{"title":"The Application of Transgenesis to Abraham Trembley’s Hydra, an Ancient Animal Model for the Study of Regeneration that has now entered the 21st Century","authors":"M. P. Sarras Jr.","doi":"10.46889/jrmbr.2020.1101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46889/jrmbr.2020.1101","url":null,"abstract":"Developmental biology and regenerative biology began with the studies of Abraham Trembley who was a mathematician. Trembley initiated studies with the freshwater hydrozoan, hydra to determine if the organism was a plant or animal. His first studies in 1740 found that bisection of the organism lead to the formation of two complete adult appearing hydra and he then proceeded to perform extensive experiments to evaluate the extent of hydra’s “regenerative capabilities”. He performed numerous experiments that culminated in the publication of his book in 1744 on the biology and regenerative nature of hydra. His studies established the early foundations of regenerative biology that have been built upon over the years and has led to current studies focusing on cellular and molecular mechanisms. From Trembley’s initial studies, regenerative biology has grown to encompass the field of regenerative medicine that applies our understanding of regenerative processes to the human condition.","PeriodicalId":447063,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Regenerative Medicine and Biology Research","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130945909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Future Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Tissue Repair and Medical Therapeutics: Realities and Expectations","authors":"K. Al-Anazi","doi":"10.46889/jrmbr.2020.1201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46889/jrmbr.2020.1201","url":null,"abstract":"Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs); which were first described by Alexander Fridenstein in the 1960s; are heterogeneous, non-hematopoietic, adult multipotent stromal progenitor cells that are capable of self-renewal and differentiation into various cell types [1-8]. They can be isolated from various sources including: Bone Marrow (BM) which is the main source, peripheral blood, umbilical cord blood, amniotic fluid, placenta, Adipose Tissue (AT), dental pulp, synovial fluid, salivary glands, liver, lung, skin and skeletal muscles [1-10]. MSCs have the following distinguishing features: adherence to the plastic vessel; capacity to different into osteoblasts, adipocytes and chondrocytes; and being characteristically positive for CD105, CD73, and CD90 and characteristically negative for CD45, CD34, CD11b, CD14, CD19, CD79a, and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR on flow cytometry [1,3,4,11-16]. However, under certain circumstances, MSCs obtained from BM, AT, and other sources may express CD34 surface markers [5-8,17]. Additionally, MSCs do not express significant histocompatibility complexes and immune stimulating molecules. Consequently, they escape immune surveillance and their clinical utilization in transplantation is not associated with graft rejection [10].","PeriodicalId":447063,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Regenerative Medicine and Biology Research","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125198878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Local Anesthetics Can Affect the Efficacy of Telomerase-Positive Stem Cells","authors":"H. Young, M. Speight","doi":"10.46889/jrmbr.2020.1102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46889/jrmbr.2020.1102","url":null,"abstract":"Early clinical studies with telomerase-positive stem cells demonstrated no response when these stem cells were mixed with lidocaine prior to clinical treatments in multiple individuals. Their stem cells demonstrated a positive response when mixed with normal sterile saline utilizing alternative routes of implantation. We hypothesized that lidocaine killed the stem cells before injection and that dead stem cells would give no response. We tested five local anesthetics, e.g., bupivacaine, lidocaine, marcaine, novocaine and procaine, with sterile saline in a series of blinded experiments to determine their ability to affect the viability of telomerase-positive stem cells. A mixture of TSCs, PSCs and MesoSCs were utilized from five individuals, three males and two females. Trypan blue was used to distinguish live versus dead PSCs and MesoSCs. The number of dead cells divided by total number of cells and multiplied by 100 was used for each test solution to determine their respective % kill ratio. Sample size was n=180 for each test solution. Lidocaine demonstrated a 100% kill ratio; novocaine and procaine demonstrated a 50% kill ratio and marcaine, bupivacaine and sterile saline demonstrated a 0% kill ratio. The","PeriodicalId":447063,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Regenerative Medicine and Biology Research","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126967935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}