Category Archive for "News for Patients"

UCLA scientists awarded $21.8 million in CIRM grants to advance novel stem-cell based therapies (UCLA Health)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | January 31, 2025

Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have received $21.8 million in grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine,...

Florida Senator Jay Trumbull and Representative James Buchanan have filed similar bills to make stem cell therapy more available for patients in the US. (floridapolitics.com)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | March 26, 2025

(Tallahassee, FL) New legislation could make stem cell therapies more accessible to patients in Florida and Senator Jay Trumbull and Representative James Buchanan have filed similar measures (SB 1768, HB...

Scientists use stem cells to create brain cells which may cure Alzheimer’s disease. (dailymail.co.uk)

Posted in: News for Patients | May 13, 2025

(Los Angeles, CA) Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have created lab-grown immune cells which have the ability to track down and clear toxic brain buildup. Scientists did this...

Human endometrial stem cell-derived small extracellular vesicles enhance neurite outgrowth and peripheral nerve regeneration through activating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway (Springer Nature)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients | January 10, 2025

Recently, various studies have demonstrated the therapeutic ability of exosomes, while the biological effect of human endometrial stem cell (hEnSC)-derived small EVs such as exosomes is still unclear…...

California’s Stem Cell Measure Ahead by Narrow Margin with Millions of Ballots Still Left to Count (Mercury News)

Posted in: News for Patients | November 4, 2020

(Sacramento, CA) State proposition 14 would raise $5.5 billion in funding for the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). This would provide significant funding to continue stem cell research...

Exploring the Utility of Stem Cell Therapy for COVID-19 (Technology Networks)

Posted in: News for Patients | April 28, 2020

(China) Two studies conducted in China showed that the use of stem cells may be effective in the treatment of patients with COVID 19 who are suffering from severe...

Cumberland County Family Turns to Non-FDA Approved Stem Cell Treatment to Help Two-Year-Old Son with Cerebral Palsy (Fox 43)

Posted in: News for Patients | February 24, 2020

(Camp Hill, PA) A family has turned to stem cells to help their 2-year-old son who was born with cerebral palsy. The US has not approved stem cell treatments...

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...