By ASHLEY WELCH, CBS NEWS, January 27, 2016 It’s a pursuit that seems more like the plot of a science fiction movie than an actual goal of serious researchers around the world. But a number of scientists are fiercely working toward what was once only attainable in fables and fairy tales: they want to end…
CBS NEWS, By MARY BROPHY MARCUS, December 17, 2015, 2:04 PM Science magazine has unveiled its 2015 “Breakthrough of the Year” and the winner is a gene-editing technology that experts say will change life as we know it — potentially revolutionizing medicine, basic science, and agriculture. The gene-editing tool called CRISPR — derived from a…
CBS NEWS, November 05, 2015 DALLAS — Legendary Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett was diagnosed in 2013 with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to depression, dementia and to suicides of NFL players, CBS Dallas reports. Two years later, Dorsett is trying a controversial stem cell treatment thanks to one…
By ASHLEY WELCH, CBS NEWS October 06, 2015. An experimental gene therapy has improved eyesight in patients with a rare, inherited eye disease that can cause blindness, according to its developer, Spark Therapeutics Inc. The company said it plans to apply to the Food and Drug Administration next year for approval to market the treatment….
By ASHLEY WELCH, CBS NEWS, September 29, 2015 The first patient has received a pioneering human embryonic stem cell operation in the U.K. that doctors hope will be effective against a common cause of blindness. According to a statement released today, the procedure was performed on a 60-year-old woman with a condition called age-related macular…
By BIANCA SEIDMAN, CBS NEWS, June 05, 2015 A rat in Boston received what scientists are calling the first lab-engineered replacement limb. The “bio-artificial” rat forelimb is the result of a research experiment published online in the journal Biomaterials. Starting with the framework of a donor limb, scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital then brought to…
CNN Library, May 30, 2015. Here’s some background information about stem cells. Scientists believe that stem cell research can be used to treat medical conditions including Parkinson’s Disease, spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. About Stem Cells: Stem cell research focuses on embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells….
CBS NEWS, February 27, 2015. Scientists at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are looking at new ways to breathe life into critically endangered animals. They’re collecting samples from thousands of creatures, including rhinos, teetering on the brink of extinction, reports CBS News correspondent John Blackstone. Meet Chutti, a scampering baby rhino who was born…
Японские ученые впервые воссоздали стволовые клетки из человеческой кожи, что, по их мнению, может привести к появлению препаратов, сравнимых с теми, что получают при клонировании человеческих эмбрионов, но без связанных с этим этических проблем. Журнал Cell опубликовал во вторник отчет о работе группы ученых под руководством профессора Синья Яманака из университета Киото. Практически одновременно об…
CNN NEWS, October 23, 2014. A ground-breaking cell transplant has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again, researchers announced Tuesday. Polish man Darek Fidyka, 38, had been left paralyzed from the chest down after a 2010 knife attack caused an 8mm gap in his spinal cord. An initial 13 months of rehabilitation followed by an…