In questo periodo, diverse dichiarazioni hanno suggerito che le cellule staminali possano già essere impiegate oggi nel trattamento di persone affette da neuropatologie. Ma cosa si sa veramente di queste terapie e come interpretare queste dichiarazioni?

The UniStem Day, an educational scientific event aimed at high school students, is spreading across Europe – since its 2009 beginning in Milan, the event has expanded to 34 Italian universities and for the first time this year it extended beyond Italy to involve six other universities in Spain and one in the United Kingdom. The plan for next year is to recruit even more participants. As representatives from the Linnaeus Center in Developmental Biology for Regenerative Medicine (DBRM) Network at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, Giulia Gaudenzi and Iskra Pollak Dorocic joined this year’s event in Milan and picked up some behind the scenes tips.

On March 15th 2013, 15,000 students from Italy and across Europe will get together to participate in UniStem Day 2013. First held in 2009 to connect high school students with researchers, the event continues to grow. For the first time in 2013 it extends beyond Italy to involve 6 Spanish universities (led by Universitat de Barcelona) as well as the University of Edinburgh's MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Scotland. UniStem Day is happening simultaneously at 9AM throughout Europe.

Each participating university will have its own special program of talks from scientists, ethicists, clinicians in the field and hands-on activities in the afternoon, when labs open their doors to show what day-to-day research is like.

Guarda questo video per saperne di più su come gli scienziati istruiscono le cellule staminali– trasformandole da cellule staminali embrionali pluripotenti a cellule neurali specializzate.

We've enjoyed a successful 2012 of science, discussion, blogs, fact sheets, films and events. We know many of you have been discussing stem cell research in all kinds of ways too. Here's a short round-up of just some of the things our partners have been up to this year.

The successful 'UniStem Day' for high schools is on again on 2013! The annual dissemination event on stem cells is getting bigger and reaching wider, this year spanning the European stage and involving no less than 15,000 high school students at 35 different Italian universities plus simultaneous events in Spain, Sweden and Scotland.

The successful 'UniStem Day' for high schools is on again on 2013! The annual dissemination event on stem cells is getting bigger and reaching wider, this year spanning the European stage and involving no less than 15,000 high school students at 35 different Italian universities plus simultaneous events in Spain and Scotland. Students and researchers will meet for an entire day dedicated to stem cell science on Friday 15th March 2013.

Researchers in Italy and the UK have developed a new system for turning human embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into a type of brain cell affected by Huntington’s disease. By studying how the brain cells develop in nature, the researchers learned how to guide the stem cells to produce just these brain cells in a dish. We caught key members of the research team on camera explaining their new results.

NeuroStemcell and EuroStemCell brought Stella and the stem cell marble game to the Genoa Science Festival, a leading dissemination event in Europe.

Stella and the stem cell marble game were particularly popular with younger students attending the Festival, providing a playful way to introduce kids to the basics of stem cell biology.

Both tools are parts of an interactive exhibit developed by the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, together with scientists at Glasgow University and the Irish and Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.