login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem Cells Show Promise Against Respiratory Diseases
"Respiratory disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality," said corresponding author Dr. Euan M. Wallace, director of The Ritchie Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Monash Medical Centre.
"There is an urgent need for cell-based therapies to treat respiratory diseases, and the use of cells isolated from human term placenta for regenerative medicine holds great promise," he added.
As a recent research has shown that stem cells derived from human placenta have multipotent differentiation properties, low immunogenicity, and anti-inflammatory functions, a team of researchers in Australia aimed to explore the mechanisms by which hAECs may help to repair pulmonary fibrosis and to determine if the hAECs were able to improve lung function in mouse models of lung injury.
They injected hAECs into the animals' peritoneal cavity to determine if the cells would migrate to the lung, engraft, and form functional lung epithelium.
"We found that hAECs prevented a decline in pulmonary function," said Wallace.
"However, we were unable to detect any significant engraftment of hAECs in injured or uninjured lung after administration," he added.
Source-ANI
|
|
More News on: Stem Cells - Cord Blood, Stem Cells - Fundamentals, Parkinsons Disease Surgical Treatment, Respiratory Diseases, Genetics and Stem Cells, Asbestosis , Bone Marrow Transplantation, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
 | News Central | | Health Watch | |
| Latest Health News | | Health In Focus | |
| News Category (500+) | | Breaking Health News | |
| Popular News | | Celebrating Life | |
| Health News and Press Release | | Medindia - Exclusive | |
| News Photo Gallery | | India Special | |
| News Video Gallery | | Lifestyle and Wellness | |
| News From Other Resources | |||
 |
Stem Cells
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Olympic Athlete's Body Via the 80-10-10 Raw Vegan Diet |
| » | Importance of Canned Foods To Help Tackle IOM Weight Of The Nation Recommendations, Highlights Study |
| » | US Rules Pomegranate Juice Claims Deceptive |
| » | Reducing Entrée Size Could Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Children |
| » | Dieters Should Eat 300 Calories Less to Avoid Regaining Lost Weight After Dieting |
| More Diet News | |
|
Genetics & Stem Cells Related News |
||||||||
| » | Gene Behind Chronic Inflammation Accelerated Aging and Cancer Identified | » | Discovery Of Male Fertility Genes | |||||
| » | Disease Risk Prediction may Not be Improved by Genetic Information | » | Scientists Map Gene Sequence of Drug Resistant VRSA | |||||
| » | Marker in Premies' Saliva Predicts Readiness to Feed by Mouth | » | Recovery From MS Maybe With Growth Factor In Stem Cells | |||||
| » | 'Rare' Genetic Variants are Surprisingly Common: Report Life Scientists | » | Genetic Test Results Do Not Trigger Increased Use of Health Services: NIH-Led Study | |||||
| Read More >> | ||||||||
