Category Archive for "News for Patients"

F.D.A. Cracks Down on ‘Unscrupulous’ Stem Cell Clinics (New York Times)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | August 28, 2017

(Washington) The US FDA recently announced a crackdown on dangerous stem cell clinics while facilitating a pathway for doctors and companies who have legitimate treatments in the growing field...

Cardiac Stem Cells From Young Hearts Could Rejuvenate Old Hearts (Science Daily)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | August 14, 2017

(Los Angeles, California) As recently published in the European Heart Journal, intravenous stem cells programmed for heart muscle regeneration secrete small vesicles containing RNA and proteins which regenerate damaged...

3D Bone-Like Tissues Grown From Stem Cells (Asian Scientist)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | June 28, 2017

(Tokyo, Japan) At the University of Tokyo, researchers have developed a stem cell culture method that generates a three-dimensional bone like tissue which is classified as an “organoid”....

What Makes Stem Cells into Perfect Allrounders (Phys Org)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | June 27, 2017

(Zurich, Switzerland) University of Zürich researchers have discovered a protein that enables natural embryonic stem cells to form any and all tissue types....

Stem Cells From Bone Marrow For Knee Injection (Houston Chronicle)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients | February 4, 2015

(Houston, TX) A patient and doctor perspective on the use of bone marrow stem cells for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee....

Using Stem Cells To Grow New Hair (Eureka Alert)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Industry, News for Patients, News for Researchers | January 27, 2015

(La Jolla, CA) Pluripotent stem cells from as a new treatment for hair restoration....

UM Study On Stem Cells For Burn Victims (The Miami Herald)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients, News for Researchers | January 25, 2015

(Miami, FL) A research project funded by the Department of Defense using donor stem cells to reduce scarring and restore tissue in burn patients....

Canadians Urged to Make a Life-Saving Investment in Stem Cells (Sys-Con)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients | November 15, 2014

(Ottawa, Canada) A national fundraising campaign to build a national public cord blood bank....

Making Insulin Producing Beta Cells From Stem Cells – How Close Are We? (Euro Stem Cell)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients, News for Researchers | November 13, 2014

(Copenhagen, Denmark) Using stem cells to create beta cells which produce insulin with hopes of curing diabetes. ...

Woman With Sickle-Cell Treated with Stem Cells (Nature Journal)

Posted in: News for Doctors, News for Patients | November 12, 2014

(Boston, MA) Stem cells for the treatment of sickle cell disease....