Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that stem cells from patient's fat can possibly help their bring tumors.
Led by Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, they have found the mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have a great ability to find cells that are damaged. Until now researchers have used stem cells from bone marrow which is much more expensive and invasive.
“The biggest challenge in brain cancer is the migration of cancer cells. Even when we remove the tumor, some of the cells have already slipped away and are causing damage somewhere else,” says Quinones-Hinojosa, a professor of neurosurgery, oncology and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “Building off our findings, we may be able to find a way to arm a patient’s own healthy cells with the treatment needed to chase down those cancer cells and destroy them. It’s truly personalized medicine.”
To test this, MSCs, bone marrow stem cells, and those grown by the researchers were all tested. The amazing results were that all stem cells seemed to work "equally well."
Quinones-Hinojosa states this is important because the MSCs could deliver medicine to the brain tumor cells that have been left behind once a brain tumor has been removed.
For the full article, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2013/03/14/researchers-use-stem-cells-from-patient̢۪s-own-fat-to-fight-brain-cancer/.
Led by Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, they have found the mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have a great ability to find cells that are damaged. Until now researchers have used stem cells from bone marrow which is much more expensive and invasive.
“The biggest challenge in brain cancer is the migration of cancer cells. Even when we remove the tumor, some of the cells have already slipped away and are causing damage somewhere else,” says Quinones-Hinojosa, a professor of neurosurgery, oncology and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “Building off our findings, we may be able to find a way to arm a patient’s own healthy cells with the treatment needed to chase down those cancer cells and destroy them. It’s truly personalized medicine.”
To test this, MSCs, bone marrow stem cells, and those grown by the researchers were all tested. The amazing results were that all stem cells seemed to work "equally well."
Quinones-Hinojosa states this is important because the MSCs could deliver medicine to the brain tumor cells that have been left behind once a brain tumor has been removed.
For the full article, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2013/03/14/researchers-use-stem-cells-from-patient̢۪s-own-fat-to-fight-brain-cancer/.
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