http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/20199 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/important-new-step-toward-producing-stem-cells-human-treatment <!--paging_filter--><p>A team of <a title="" href="http://www.hsci.harvard.edu">Harvard Stem Cell Institute</a> (HSCI) scientists has taken an important step toward producing <a title="" href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/harvard-researchers-achieve-stem-cell-milestone">induced pluripotent stem (iPS)</a> cells that are safe to transplant into patients to treat diseases.</p><p>Excitement over the ability of researchers to create this form of stem cell by inserting four genes into adults cells has thus far been tempered by the fact that the genes have been inserted using <a title="" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=rv.section.11">retroviruses</a>, which have the potential to turn on cancer genes and trigger tumor growth.</p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/important-new-step-toward-producing-stem-cells-human-treatment">read more</a></p> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:15:13 -0400 404132862 20423 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/stem-cells-open-window-disease-processes <!--paging_filter--> <!--h4 STORY GOES HERE. Use > for story section heads. --> <p> A panel of <a title="" href="http://www.hsci.harvard.edu">Harvard Stem Cell Institute</a> experts said recently that stem cell research’s biggest impact on patients’ health likely won’t come from therapies that inject stem cells or implant tissues made from them, but rather from the knowledge gained by examining diseased tissues grown from the cells. </p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/foundations/articles/stem-cells-open-window-disease-processes">read more</a></p> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:54:34 -0400 404132862 20198 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu