Nature Network - Recent topics from Adult Stem Cells The most recent forum topics from Adult Stem Cells http://network.nature.com/forum/adultstemcells en-us 40 MSCs causing breast cancer metastasis (1 reply) Hey guys, did you read the Bob Weinberg paper claiming that MSC secret a factor, CCL5, that binds a receptor, CCR5, at breast cancer cells and induce metastasis to lung?

Could this be a potential problem for use of MSC tissue engineering in the clinic?

]]> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:54:49 -0000 http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/723 Torstein Lindstad http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/723 SC synchronization (3 replies) I was recently speaking with a colleague of mine that mentioned a phenomenon that he was studying in plant cells that he called synchronization. The cells, when submitted to certain stress factors seems to counter the disturbance by somehow communicating with each other stabilizing to the new state.

I’ve recently fell in love with stem cell research and had a thought come across my mind, does such “synchronization” happen in stem cells when they are presented to external stimuli (ex: diferenciation factors)?
Does the response of the SC cluster happen on an individual level or is there communication between the SCs?

Sorry if my question is not properly formulated, but hopefully the message makes it across.

]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:27:32 -0000 http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/710 Ricardo Vidal http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/710 Transdifferentiation (11 replies) What do people in this group think about an adult stem’s proposed ability to transdifferentiate (eg hematopoietic stem cell contributing to muscle lineages)?

-Neil

]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:01:15 -0000 http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/662 Neil Neumann http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/662 Do you use a bookmarking service? (0 replies) If you have an account at Connotea or CiteULike, post the public URL here. Here’s My Connotea Library

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:16:40 -0000 http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/487 William Gunn http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/487 Research Meetings. Are you going? (0 replies) The Annual ISCT Meeting is coming up on June 24th. Are you going? Which meeting have you gotten the most from recently?

]]> Fri, 18 May 2007 21:48:36 -0000 http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/154 William Gunn http://network.nature.com/forums/adultstemcells/154