Category Archive for "News for Industry"

The World’s Largest Stem Cell Biobank Launched (Medical Xpress)

Posted in: News for Industry | February 26, 2020

(Lund, SE) The world’s largest biobank was launched at Lund University in Sweden. Banking will include stem cells from both healthy and effective individuals for further research, treatment and...

New Medical Innovation Helps Man to Walk Again (Good Morning America)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | November 27, 2019

(Rochester, MN) Scientists and clinicians from the Mayo Clinic used stem cells to help a paralyzed man walk again, as explained by a man with a message and deep...

Stem Cells cure COVID lungs in severely ill ventilated patients (CBS)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | January 8, 2021

(Miami, FL) In a groundbreaking study, Dr. Camillo Ricordi and his team of researchers at the University of Miami utilized stem cells from umbilical cord tissue to cure COVID patients...

Warning Over Controversial Stem Cell Clinics And Unapproved Treatments (NBC News)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients | November 24, 2019

(New York, NY) Many unqualified stem cell clinics and physicians are making false claims of cure for a number of conditions without scientific study or supporting data. This news...

Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics Prepares to Open ‘Cleanroom’ Facility (Kenosha News)

Posted in: News for Industry | September 1, 2019

(Madison, WI) Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics announced their opening of a $21 million “cleanroom” to manufacture stem cells for human clinical trials....

GenCure Announces Breakthrough First Run of 80-Liter Bioreactor (GlobeNews Wire)

Posted in: News for Industry | August 13, 2019

(San Antonio, TX) GenCure’s bio manufacturing team announced a successful production run where human mesenchymal stem cells were expanded in an 80 Liter bioreactor. This type of scalability will...

California’s Stem Cell Program Faces an Existential Moment — And a Chance for Reform (Los Angeles Times)

Posted in: News for Industry | June 3, 2019

(San Francisco, CA) The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine “CIRM” is gearing up for another multibillion-dollar bond raise. President and CEO Maria Millan, MD states that CIRM continues “… to...

False Medical Advertising (WNG)

Posted in: News for Industry | April 16, 2019

(New York City, NY) The New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against a Park Avenue stem cell facility for misrepresenting scientific justification of their regenerative medicine...

Evaluation of Devices Used with Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapies (FDA)

Posted in: News for Industry | February 22, 2019

(Silver Spring, MD) The FDA released a second guidance document which details a range of medical devices that may be used in conjunction with regenerative medicine advanced therapies (RMAT)....

Infections After Receipt of Bacterially Contaminated Umbilical Cord Blood–Derived Stem Cell Products for Other Than Hematopoietic or Immunologic Reconstitution (CDC)

Posted in: News for Industry, News for Researchers | January 11, 2019

(Washington, DC) The CDC analyzes 12 cases of bacterially contaminated umbilical cord stem cells and examines unopened vials, all from the same manufacturer....