Stem cells have been holding great promise for regenerative medicine for ages. In the last decade, many studies have revealed this form of cell, which in Spanish is called”mother cell” due to its ability to contribute to various different cell types, may be applied in regenerative medicine to diseases such as muscle and nervous system …
Study: Anti-microRNA sedate essentially lessens miR-92a levels in human peripheral blood Kumar Jeetendra | August 12, 2020 A single intravenous dose of MRG-110, an anti-microRNA drug, significantly reduced miR-92a levels from the blood of healthy humans. “According to documented, promising therapeutic possible, locked nucleic acid (LNA)-based anti-miR-92a was further developed and tested in a first in human analysis,” said Stefanie Dimmeler, PhD, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany and coauthors. “MRG-110 caused de-repression of …
Amniotic liquid undifferentiated cells may prompt better treatment for ischemic stroke Kumar Jeetendra | October 7, 2020 A study published today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine points the way to a potential new avenue of treatment for ischemic stroke. The study, led by Annamaria Cimini, Ph.D., of the University of L’Aquila, and Liborio Stuppia, M.D., of D’Annunzio University, Italy, shows how the secretome of amniotic fluid stem cells can restore neuronal plasticity …
Boosting a characteristic cell cycle could bring down ventilator-related lung damage Kumar Jeetendra | January 12, 2021 An unfortunate truth about the use of mechanical ventilation to save the lives of patients in respiratory distress is that the pressure used to inflate the lungs is very likely to cause further lung damage. In a new study, scientists identified a molecule that’s produced by immune cells during mechanical ventilation to try to decrease …
Pancreatic β cell-inferred exosomal miR-29s control glucose homeostasis Kumar Jeetendra | January 24, 2021 In a new study published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Chen-Yu Zhang’s team at Nanjing University, School of Life Sciences, and Antonio Vidal-Puig’s group at University of Cambridge report that pancreatic β cells secrete miR-29 family members (miR-29s) via exosomes in reaction to high levels of free fatty acids (FFAs). Formerly, Chen-Yu Zhang’s team identified …