Category Archive for "News for Doctors"

Initial Six Teams to Compete for New Organ Liver Prize (PR Web)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Researchers | September 16, 2014

(Washington, DC) Global competition with a $1 million prize for the first team to create a bioengineered solution to survive without native liver function....

Denmark All Set For Human Stem-Cell Trials (CPH Post)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients, News for Researchers | September 15, 2014

(Copenhagen, Denmark) An advanced group of scientists will begin clinical trials using stem cells for a number of debilitating diseases....

World’s First AMD Stem Cell Therapy Patient (Optometry)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients, News for Researchers | September 15, 2014

(Kobe, Japan) IPS cells used to grow retinal tissue in a patient with age-related macular degeneration....

Patient at UF Health Fights Heart Disease with Stem Cells (First Coast News)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients | September 14, 2014

(Jacksonville, FL) A patient’s heart disease treated with his own bone marrow stem cells. ...

Heart Attack Victim Has Surgery To Inject Stem Cells From Hip (Daily Mail)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients | September 9, 2014

(London, England) After experiencing a heart attack, a patient underwent injection of his own stem cells into the damaged heart tissue to stimulate regeneration....

Study Shows How Stem Cells Treat Lung Disease (Medical XPress)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Researchers | September 9, 2014

(Munich, Germany) The treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with stem cells to minimize inflammation....

Milestone Reached in Building Replacement Kidneys (Eureka Alert)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Researchers | September 9, 2014

(Winston-Salem, NC) Laboratory experiment using stem cells to maintain blood flow in organ transplantation....

Scaffolding Attracts Stem Cells to Rebuild Muscles In Vivo (Designer Edge Articles)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients, News for Researchers | September 9, 2014

(Wake Forest, NC) The use of scaffolds to attract stem cells to rebuild muscle tissue in the human body....

Study Finds Coronary Arteries Hold Heart-Regenerating Cells (News Vanderbilt)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Researchers | August 20, 2014

(Nashville, TN) Endothelial cells in coronary arteries function as cardiac stem cells to produce new heart muscle....

Cord Blood Banking: Huntsville Company Offers Alabama Children a Chance at a Healthy Future (AL)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients | August 20, 2014

(Huntsville, AL) Umbilical cord stem cell banking for low income newborns in Alabama....