• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Refractory Crohn's Disease: Should It Be Considered? (mdpi.com)
  • Aim: To report our experience with ALOHT in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), analyzing patient age at transplantation in different periods and transplant results in different age groups. (scielo.org)
  • This made it feasible to correct some disorders by transplantation of the required cells, rather than a whole organ. (bruker.com)
  • Transplantation of haematopoietic stem cells has been successfully used to restore blood cells lost to disease, eg, leukaemia, or destroyed during chemotherapy 1 . (bruker.com)
  • The transplantation of insulin-producing cells from the pancreatic islets is emerging as a potential treatment for certain subgroups of patients with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. (bruker.com)
  • For this reason, pancreatic islets are labelled prior to transplantation so they can be imaged once in situ 3 .Transplanted stem cells labelled with 19 fluorine ( 19 F) have been effectively quantified by MRI 4 . (bruker.com)
  • Ichii H, Ricordi C. Current status of islet cell transplantation. (bruker.com)
  • The use of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the most potent immunotherapeutic treatment for hematologic diseases, but its practical use is impeded by acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). (cryostem.org)
  • Given the potential importance of MAIT cells in control of microbial infections and protection of epithelial surfaces, we investigated MAIT cell reconstitution in 43 children who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) after myeloablative conditioning for the treatment of malignant hematological disease. (cryostem.org)
  • Living-related conjunctival limbal allograft (lr-CLAL) is a type of ocular stem cell transplantation (OSST) that treats limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD). (aao.org)
  • This option of ocular stem cell transplantation is ideal for patients with bilateral LSCD or unilateral LSCD where the fellow eye is a poor donor. (aao.org)
  • Background: Stem cells are of two types: embryonic and adult stem cells and they act as a repair system by replenishing body tissue. (benthamscience.com)
  • Discussion: Activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway decreases the concentration of apoptotic factors, while the HIF pathway protects stem cells against the micro-environment of tissue (hypoxia). (benthamscience.com)
  • Ramalingam, M. Surface functionalization of nanobiomaterials for application in stem cell culture, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. (benthamscience.com)
  • If there are intact cells in this tissue they have been 'stored' frozen. (wikiquote.org)
  • It is also our view that there are no sound reasons for treating the early-stage human embryo or cloned human embryo as anything special, or as having moral status greater than human somatic cells in tissue culture. (wikiquote.org)
  • White blood cells of the donor's immune system which remain within the donated tissue (the graft) recognize the recipient (the host) as foreign (non-self). (wikipedia.org)
  • The white blood cells present within the transplanted tissue then attack the recipient's body's cells, which leads to GvHD. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast to organ/tissue transplant associated GvHD, the incidence of TA-GvHD is increased with HLA matching (first-degree or close relatives). (wikipedia.org)
  • Improved biotechnologies have made it possible to extract purified cells from donated tissue. (bruker.com)
  • Lr-CLAL transplants allogenic limbal and conjunctival tissue with goblet cells from a matched living relative. (aao.org)
  • There is, however, the risk that the transplanted islets may be damaged by the recipient's cellular immune response, which caused diabetes in the first place. (bruker.com)
  • Shende, P. Role of liposome-based stem cells for multimodal cancer therapy. (benthamscience.com)
  • What's more: the bioethicists and experts questioned regard a womb transplant and a possible pregnancy that would follow as a kind of therapy for trans MtF people, which would consolidate their self-perception of themselves as women and alleviate the discomfort of their dysphoria. (feministpost.it)
  • Cell Therapy for Parkinsons Disease: What Next? (lu.se)
  • The number of patients requiring organ transplants, however, continues to exceed the availability of donated organs 1 . (bruker.com)
  • The efficiency of transplanted stem cells reduces due to conditions like hypoxia, inflammation, nutrient deprivation, immunogenicity, extracellular matrix loss on delivery and mechanical stress. (benthamscience.com)
  • Given that we have an efficiency of 1% cloning for livestock species and if only one in a thousand cells are viable then around 100,000 cells would need to be transferred. (wikiquote.org)
  • A year ago the news that a surgeon from New Delhi would soon attempted uterine transplant in a man who identifies as a transgender woman, operation never before successfully performed on a male body, success that has already been recorded in women with infertility problems attributable to uterine problems. (feministpost.it)
  • Panacea Global Hair Services has emerged as the leading Hair Transplant Clinic in Delhi providing hair restoration services in India. (onlinehairclinic.com)
  • GvHD is commonly associated with bone marrow transplants and stem cell transplants . (wikipedia.org)
  • GvHD occurs when the donor's immune system's white blood cells reject the recipient. (wikipedia.org)
  • [11] About one-third to one-half of allogeneic transplant recipients will develop acute GvHD. (wikipedia.org)
  • Neither pre-transplant clinical characteristics nor transplant characteristics are reliably predictive of GvHD outcomes. (cryostem.org)
  • Stem cells differentiate into different types of cells, such as neural, hematopoietic, adipose, etc. and are used for the treatment of various conditions like myocardial infarction, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease and diabetes. (benthamscience.com)
  • The idea to use transplants of dopa- ment of protocols that allow generation of fully functional mine-producing cells to substitute for the lost midbrain and safe midbrain dopamine neurons from stem cells. (lu.se)
  • VM), showed that the recovery of motor functions induced implanted either (1) as a solid piece in the lateral ven- by the grafted fetal dopamine neurons was well cor- tricle6 or a cortical cavity8 adjacent to the denervated related with the extent of graft-derived reinnervation caudate-putamen, or (2) as a crude cell suspension of the host caudate-putamen. (lu.se)
  • Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) express genes associated with pluripotency, have the capacity for infinite expansion, and can differentiate into cells from all three germ layers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • GS-2 iPSCs showed the capacity to differentiate into cells of the hematopoietic lineage. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Today they would be 90 uterus transplants performed worldwide from the end of 2021, with the birth of around 50 children. (feministpost.it)
  • The acute or fulminant form of the disease (aGvHD) is normally observed within the first 10 to 100 days post-transplant, [9] [10] and is a major challenge to transplants owing to associated morbidity and mortality. (wikipedia.org)
  • Los Angeles hair transplant surgeon, Dr. Parsa Mohebi, founder of Parsa Mohebi Hair Restoration, recently published the results of a new study that examines the use of hair transplants to treat psoriasis. (onlinehairclinic.com)
  • Griscelli syndrome type 2 (GS-2) is a rare, autosomal recessive immune deficiency syndrome caused by a mutation in the RAB27A gene, which results in the absence of a protein involved in vesicle trafficking and consequent loss of function of in particular cytotoxic T and NK cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Microporation may thus be considered a suitable labelling procedure when fast cell labelling is desired. (bruker.com)
  • We then evaluated them periodically in a 7 to 15 month time period after the hair transplant procedure. (onlinehairclinic.com)
  • Upon bacterial stimulation, MAIT cells display immediate effector activity, namely production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNFα, IFNγ, IL-17) and cytotoxicity. (cryostem.org)
  • The mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like T cells with restricted T cell receptor (TCR) usage, which are preferentially localized in mucosal tissues (liver, lung and gut) and respond to microbial infection by rapidly producing cytokines and cytotoxic effectors. (cryostem.org)
  • However, in sickle cell disease (SCD) primarily due to repeated blood transfusions and hemolysis-induced recycling of iron, its supplementation during pregnancy remains questionable and may be harmful. (scielo.br)
  • Pregnancy and sickle cell anemia (SCA) were diagnosed using standard protocols. (scielo.br)
  • Conclusion: The current study shows iron sufficiency in most cases of pregnancy with SCA and suggests that evaluation of iron status must be made before initiating iron prophylaxis in pregnant women with SCA, especially in regions having a high prevalence of sickle cell hemoglobinopathy. (scielo.br)
  • All GS-2 iPSC clones displayed a normal karyotype (46XX or 46XY) and were shown to express the same RAB27A gene mutation that was present in the original somatic donor cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Donor eyes should also be carefully examined for subtle stem cell deficiency (i.e. late fluorescein staining). (aao.org)
  • Induction of LSCD in the donor eye may be prevented by harvesting 2 to 2.5 clock hours of limbal stem cells per conjunctival-limbal segment, with a total amount harvested less than 5 clock hours [10] . (aao.org)
  • the donor.4,11 In the case of nerve cells obtained from either delivery of dopamine released from cells the developing central nervous system (CNS), the opti- implanted into the ventricle, adjacent to the stria- mal age was shown to be at, or close to, the cell-cycle tum,6,7 or restoration of synaptic dopamine release exit. (lu.se)
  • In our program, transplants with age- adjusted conditioning are performed in patients until 70 years old. (scielo.org)
  • Objectives: Describe and evaluate the perception of the prejudice against the disease and its impact on the quality of life of patients with sickle cell disease. (scielo.br)
  • Our study actively sought out patients with scalp psoriasis and we transplanted hair into, or in close proximity, to psoriatic lesions so we could elicit a response. (onlinehairclinic.com)
  • After examining the results on the patients, Dr. Mohebi said, "We have documented evidence of clearance of the scalp psoriatic lesions seen in all three of the patients after they had one hair transplant. (onlinehairclinic.com)
  • These cells can be used in future studies for the development of novel treatment options and to study the pathophysiology of GS-2 disease. (biomedcentral.com)
  • ABSTRACT Introduction: The perception of prejudice against, and stigmatization of, sickle cell disease (SCD) leads the patient to perceive a different treatment, due to the disease stigma and maybe related to a worse quality of life (QoL). (scielo.br)
  • Dr. Mohebi also noted that his office plans to offer hair transplants for treatment of this skin condition in addition to their other hair transplant options. (onlinehairclinic.com)
  • Results: To increase the viability of stem cells, techniques like scaffolds of stem cells with hydrogel or alginate, pre-conditioning, different routes of administration and encapsulation, are implemented. (benthamscience.com)
  • Are other atypical white blood cells an asset to address complications? (cryostem.org)
  • Methods: This article focuses on recent research development that addresses the viability issues of stem cells. (benthamscience.com)
  • Especially in cases where sufficient cells cannot be obtained due to the rarity of the disorder, iPSC models have shown great potential in providing research material to develop new treatments or diagnostics, but also to study the pathophysiology of the diseases [ 10 , 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Sozzi E, Nilsson F, Kajtez J, Parmar M, Fiorenzano A. Generation of Human Ventral Midbrain Organoids Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells . (lu.se)
  • In addition, the desire of trans MtF people - which can be turned into an 'inclusive' right - and the legislative profile of the issue are discussed. (feministpost.it)
  • However, lr-CLAL has also shown potential to stabilize the ocular surface in these cases by providing limbal and conjunctival stem cells where prior KLAL has failed [7] . (aao.org)
  • In type 1 diabetes , autoimmune attack renders the cells of the pancreas unable to produce insulin. (bruker.com)
  • Once transplanted, the cells will then produce and release insulin into the bloodstream of the recipient. (bruker.com)
  • In certain circumstances, MAIT cells are also able to produce IL-22, a cytokine involved in gut epithelial protection during inflammatory intestinal damage. (cryostem.org)
  • Aifantis, I. Regulation of stem cell function by protein ubiquitylation. (benthamscience.com)
  • Common signs and symptoms may stem from decreased hepatic synthetic function (eg, coagulopathy), portal hypertension (eg, variceal bleeding), or decreased detoxification capabilities of the liver (eg, hepatic encephalopathy). (medscape.com)
  • Teixeira, A.L. Stem cells in animal models of Huntington disease: A systematic review. (benthamscience.com)
  • However, if we think back to what actually happened to the animal - it died, even if from the cold, the cells in the body would have taken some time to freeze. (wikiquote.org)
  • This time lag would allow for breakdown of the cells, which normally happens when any animal dies. (wikiquote.org)
  • Let's say that one in a thousand cells were nevertheless viable, practical issues come into play. (wikiquote.org)
  • The envious dream of all time -to be able to have children without women, to erase mothers, in short, the Grail- is getting closer and closer to being realised: in five to ten years' time, even biologically male trans people will be able to receive a womb transplant and conduct a gestation. (feministpost.it)
  • The use of hair transplants could help provide relief to millions of people suffering from psoriasis scalp lesions that are resistant to more conventional treatments. (onlinehairclinic.com)
  • It is therefore important that the pancreatic islet transplant is monitored. (bruker.com)
  • This new labelling methodology achieved fast, safe and effective labelling of pancreatic islet cells 5 . (bruker.com)