Most Recent Research Presented By NIH
- 2012 January 24: Preliminary Report – Stem Cell-Derived Treatments for Eye Disease. This has only been through Phase 1 clinical trials therefore, there is still further research to be done.
- 2012 February 26: Women May Be Able to Make New Eggs: The research conducted showed adult female mice are able to make new eggs. Recent evidence demonstrates that women of reproductive age are also able to make new eggs. This knowledge was used to identify these kinds of cells in adult ovaries that can still divide, be grown in a lab and appear as mature eggs. Further testing must be done to confirm these results which may have the capability of treating infertility.
- 2012 March 27: Arsenic turns stem cells cancerous.
- 2012 September 12: Brains of Deaf Adult Gerbils Respond to Sound after Implant of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Early Ear Cells: Scientists now hope to refine this technique to treat deafness in humans.
- 2012 October 4: Eggs Generated from Mouse Stem Cells Produce Live Mice: This report shows the necessary steps to generate a mature oocyte from stem cells. The complicated protocol used to conduct these experiments in mice is not practical for use in humans.
Read more about this topic: Adult Stem Cell
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