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Released: 7-Feb-2022 3:00 AM EST
SoxD genes are required for adult neural stem cell activation
Cell Reports

The adult neurogenic niche in the hippocampus is maintained through activation of reversibly quiescent neural stem cells (NSCs) with radial glia-like morphology (RGLs). Here, we show that the expression of SoxD transcription factors Sox5 and Sox6 is …

Released: 7-Feb-2022 3:00 AM EST
The role of TAVR in patients with heart failure: do we have the responses to all questions?
Heart Failure Reviews

… A meta-analysis including 7673 patients undergone to TAVR demonstrated that low stroke-volume index, a parameter of transaortic flow, was related with an increased mortality compared with patients with normal stroke volume index [36] …

Released: 7-Feb-2022 3:00 AM EST
Leveraging interacting signaling pathways to robustly improve the quality and yield of human pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatoblasts and hepatocytes
Stem Cell Reports

Pluripotent stem cell (PSC)-derived hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) have shown great potential as an alternative to primary human hepatocytes (PHHs) for in vitro modeling. Several differentiation protocols have been described to direct PSCs toward the …

Released: 7-Feb-2022 3:00 AM EST
Human pluripotent stem-cell-derived islets ameliorate diabetes in non-human primates
Nature Medicine

… To generate pancreatic β cells, we used human induced pluripotent stem cell lines generated from a chemical reprogramming approach 20,21 , which used extrinsic chemical stimulation to manipulate cell fate by exposing the somatic cells to …

Released: 7-Feb-2022 3:00 AM EST
Generation of the organotypic kidney structure by integrating pluripotent stem cell-derived renal stroma
Nature Communications

… Recent progress in stem cell biology has enabled the generation of “organoids” from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), but most of the currently available organoids lack the organotypic “higher-order structure”, in which functional units are distributed at …

Released: 7-Feb-2022 3:00 AM EST
Stem Cell Educator therapy in type 1 diabetes: From the bench to clinical trials
Autoimmunity Reviews

… Over the last 15 years, we have developed Stem Cell Educator™ therapy for its immediate clinical translational potential to successfully … This comprehensive review will focus on the current progresses of Stem Cell Educator therapy for the …

Released: 7-Feb-2022 3:00 AM EST
Control of stem cell differentiation by using extrinsic photobiomodulation in conjunction with cell adhesion pattern
Scientific Reports

… modulatory effect on stem cell differentiation, … stem cell differentiation while control of cell adhesion morphology could be used to determine the direction of differentiation, so that the two in combination might be able to replace the chemical …

Released: 4-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Morpho-elasticity of human pluripotent stem cell cysts
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

… By engineering a stem cell niche within capsules loaded with very few hiPSCs and by imaging them over long time periods, we solve this puzzle. We find that hiPSCs initially form cysts that grow and thicken, become pseudo-stratified epithelia …

Released: 4-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Loss of miR-31-5p drives hematopoietic stem cell malignant transformation and restoration eliminates leukemia stem cells in mice
Science Translational Medicine

Leukemia stem cells (LSCs) propagate leukemia and are responsible for the high frequency of relapse of treated patients. The ability to target LSCs remains elusive, indicating a need to understand the underlying mechanism of LSC formation. Here …

Released: 4-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Overview of FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel virtual meeting on TriGUARD 3 cerebral embolic protection
Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions

… TAVR is an important therapy for the treatment of severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Despite … TAVR technology, periprocedural stroke remains a complication of TAVR and is associated with morbidity and mortality even in younger low-risk …

Released: 4-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Human skin-resident host T cells can persist long term after allogeneic stem cell transplantation and maintain recirculation potential
Science Immunology

… We expected the immune reconstitution after stem cell transplantation to differentially affect the blood compartment versus the peripheral tissues. We therefore performed immune monitoring of multiple immune cell subsets in both …

Released: 4-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Hematopoietic stem cell-independent differentiation of mast cells from mouse intraembryonic VE-cadherin+ cells
Stem Cells

… a stem cell-independent manner. Mast cells are proposed to originate from intraembryonic hemogenic endothelium, though it is obscure whether the mast cell development is stem cell… develop from intraembryonic hemogenic endothelial …

Released: 4-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Tracking Cell Viability for Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Therapy by Quantitative Fluorescence Imaging in the Second Near-Infrared Window
ACS Nano

… stem cell viability in real-time in vivo. Using this method, we successfully sought two small molecules including glutathione and dexamethasone that could improve stem cell … Therefore, we provide a potential strategy for real-time in vivo …

Released: 4-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Cholinergic signals preserve haematopoietic stem cell quiescence during regenerative haematopoiesis
Nature Communications

… to increased CXCL12 expression and haematopoietic stem cell quiescence. Consequently, nicotine exposure increases endosteal haematopoietic stem cell quiescence in vivo and impairs hematopoietic regeneration after haematopoietic …

Released: 4-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Technical Success Remains the Priority
Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions

… tests noninferiority of TAVR versus surgical aortic valve replacement for a primary endpoint composed of 1-year all-cause mortality, all stroke, and rehospitalization, among women with severe aortic stenosis. Second, patient’s selection remains the …

Newswise: Misleading Reuters Article Further Muddies Ivermectin Debate, Wire Agency Issues Correction
Released: 1-Feb-2022 12:35 PM EST
Misleading Reuters Article Further Muddies Ivermectin Debate, Wire Agency Issues Correction
Newswise

For several hours on Monday, January 31, 2022, a misleading article from news agency Reuters lead to many readers sharing the report on social media as conclusive evidence of ivermectin’s effectiveness against COVID-19, and proof of the alleged conspiracy of suppressed research to blame for the anti-parasite drug’s current lack of approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration.

Released: 1-Feb-2022 10:05 AM EST
Learn To Focus: Meditation for strong and healthy immune system
Newswise

Huge loss in the pandemic for the last two years, everyone is looking for fresh start in 2022. Meditation is proven technique to help keep your mind stable.

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
Scaffold-Free Spheroids with Two-Dimensional Heteronano-Layers (2DHNL) Enabling Stem Cell and Osteogenic Factor Codelivery for Bone Repair
ACS Nano

… stem cell spheroids to facilitate their aggregation and promote osteogenesis for bone tissue-engineering applications. We developed bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (… Altogether, the results obtained from the current study offer an operative …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
Long-Term Effects of Nanoscale Magnetite on Human Forebrain-like Tissue Development in Stem-Cell-Derived Cortical Spheroids
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

… The objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term effects of nanoscale iron oxide exposure on human pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical spheroids that mimic human forebrain-like tissue development. In particular, the cortical spheroids were …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
The role of TAVR in patients with heart failure: do we have the responses to all questions?
Heart Failure Reviews

… A meta-analysis including 7673 patients undergone to TAVR demonstrated that low stroke-volume index, a parameter of transaortic flow, was related with an increased mortality compared with patients with normal stroke volume index [36] …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
Single-cell ATAC-seq of fetal human retina and stem-cell-derived retinal organoids shows changing chromatin landscapes during cell fate acquisition
Cell Reports

… We performed scATAC-seq on human fetal retina and human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived retinal organoids (Table S1), including 7 fetal retinas (2 that were cultured for 4 days in vitro [DIV]) and 5 organoid samples containing approximately …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
Impact of new-onset versus pre-existing atrial fibrillation on outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement/implantation
IJC Heart & Vasculature

… Specifically, NOAF but not pre-AF is associated with a higher risk of 30-day mortality, stroke, and extended LOS after TAVR/TAVI. … Two studies revealed statistically significant findings concerning the incidence of stroke events in patients …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
An Exploration of COVID-19 Impact and Vaccine Hesitancy in Parents of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients
Bone Marrow Transplantation

… This paper presents a cross-sectional analysis of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents of children who have undergone a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Approval was obtained from our local institutional review board to conduct this …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulant and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry
Journal of the American Heart Association

… and use of OAC in patients with TAVR and AF, we excluded all patients with a prior mechanical valve, prior stroke within 1 year, in‐… In an analysis from a large clinical data registry of US patients with AF undergoing TAVR, we found that the 1‐year …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
IL7Rα, but not Flk2, is required for hematopoietic stem cell reconstitution of tissue-resident lymphoid cells
Development

Tissue-resident lymphoid cells (TLCs) span the spectrum of innate-to-adaptive immune function. Unlike traditional, circulating lymphocytes that are continuously generated from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), many TLCs are of fetal origin and …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
Anemia and risk of periprocedural cerebral injury detected by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement
World Journal of Emergency Medicine

… Despite a known high prevalence of anemia and periprocedural stroke risk among TAVR patients, few studies have evaluated the relationship between anemia and new ischemic lesions detected by DW-MRI. In this study, we revealed that …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
The Puzzle of TAVR for Bicuspid AS: Still Missing a Piece?
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

… Second, in a study that reported the occurrence of stroke as a primary outcome, it is notable that there is no reporting on the use of neurologic … This device has shown reduced cerebral lesions on radiographic investigation after TAVR, and was …

Released: 1-Feb-2022 1:00 AM EST
DROSHA but not DICER is required for human haematopoietic stem cell function
Clinical & Translational Immunology

… Murine Todr1 is expressed by a range of stem cell types, including embryonic stem cell and HSCs (not shown). Analysis of an RNAseq dataset and a ChIPseq dataset from human embryonic stem cells confirms that there is transcription of this …

Released: 28-Jan-2022 3:40 PM EST
DeSantis Falsely Claims FDA Pulled Monoclonal Antibodies Without Science to Support Decision
Newswise

When the FDA announced it was no longer authorizing two COVID-19 monoclonal antibody drugs in the U.S., Governor DeSantis, along with a many Republicans objected, saying they did this without data. However, recent lab studies strongly suggest the treatments will not help omicron-infected people.

Released: 26-Jan-2022 1:45 PM EST
The latest news in Behavioral Science for media
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles we've posted in the Behavioral Science channel.

       
Released: 26-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
Update on the Contemporary Treatment of Light Chain Amyloidosis Including Stem Cell Transplantation
The American Journal of Medicine

The management of immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is complex. Emerging data has shown promising results for several novel agents. We review the management of AL amyloidosis including factors that determine transplant eligibility …

Released: 26-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
Long-term follow-up of patients with ATL after autologous stem cell transplantation
Bone Marrow Transplantation

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). Treatment with chemotherapy alone is associated with an extremely poor prognosis. Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) is the only modality shown to achieve long-term …

Released: 26-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles inhibit shoulder stiffness via let-7a/Tgfbr1 axis
Bioactive Materials

… Several types of MSC-EVs were reported in recent years, and in this study, we chose bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived EVs (… Therefore, even AMSC-EVs are relatively easier to obtain [38], BMSC-EV is still the first choice among all these …

Released: 26-Jan-2022 8:00 AM EST
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (sinusoidal obstruction syndrome) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in adult patients: diagnosis, incidence, prophylaxis, and treatment
Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Hepatic veno-occlusive disease/sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (VOD/SOS) affecting the liver is a rare, possibly life-threatening complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Sinusoidal endothelial cell (SEC) damage …

Released: 26-Jan-2022 8:00 AM EST
Stem Cell Factor SOX9 Interacts with a Cell Death Regulator RIPK1 and Results in Escape of Cancer Stem Cell Death
Cells

… , stem cell marker expression, cell invasion, and sphere formation. Furthermore, in vivo knockdown completely inhibited tumor growth in mouse xenograft model. We propose that cytoplasmic SOX9-mediated cell death suppression would contribute to …

Released: 26-Jan-2022 8:00 AM EST
Healing of bone defects by induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells seeded on hydroxyapatite-zirconia
Annals of Translational Medicine

… pluripotent stem cells-mesenchymal stem cell-like cells; … stem cell surface molecular markers (CD34 and CD45), macrophage molecular marker CD14, lymphocyte molecular marker CD19, and HLA-DR (Figure 2), which were in …

18-Jan-2022 2:35 PM EST
Hospitalization for COVID-19 linked to greater risk of later readmission or death
PLOS ONE

Large study in England suggests need for increased monitoring of COVID-19 patients after discharge.

Released: 25-Jan-2022 1:00 AM EST
Articulating the “stem cell niche” paradigm through the lens of non-model aquatic invertebrates
BMC Biology

… Most of our current knowledge on stem cell systems and their regulatory microenvironments … In brief, we have learned from the so-called “model systems” that the stem cell niche refers … times) are carefully regulated to ensure appropriate …

Released: 25-Jan-2022 1:00 AM EST
Biomaterial-assisted biotherapy: A brief review of biomaterials used in drug delivery, vaccine development, gene therapy, and stem cell therapy
Bioactive Materials

… biotherapies, including drug delivery, vaccine delivery, gene therapy, and stem cell therapy, are documented in this study. For drug delivery, … For stem cell therapy, the applications of biomaterials in creating 3D culture systems for guiding stem cell …

Released: 24-Jan-2022 3:40 PM EST
The Latest Research News from the Health Disparities Channel
Newswise

The latest research news from the Health Disparities Channel.

Released: 24-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
Evaluation of the Usefulness of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Spheroids Formed Using SphereRing® and the Lethal Damage Sensitivity to Synovial Fluid In Vitro
Cells

… Adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) or crushed adipose tissue injection into the joint cavity reportedly improve knee function and symptoms, including pain. Stem cell spheroids may be promising treatment options due to their anti-inflammatory …

Released: 24-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
Lentiviral haematopoietic stem-cell gene therapy for early-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy: long-term results from a non-randomised, open-label, phase 1/2 trial and expanded access
The Lancet

… Evidence of allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation being beneficial in patients with late-infantile MLD appears to be very … Furthermore, allogeneic haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation did not slow down disease progression in …

Released: 24-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
Reaching into the toolbox: Stem cell models to study neuropsychiatric disorders
Stem Cell Reports

… This review provides an overview of stem cell-based disease models in neuropsychiatry and considers the advantages and challenges surrounding the contributions … Summary of the key elements and challenges for each stem-cell-based …

Released: 24-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
Efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stem cells treatment for multidrug-resistant graft-versus-host disease after haploidentical allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Therapeutic Advances in Hematology

Purpose: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is an important complication after human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haploidentical donor (HID) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), which may lead to poor prognosis. Our study intends to …

Released: 24-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
RICH1 inhibits breast cancer stem cell traits through activating kinases cascade of Hippo signaling by competing with Merlin for binding to Amot-p80
Cell Death & Disease

… RICH1 inhibits stem cell-like properties in breast cancer and maintains the normal epithelial architecture of … 3: RICH1 inhibits stem cell-like properties in breast cancer and maintains the normal epithelial architecture … RICH1 inhibits stem cell-like …

Released: 24-Jan-2022 8:55 AM EST
Restoration of hippocampal neural precursor function by ablation of senescent cells in the aging stem cell niche
Stem Cell Reports

… ) to ask if this is because senescent cells in stem cell niches impair precursor-mediated tissue maintenance. We demonstrate an aging-dependent accumulation of senescent cells, largely senescent NPCs, within the hippocampal stem cell niche …

Released: 21-Jan-2022 3:05 PM EST
CDC Director was referring to vaccinated people when she mentioned 75% of COVID deaths were among those with at least four comorbidities
Newswise

Welensky did not say 75% percent of all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. had at least four comorbidities. The shared social media posts imply that deaths from COVID-19 are being over-counted. We find this claim to be misleading, having taken Walensky's interview out of context. It is clear from watching the full clip, Dr. Welensky was referring to the percentage of fully vaccinated people who died from COVID-19.

Released: 20-Jan-2022 12:55 PM EST
The Puzzle of TAVR for Bicuspid AS: Still Missing a Piece?
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

… Second, in a study that reported the occurrence of stroke as a primary outcome, it is notable that there is no reporting on the use of neurologic … This device has shown reduced cerebral lesions on radiographic investigation after TAVR, and was …

Released: 20-Jan-2022 12:55 PM EST
Anemia and risk of periprocedural cerebral injury detected by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement
World Journal of Emergency Medicine

… Despite a known high prevalence of anemia and periprocedural stroke risk among TAVR patients, few studies have evaluated the relationship between anemia and new ischemic lesions detected by DW-MRI. In this study, we revealed that …



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