

Exercise and Stem Cells - Part I, Introduction and Haematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells
Data suggest that the ideal training stimulus for increasing stem cell quantity involves moderate to high training intensity and frequency u


Obesity and Stem Cells - Part VI, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Immune Properties of Human Adipose-D
INTRODUCTION As we have seen in previous blog posts in this mini-series of obesity and stem cells, there is a chronic low-grade systemic...

Obesity and Stem Cells - Part V, Cancer
Image: Wikipedia INTRODUCTION Over the past several blog posts, we have seen the significant negative effects of obesity. There are also...


Obesity and Stem Cells - Part IV, Bone
Image Source: Mayo Clinic INTRODUCTION An hypothesis was offered roughly a decade ago that osteoporosis might be considered the obesity...


Obesity and Stem Cells - Part III, Haematopoiesis and the Bone Marrow Niche
INTRODUCTION In this series on the impact of obesity upon stem cells, we have reviewed a bit of data on stem cells (and/or progenitor...


Obesity and Stem Cells - Part II, Bone Marrow
INTRODUCTION As we saw in Obesity and Stem Cells, Part I, the impact of obesity could be variable depending upon the source of the stem...


Obesity and Stem Cells - Part I, General Overview and Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (aka, Medicinal
INTRODUCTION Obesity is never a fun topic to discuss. In fact, even the discussion of the topic can be associated with "fat shaming."...